Our vision & mission: Paro is freeing business professionals from the constraints of traditional employment by empowering them to pursue meaningful work on their own terms. In turn, we are democratizing access to the business solutions that companies need. 

What we deliver: 

Paro provides flexible finance and accounting solutions to businesses via its network of highly vetted freelance experts. Through our proprietary AI-powered platform, we match clients with the best-fit experts to solve problems and drive growth. Our carefully curated expert community provides a range of financial services to clients, from basic bookkeeping and accounting to highly specialized corporate development and strategic advisory.

The Role

The Recruiting Sourcer will help grow Paro’s elite freelancer talent. Experts (or freelancers) are the bloodline of Paro’s marketplace, and only 2% of registrants make it through our vetting process. You will work directly with the Chief Revenue Officer and Freelancer Operations team to identify, source, and onboard finance and accounting talent for Paro’s marketplace. This role is directly responsible for the strategy and execution of sourcing, vetting, and onboarding new experts and handling all gaps and niche requests from the demand side. 

Core Responsibilities:

• Source elite finance & accounting talent to join the nationwide Paro network of experts
• Work strategically to identify supply channels for funneling elite finance & accounting talent
• Qualify and onboard talent using Paro’s proprietary vetting model
• Ensure onboarded experts meet the marketplace needs obtaining a 75% match rate within the first 10 days in the network
• Collaborate with the sales team to determine high-impact needs and creatively source specific talent backgrounds to meet requests
• Leverage Excel, Looker, and other tools to maintain, challenge, and evolve expert acquisition KPIs
• Track weekly and monthly metrics 

How you’ll add value: 

• 2+ years of experience learning, evolving, communicating, and executing (recruiting accounting and finance talent a huge plus)
• Eager to utilize your soft skills working across business units and with a variety of personalities in the freelance community
• Exude confidence while remaining approachable; you will be shaping the freelancer network and that entails both identifying top performers as well as finding common ground amongst the registrants
• Seek out a dynamic, fast-paced startup environment where you can add value from day one
• Data driven, because numbers matter
• Self-motivated to exceed expectations with an entrepreneurial spirit
• Proactive in all that you do
• Maintain a professional demeanor complemented by excellent verbal and written communication skills

Who you are:

We’re more interested in how you add to our innovative community than formal education or experience. That said, you will shine in this role if you:

Believe that in order to be successful, you need to be surrounded with others who can be their authentic selves at work while driving forward the future of work with Paro. You value taking smart risks and having your colleague’s backs. You welcome challenges and are rigorous in ensuring all voices are heard. You are open to understanding each other’s experiences and communicating effectively together. At Paro we work hard, but we also want every employee to enjoy the journey. You work collaboratively, do the right thing, never settle and put your best work into everything you do. 

Benefits at Paro:

• Benefits - We offer a comprehensive benefits package including: medical (Blue Cross Blue Shield), dental, vision, and a 401(k) plan. Paro currently does not match 401(k).
• Vacation - We offer our employees unlimited vacation, as we believe rest and recharging allows you to bring your full self into work. In addition to unlimited vacation, we observe all federal holidays and offer unique Paro Holidays during months there isn’t a federal holiday
• Office Environment - We have a beautiful, relaxed office space in River North, steps away from public transportation. We love our pets and have a pet-friendly office for your furry friends as well.
• Remote Work - Given our company’s mission to empower professionals to pursue meaningful work on their own terms, we believe we too can accomplish great things while not always together under one roof. Therefore, we accept remote employees in the following states: IL, OH, MI, AZ, WA, PA, NJ, NY, TX, IN

More about Paro 

Join us as we shape the future of finance work. A mass migration to a workforce without boundaries is already underway, with many leading analysts predicting that 50% of the workforce will be freelancing by 2025. We recently raised a $25M Series B funding round led by Madrona Venture Group, with participation from existing investors Revolution Ventures, Sierra Ventures and KGC Capital, so we are ready and excited to invest in even greater growth as we disrupt the $500+bn antiquated finance and accounting industry!

We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to building a company that embraces and celebrates diversity and inclusion. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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