Talent Showcase

Your hiring game - elevated.

Sourcing and acquiring top talent isn't just important, it's essential!  With Sherpa, you get on-demand access to talent - regardless of whether you're looking to fill a direct hire, contract or contract to hire opportunity.  

Each of the professionals profiled in our Talent Showcase has been fully vetted and actively seeking a new opportunity.  Using the boxes below (or scrolling down), we invite you to learn more about these exceptional individuals.  If you see talent you'd like more information on, or you don't see a role represented that you need to fill, simply use the "Request Talent" buttons at the end of the section to let us know and we'll be in touch.

Human Resources

HR Specialist (Contract | Direct Hire) - CN446843

  • Six years' experience working as an HR Manager supporting 36 employees.
  • Strong experience running biweekly payroll in ADP, primarily for hourly employees, but also has experience processing commissions, bonuses, and other incentives
  • Has some benefits experience, but this is an area where growth will be needed. Has experience in most other core HR functions.
  • Salary Expectation: To $75K.

 

HR Generalist (Contract | Direct Hire) - CN467574

  • 15+ years of experience in Human Resources, 5+ years in a generalist capacity.
  • In manufacturing plant environment, managed a caseload of 5-10 employee relations cases/month (conduct, harassment, discrimination, time theft). Owned end-to-end, investigation, collecting witness statements and issuing corrective actions/terminations.
  • Talent acquisition experience manufacturing and warehouse environments managing 35-40 open requisitions. Full cycle experience included: serving as point of contact for hiring managers, creating and posting job descriptions, screening candidates, coordinating additional rounds of interviews, writing and extending offers, background checks/onboarding, and leading orientations.
  • Served as point of contact for benefit questions for 200+ employees; scheduled drop-in hours during open-enrolment period and acted as liaison to benefits team.
  • Partnered with payroll to review hours and audit information before sending for final submission.
  • Technical Skills: SAP Success Factors, Kronos, BalanceTrak ATS, Taleo
  • Salary Expectation: To $80K.

 

HR / Payroll Specialist (Contract | Direct Hire) - CN439443

  • 7 years of full cycle payroll experience for employee groups ranging from 200-700 employees.
  • Responsible for bi-weekly payroll, semi-monthly payroll, calculating commissions, reporting, deductions, updating employee records, and more.
  • Experience with Paychex, Paylocity, UKGPro
  • Completed Bachelor's in Business and an MBA.
  • Salary Expectation: To $75K

 

Benefits & Leave of Absence Specialist (Contract | Direct Hire) - CN457294

  • 10+ Years of experience in HR Generalist, Benefits, and HR Project Manager positions in professional and medical settings.
  • Has been responsible for payroll for groups ranging in size from 500-1000 employees.
  • Additionally has been responsible for recruiting, onboarding/orientation, employee relations/investigations, terminations, benefits administration, leave of absence processing, training, HR reporting, performance reviews, and more.
  • Completed bachelors in business administration, completed MBA, recently gained public notary certification, and is currently studying for SHRM certification.
  • Sherpa previously placed Felicia with very positive feedback in contract at Charlotte Eye Ear Nose and Throat Associates.
  • Available Immediately
  • Salary Expectation: To $65K

 

Corporate Recruiter (Contract | Direct Hire) - CN467879

  • 5+ years of recruiting experience, specializing in the healthcare industry.
  • Thrives in fast-paced, metrics driven environments. Experience maintaining 100+ calls/day, 100+ emails/day, 40-50 open requisitions, 40+ submissions/week, 10+ nurses on assignment, and other metrics related to placements, spread, and billable hours.
  • Recruited on a variety of roles across the USA and Canada including nurses, surgical technicians, healthcare clinicians, manufacturing positions, engineers, warehouse managers, sales representatives, and more.
  • Full-cycle experience, managing the recruiting process from intake calls with hiring managers, screening candidates, scheduling interviews, extending offers, to coordinating with onboarding teams for starts.
  • Supports candidate onboarding, verifying licenses for compliance, issuing drug screens, and continues to serve as point of contact for candidates throughout the duration of their assignment for any questions/incident reports.
  • Salary Expectation: To $65K.

Accounting & Finance Staffing

Transactional Accounting Manager (Contract | Direct Hire) - CN242703

  • BS in Economics with 8+ years of professional experience
  • Experienced in running end to end multi-state payroll for a team of 100+ on a weekly and bi-weekly basis, included garnishments and setting up of new state tax accounts and completing payroll tax for all states operated in
  • Most recent role included W2 employees as well as 1099 employees who were paid based off of invoices submitted
  • Manager of AP and AR, and has experience with bank reconciliations for over 20 separate accounts as well as credit card reconciliations for 4 accounts
  • Salary Expectation: $38 hourly, to $80K direct hire.

 

AP / AR Specialist (Contract | Direct Hire) - CN401576

  • Master's in Accounting
  • Experience with AP/AR, collections, cash and credit applications, reconciliations, customer service
  • Software Skills: QuickBooks, ADP, Oracle, Excel
  • Open to contract, contract to hire, and direct hire
  • Salary Expectation: $50K+

 

Senior Accountant (Contract | Direct Hire) - CN436167

  • Masters in Accounting
  • Experience with month end close, AP/AR, reconciliations, accruals, internal and external audits, journal entries
  • Software: QuickBooks, Sage, ADP, Excel
  • Open to direct hire and contract to hire
  • Salary Expectation: $90K+

 

Senior Accountant (Contract | Direct Hire) - CN462013

  • Business Management Degree
  • 6+ years of accounting experience which includes month end close, preparing journal entries, account reconciliations, SOX testing, preparing audit schedules and reconciliations for internal and external audits, balance sheets, income statements, P&L review, etc.
  • Experience with process improvements/implementations
  • Salary Expectation: $80K+

 

Bookkeeper (Contract | Direct Hire) - CN461726

  • Experienced Bookkeeper who has experience handling AP/AR, payroll for company employees and contractors, weekly P&L reviews and expense reports for company credit cards
  • Systems skills: QuickBooks Online, ADP, SAP, Paychex, MS Office, Yardi, PeopleSoft
  • Experience processing AP/AR, month and year-end audits, account reconciliations, general ledger postings, billing, expense report management, invoicing, and vendor management
  • Salary Expectation: $25/hr. for part time. $60K for full time

 

Staff Accountant (Contract | Direct Hire) - CN371967

  • BS in Accounting
  • 5+ years’ experience in variety of Accounting roles
  • Experienced in Fixed Assets, Bank reconciliations, month-end close
  • System Knowledge: SAP, Oracle, Excel (VLOOKUPS, Macros)
  • Salary Expectation: $33/hr.

Specialized Financial Recruiting

Accounting Director (Direct Hire) - CN462311

  • Holds a Master’s in Accountancy and a CPA license, bringing a strong technical foundation to roles in corporate accounting, audit, and capital markets advisory.
  • Extensive exp. in Accounting Policy - having led accounting policy initiatives, managed capital projects, and provided accounting guidance for acquisitions and investments exceeding $1 billion annually.
  • Skilled in analyzing complex revenue recognition criteria and resolving differences between US GAAP and UK GAAP, particularly in industry-specific accounting, such as aircraft engine reserves.
  • Spearheaded process optimizations, reducing monthly reporting time from 5 to 3 days and improving financial close efficiency, decreasing ledger close time by 1 day and report availability by 2 days.
  • Has successfully onboarded, trained and managed team members, building an efficient reporting teams that delivered enhanced financial reporting accuracy.
  • Proficient in handling complex accounting fact patterns and coordinating across global teams to ensure compliance with US GAAP standards.
  • Led multi-year accounting standard adoption projects with budgets ranging from $500K to $3M, tailoring solutions to meet client needs and regulatory timelines.
  • Salary Expectation: $170K +

 

Senior Tax Accountant (Direct Hire) - CN462765

  • Private equity experience performing 300 K-1's for a PE Client with 8+ funds.
  • CPA with Public Tax experience in Real Estate, Tech, Government and Non-profit clients.
  • 3 years of Audit experience primarily in government and nonprofit
  • Experience with financial reporting, reconciliations, month end, journal entries, cash, fixed assets and depreciation schedules.
  • Salary Expectation: $100K +

 

Senior Accountant (Contract | Direct Hire) - CN351283

  • CPA with Master’s in Accounting from Wake Forest
  • 4 years' audit experience with Grant Thornton
  • Exp. includes, closing, reconciling, reporting and creating efficiencies, such as implementing BlackLine reconciliation software
  • Loves a larger company where the culture fosters working well within and between teams to solve problems
  • Highly personable, excellent communication skills and positive energy
  • Salary Expectation: $135K +

 

Financial Planning & Analysis (Direct Hire) - CN468580

  • Degree in Economics with 5 years of Financial Analysis experience
  • Experience with NPV analysis with for a $14M bid factoring product profitability, working capital terms and capital investments
  • Developed three-statement financial modeling and discounted cash flow analysis
  • Created a NPV analysis for working capital and benefit of negotiating increased payment terms along with transitioning shipment terms from FOB(Free On Board) to DDP(Delivered Duty Paid)
  • Comes highly recommended by a senior leader
  • Salary Expectation: $135K +

 

Accounting & Financial Systems Analyst (Direct Hire) - CN467071

  • B.A., M.S. in Actg. w/ active CPA license.
  • Exp. executing Audit engagements, Financial Statement and M&A Audits, Internal Controls, SOX, ICFR, 10K/10Q filings, and adhering to PCAOB requirements.
  • Assisted in SAP S4HANA migration in system testing and monthly system reconciliations which had 800M+ iterations for the data and files that were migrated. Additionally, this candidate automated month/quarter-end close via Alteryx, reducing time spent by 40 hours per month.
  • Technologies include Alteryx, PowerBI, SAP S4HANA, Tableau, MS Excel, QuickBooks, Python, Salesforce, SQLite, and SQL.
  • Salary Expectation: $110K +

 

Financial Reporting Analyst (Direct Hire) - CN434648

  • Big 4 Assurance exp. working heavily with Financial Statements to ensure clean audits, no material misstatements, or fraud that would influence investor decisions poorly.
  • Active CPA License since 2022, B.S. in Econ., and a M.S. in Actg.
  • Exp. includes closing Journal Entries, US GAAP/(familiar with IFRS), External Auditors, Month-end, MD&A, 10K/10Q, Acquisitions, Financial Statements, and Balance Sheet review.
  • In current role, worked as a Financial Reporting Analyst and assisted in the integration of a $1.1 billion acquisition over a six-month period.
  • Additional exp. includes adaptation from Hyperion to OneStream for Financial Reporting
  • Salary Expectation: $95K +

 

Accounting Manager (Direct Hire) - CN465072

  • MBA with Public Accounting and Private Industry mix in Financial Services, Insurance, and Technology
  • Corporate Accounting Manager with 6 direct reports
  • Works directly with Executive Leadership team presenting financial statements along with preparation of annual budget, forecasting
  • Accounting representative for IT systems integrations (NetSuite) and developing processes and procedures for Accounting department.
    • Key leader in implementing 8 day close from a prior 15 day close
    • Automated vendor payables and responsible for dual review of vendor tax documents
  • Leads onboarding of accounting processes and systems conversions for all acquisitions.
  • Salary Expectation: $140K +

 

Corporate Accounting Manager (Direct Hire) - CN464929

  • BS & Master’s in Accounting
  • Big 4 tax exp., especially with partnership tax and some C-Corp
  • 3 years' Controller exp. in a multi-state entity real estate company.
  • Exp. supervising the accounting team, improving efficiencies and processes, working with financial close, financial reporting, budgeting, banking / debt / cash management.
  • Extremely personable, upbeat and high EQ.
  • Salary Expectations:  $135K+

 

CFO / Controller (Direct Hire) - CN463389

Seeking: Direct Hire

  • Masters in Accounting, CPA, and Public Accounting background.
  • Audit and Advisory experience with large manufacturers.
  • Strong accounting base with regards to technical, process improvement and implementation.
  • Member of the Investment committee.
  • Responsible for M&A business plans, due diligence, modeling techniques, operational business plans and 3 statement modeling for potential acquisitions6 yrs. Divisional CFO($600M) exp. with a $2B global company and multiple promotions.
  • Has experience with costing(Standard Cost, PPV, and PVM with 1000’s of SKU’s)
  • Salary Expectation: $200K+

 

Internal Auditor (Direct Hire) - CN467234

  • Licensed CPA with over 5 years public accounting exp. seeks to move out of public
  • Holds BS in Accounting and  International Business from University of South Carolina and Master's in Accounting from Wake Forest
  • Has served clients in Retail, Private Equity, Dealerships, Healthcare, and Non-Profits across the country and globally
  • Extensive responsibilities with Financial Statements, Audits, adhering to US GAAP, External/Internal Auditors, Acquisitions, Balance Sheets, Internal Audit, Inventory and more
  • Technical skills include MS Excel/Word/PowerPoint, Xero, ProSystems FX Engagement, ERA Ignite, CaseWare Working Papers, and is also conversational in Spanish
  • Salary Expectation: $105K+

Business Transformation

Program Manager (Contract | Direct Hire) - CN467477

  • Proven track record in leading cross-functional teams, delivering over 277 successful projects in 2023, generating over $12M in savings
  • Extensive experience in Agile project management, utilizing tools such as Jira, Smartsheet, Asana, and Amazon Projects
  • Experienced in handling large-scale projects
  • Well-versed in data analytics and business operations, with a robust educational background including an MBA from Wake Forest University
  • Skilled in utilizing project tracking and management software to streamline processes and improve operational efficiency
  • Salary Expectations: $60/hr (Contract) or $120K (Direct)

 

Project Manager - Senior Consultant (Contract | Direct Hire) - CN451169

  • Highly skilled in leading diverse global teams and managing complex projects, with extensive experience across industries including technology, defense, and security

  • PMP and SAFe 6.0 Scrum Master certified, with expertise in both Waterfall and Agile methodologies for project management

  • Extensive experience in risk management, strategic planning, and performance management, with a demonstrated ability to improve project reporting accuracy and efficiency by over 90%

  •  Experienced veteran with a comprehensive background in the U.S. Navy, successfully managing IT programs valued over $6B and leading personnel in high-pressure environments

  • Exceptional communicator, with a history of improving stakeholder satisfaction by over 50% and delivering projects on time and within scope, ensuring client success

  • Salary Expectations:  $85/hr (Contract) or $165K (Direct)

 

Data Scientist (Contract | Direct Hire) - CN461216

  • Experienced data modeler with visualization skills using SQL, R and Python
  • Smart, with double Master’s degree in Chemistry and Applied Data Science (completing soon)
  • Eagle Scout with excellent team mentality and can-do attitude
  • Salary Expectation: $38/hr (Contract) or $72K (Direct)

 

Scrum Master (Contract | Direct Hire) - CN400384

  • Certified Scrum Master with industry experience that includes Energy and Financial Services
  • Product Owner / Business Analyst background
  • Technical skills include Power BI, JIRA, Python, SQL
  • MBA & BS in Finance from Queens University
  • Rugby World Cup & Water Polo Athlete - driven to win and dedicated to a team
  • Salary Expectation: $110K (Direct Hire)