Jan 2023 – Mar 2024 · 1 yr 2 mos · Salt Lake City, Utah, United States · Remote

• I joined Workweek in its seed stage, and led a recruiting agency called HireFor.
• Led a team that primarily partnered with startups in media, SaaS, marketing, and advertising, who were looking for help hiring individual contributors up to VPs.
• People and project management (recruiting processes, client and candidate relationships)
• Recruited for a variety of functional roles across sales, marketing, operations, customer success, and software engineering.
• Negotiated and presented fees and terms with prospective clients.
• Managed recruiting & hiring processes from start to finish, whether I was the lead recruiter or oversaw a search from one of my direct reports.
• Negotiated offers on behalf of our candidates.
• Left this position to work in-house.

Oct 2022 – Jan 2023 · 3 mos · Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area

• IC role
• Managed full cycle recruiting for Advisory teams

Aug 2021 – Oct 2022 · 1 yr 2 mos · Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area

• Major highlight:
• Grew the ESG & Climate Advisory team from 15 to 65 people in less than a year. Loved this experience! This made me want to continue building teams that wanted to grow rapidly. Went to work at a startup after this to continue this type of work!
• Experienced Hire Recruiter for KPMG's Deal Advisory & Strategy team
• Managed multiple hiring teams and was responsible for partnering with Partners and Directors to work on hiring strategies and fill open positions.
• Specifically recruited for the following groups:
• ESG & Climate Advisory
• Healthcare and Life Sciences Strategy
• Capital Advisory (investment banking)
• Accounting Advisory Services (technical accounting)

Aug 2020 – Jul 2021 · 11 mos · Denver, Colorado, United States

• Freight All Kinds, Inc. operates as a trucking company and freight brokerage.
• Hired to bring recruiting in-house. Recruited candidates for the following positions: Sales/Account Management, Dispatching/Operations, and Accounting Operations.

May 2017 – Apr 2020 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Greater Denver Area

• First recruiting job!
• Robert Half is a Fortune 500 staffing firm specializing in permanent and temporary solutions for accounting & finance, technology, administrative services, legal, and marketing & advertising.
• Ran a full desk that included recruiting qualified accounting and finance candidates as well as marketing, business development, and client/account management.
• Recruited candidates for multiple functional roles including Staff Accountant, Senior Accountant, Accounting Manager, Assistant Controller, Controller, Finance Manager, Financial Analyst, Project Accountant, Cost Accountant, CFO, etc.
• Target recruited and vetted candidates on a weekly basis, prepared them for interviews, coordinated interviews and feedback, negotiated offers, and followed up periodically.
• Worked with candidates to edit and format their resumes in a more attractive way.
• Gave advice to candidates about how to set themselves up for the best offer by listening to needs and being direct and realistic about expectations.
• Created lasting relationships with both candidates and clients that resulted in repeat placements and business.
• Worked with clients to find out specific hiring needs and relayed information to my 20+ person team with clear details.
• Gave advice to clients about how to make the best hire by analyzing feedback and setting expectations from the start of the search.
• Negotiated placement fees and terms with each client.
• Utilized Salesforce, OneNote, LinkedIn Recruiter, Microsoft Office, Concur, and Workday.

Jun 2015 – May 2017 · 1 yr 11 mos · Austin, Texas Area

• Mikeska, Monahan, & Peckham PC is a boutique public accounting firm specializing in tax consultation and planning, tax preparation, estate planning, general business consulting, and accounting services.
• Prepared tax returns for individuals (1040), trusts (1041), partnerships (1065), corporations (1120), and S-corporations (1120-S).
• Worked with bookkeepers to adjust GL balances to equal the tax return, including reconciling balance sheet and P&L accounts and analyzing any variances.
• Made book and tax adjustments for cash basis taxpayers.
• Worked with clients in various industries including professional services (doctors, lawyers, etc.), real estate, farming, and other closely held businesses.
• Corresponded directly with individual clients to get necessary tax information.
• Prepared sales and use tax returns, property tax renditions, franchise tax reports, and some payroll reports.
• Utilized QuickBooks (Desktop and Online) and GoSystems tax software.

Jul 2014 – Dec 2014 · 5 mos

• Moss Adams is a top 15 public accounting firm that provides assurance services, tax planning and preparation, accounting services, and consulting.
• Prepared tax returns for high net worth individuals (foreign and domestic) with various stock options, multi-state corporations with foreign entities, partnerships, and single member LLCs.
• Corresponded directly with clients to get necessary tax information to complete returns.
• Worked with clients in multiple industries including tech/startup, real estate, professional services, manufacturing, and various others.
• Prepared client workpapers which included trial balances, book to tax adjustments and accrual entries, adding/removing fixed assets and updating depreciation and amortization schedules, credit calculations, R&D expense support, and apportionment.
• Responsible for upholding time management for multiple clients with various deadlines as well as light review of new staff work.
• Prepared quarterly tax estimates to determine if client’s should prepay tax in the current or following tax year depending on alternative minimum tax (AMT) situation.
• Worked with multiple Managers, Senior Managers, and Partners, adapting to each management style.
• Utilized GoSystems, ProSystems, Lacerte, and Microsoft Office.
• Participated in campus recruiting events throughout the year.
• Chosen to represent Silicon Valley office as a Staff Advisor at the Navigate Your Career national three day college recruiting conference (July 2014).
• Created relationships and shared first hand experiences with students which led to the first internship program in the Silicon Valley office.

Jan 2013 – Jun 2014 · 1 yr 5 mos

Nov 2012 – Dec 2012 · 1 mo · Campbell, California, United States

Jan 2012 – Apr 2012 · 3 mos · Napa, CA

• - Senior year internship: worked directly with Managers and Partners to prepare individual tax returns