Senior Client Service Associate

Welcome to Vaco – an uncommon company with an empowered culture. At Vaco, we welcome talented innovators seeking a collaborative environment where creative freedom rings.

Since 2002, we have expanded to more than 40 locations, and we have no plans of slowing down anytime soon. We are seeking big thinkers to lead us into the future and explore the career of a lifetime.

Ranked the #1 Best Staffing Firm to Work for in North America by Staffing Industry Analysts (Category: 500+ Employees)

An Inc. 5000 fastest growing private company in America every year since 2007!

Salary: Base plus competitive uncapped commission

Summary:

Congratulations on taking the first step towards a career in professional staffing and recruitment, a multi-billion dollar industry in North America. For more than 30 years, Vaco Lannick has accelerated the careers of finance, accounting and technology professionals across the GTA, helping them land rewarding roles with Canada’s most successful companies. We’ve built an extensive network of trusted partners who rely on us to solve their recruitment challenges, whether they’re looking for a junior, intermediate or senior level professional that can transform their business.

Along the way we’ve developed our gold-standard methodology for market and job research and hand-picked a team of the best Client Services Associates in the industry. If you’re committed to success and looking to join a winning team, Vaco Lannick is the place for you.

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Working as a Sales and Business Development Associate, you will:

● Build new business through personal contact, cold calling, client visits, existing clients, and sales leads

● Develop relationships with senior contacts through email, phone, face to face meetings

● Develop a pipeline through the ongoing research of companies and industries

● Meet/exceed standards and goals for connects, client visits, job orders, and placements

● Combine forces with a robust internal recruitment team to place top-quality professionals in a wide variety of junior to intermediate-level accounting and finance roles

● Provide timely solutions for clients to fulfill their talent needs

● Represent and cross-sell Lannick divisions to key clients, and potential clients

● Maintain a high level of service to existing clients; managing the customer relationship from full hire cycle to after-sales service; and soliciting referrals from clients, where possible

● Keep accurate reports by logging daily activity into the internal tracking system (Bullhorn)

● Participate in corporate marketing activities, such as conferences, trade shows, and other events, as required

● Maintain a high level of positive energy at all times while consistently working towards success in a team environment

● Combine forces with a robust Client Services team to place top-quality professionals in a wide variety of permanent Finance and Accounting roles while meeting/exceeding activity and revenue/margin standards and goals

● Consistently seek, attract and build relationships with high caliber Finance and Accounting candidates through a variety of activities - phone calls, emails, Bullhorn, social media, job boards, referrals, and events/networking

● Headhunting - identifying and approaching suitable candidates who are gainfully employed and may not be actively looking for positions

● Maintain a high level of service to existing and prospective candidates; managing the candidate relationship through full hire cycle to after-placement service; and soliciting referrals and lead generation from candidates, where possible

● Receiving and reviewing candidate applications, managing interviews, checking references, preparing CVs for client submission

● Negotiating pay and salary rates and finalizing arrangements between client services and candidates Keep accurate reports by logging daily activity into the internal CRM system (Bullhorn)

● All other duties as required

About You

You are a confident, self-motivated, smart, witty, honest, competitive team player who brings a large amount of enthusiasm and energy to the workplace

A track record of high performance accompanied by:

A minimum of an undergraduate degree, preferably in Business Administration

Minimum 3 years of experience in staffing

Ability to sell and develop business through relationship building

Strong time management and organization skills are needed to meet daily and weekly metrics

Bring your A game. You’ll need a positive attitude, motivation and a competitive edge to complement a top performing team

Why work for Vaco Lannick?

You will represent the premier professional recruitment and staffing firm in the Greater Toronto Area. Not only will you play a key role in improving someone's life by matching them with a better job, you will also be rewarded with:

Highly competitive compensation package (base salary plus commission)

Company-paid benefits

Supported by best-in-class training and development programs, including initial orientation week and mentorship

A structured career path that outlines your development and milestones for advancement

Don’t take our word for it…ask any one of our current employees what it’s like to work for the premier recruitment and staffing firm in the GTA!

About Vaco Lannick

Vaco Lannick is the premier professional recruitment and staffing firm in the Greater Toronto Area. Founded in 1985, Vaco Lannick provides best-in-class finance, accounting and technology professionals at all roles and levels through its three divisions: Lannick Finance & Accounting, Pro Count Staffing and Lannick Technology. Vaco Lannick places more than 1,000 candidates annually and is a preferred vendor for Canada’s most successful organizations. Learn more at

Vaco Lannick, is an equal opportunity employer and strives to ensure that its hiring process meets the needs of all persons with disabilities. Vaco Lannick is committed to providing a barrier-free work environment in conformity with the Alberta Human Rights Act. As such, Vaco Lannick will make accommodations available to applicants with disabilities upon request during the recruitment process.