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Abacum is a Business Planning solution for finance teams, founded in 2020 by two former CFOs. The company has raised over $100M (Series B in June 2025 led by Scale Venture Partners) and operates globally with 100+ employees across offices in New York (headquarters), Toronto, and Barcelona. Abacum is trusted by industry leaders including Dish Networks, Strava, BetterUp, Kajabi, and hundreds more.
You will own a significant share of Abacum's hiring as the company scales from 100+ to 200+ people. This is a builder role focused on establishing operating standards for recruiting: scorecards, interview loops, data hygiene, and leadership reporting. You will carry a headcount target as your primary metric and run searches end-to-end across multiple functions and geographies.
Key responsibilities:
1. The Number: Own a set headcount target and the funnel math behind it (pipeline coverage, conversion by stage, time-to-fill, offer accept rate). Run weekly hiring updates for leadership showing what is on track, what is not, and what you need. Flag risks early with data.
2. Full-Cycle Recruiting: Run searches end-to-end from intake through close across multiple functions and geographies. Personally source by building market maps, writing outreach, and opening doors. Close senior candidates against competing offers, including situations where Abacum is not the highest bidder.
3. Hiring Process Development: Design and roll out interview loops and scorecards that are consistent, evidence-based, and actually used. Own Ashby as the source of truth with clean data and disciplined stage management. Establish rituals and SLAs that make hiring predictable.
4. Business Partnership: Be a real partner to hiring managers—run rigorous intake, push back on vague or off-market profiles, and hold the bar under pressure to fill. Coach interviewers and communicate needs early and often. Give candidates an experience that reflects how Abacum works: fast, direct, and honest.
You will also collaborate with the Chief of Staff and People team on compensation philosophy, onboarding, headcount planning, and employer brand.
The role is based in New York with in-office expectations Tuesday through Thursday. Abacum values fast decisions, small politics, and respect for data-driven decision-making.
Requirements:
- 6+ years of recruiting experience, with at least 4 years in-house
- Proven track record carrying a headcount target as primary metric; ability to speak specifically to what the number was, what you closed, where you missed, and why
- B2B SaaS experience at a company that went through a real scaling period; startup or high-growth environments strongly preferred over large, stable ones
- Genuinely full-cycle recruiting with demonstrated sourcing capability; ability to quantify what share of your hires came from your own outbound
- Operational rigor with evidence of building something that outlasted you (scorecard, interview loop, reporting cadence, SLA)
- Comfort disagreeing with senior people; ability to tell a hiring manager their profile is wrong or that a candidate they love is a no while maintaining the relationship
- For Toronto-based candidates: experience recruiting for B2B software sold to finance teams (FP&A, accounting, billing, treasury, spend management, close and consolidation)
