Recruiting Manager

For more than 40 years, ATKG has delivered exceptional tax, accounting, assurance, and advisory services to clients in San Antonio and across the United States. We’re proud to be named a 2026 Best Places to Work, a reflection of the culture we’ve built and our ongoing investment in our people. 

In May 2023, ATKG joined Ascend, a tax, accounting, and advisory platform that partners with entrepreneurial CPA firms to fuel their next stage of growth. With Ascend’s shared resources and partnerships behind us, we’re growing, and great people are at the center of that growth.

We’re looking for a Recruiting Manager to lead how ATKG finds, attracts, and welcomes top talent, from campus recruiting and our internship program to experienced hires across every service line.

Our core values:

• Positivity: Look for good in all situations and people.
• Team: We make each other better. We are humble, hungry, and smart.
• Open: Foster trust, respect, and understanding through thoughtful communication.
• Insightful: Look beyond what is ordinary and find the extraordinary.
• Caring: We take an active interest in our team and clients.

Job Summary: 
The Recruiting Manager supports ATKG’s talent acquisition efforts, with a primary focus on campus recruiting and experienced hires. This role manages recruiting activities, candidate pipelines, internship and externship programs, and strong relationship building with candidates and universities. The ideal candidate is organized, proactive, relationship-focused, and comfortable representing ATKG at recruiting events, including occasional travel and after-hours events.

Responsibilities: 
• Coordinate and attend campus recruiting activities, including fielding event requests, managing logistics, and independently running events or programs based on experience.
• Build and maintain relationships with university career centers, accounting programs, faculty, student organizations, and other campus partners.
• Screen candidates, conduct initial phone interviews, coordinate in-office interviews, and communicate candidate offers, declines, and follow-up throughout the recruiting process.
• Maintain candidate pipelines, records, interview notes, job postings, and recruiting activity within Greenhouse, LinkedIn, Handshake, and other recruiting platforms.
• Prepare and manage offer letters, employment agreements, and university documentation related to internships and academic credit.
• Maintain ongoing candidate engagement from offer through start date through intentional recruiting touchpoints.
• Support intern onboarding and execute the internship program, including regular check-ins with interns and billable teams, exit interviews, and feedback collection.
• Assist with the development, coordination, and execution of ATKG's externship and other early-talent programs.
• Support the annual recruiting campaign and work with marketing resources to create and maintain recruiting collateral, social media content, promotional materials, and swag inventory.
• Provide guidance and training to team members participating in recruiting events to effectively recruit and represent ATKG.
• Collaborate with Ascend Talent and other recruiting resources as appropriate.
• Other duties as assigned.
 
Required Skills and Abilities: 
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to effectively represent ATKG’s culture, values, services, and career opportunities.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Ability to work independently, take ownership, and follow through with limited oversight.
• Sound judgment in assessing candidates and providing constructive feedback.
• Strong attention to detail, professionalism, discretion, and confidentiality.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and recruiting platforms such as Greenhouse, LinkedIn, and Handshake; ability to quickly learn new technology and AI-enabled tools.

Education and Experience: 
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field preferred.
• Minimum 1-2 years of recruiting, campus recruiting, talent acquisition, or related experience preferred.
• Experience coordinating campus recruiting programs, internships, recruiting events, or high-volume candidate activity strongly preferred. 
• Experience within public accounting or similar professional services is a plus.