Because Relationships Matter

Our Philosophy

Prosperous long-term client partnerships don’t happen by themselves. Like all successful relationships, they take hard work and dedication. Initially formed by developing a deep understanding of our clients’ business and culture and sustained by successfully using that acquired knowledge and insight to attract top candidates, we boast client relationships spanning several decades.

As a boutique firm that has always relied on our relationships and reputation to generate business, we know we must provide our clients a higher standard of service. We manage the entire recruiting process with the utmost integrity, expediently filling our clients’ openings with the most qualified candidates and with the least amount of wasted time. It is no wonder that we consistently come out at the top of our clients’ metrics when calculating resume to placement ratios.

Candidate Slate

We know you don’t need us to place ads on your behalf (though we do a thorough job of screening out candidates) and thus we rely on our extensive networks to find you the most qualified candidates as opposed to recycling the same candidates that are active and widespread in the market and on the job boards. More than half of the candidates we place are from direct referrals of former candidates and/or clients we have served, targeted specifically for your job and its requirements.

How to Work with Marcus & Associates

We offer a diverse slate of arrangements to suit your company’s recruitment needs and timeframe, all executed with the utmost attention to quality and expediency.

Retained Searches
Contingency Searches
Applied Searches
Contract

CFO, Controller, Chief Accounting Officer, Director of Internal Audit, Director of SOX, Head of Accounting Policy, VP, Finance, Head of Operational Risk, Chief Compliance Officer, Head of Regulatory Reporting, PMO Office Head, Business Unit Controller, Treasurer

There is a reason that our contingency clients come to us to fill their more senior roles like the ones above, sometimes after some of the more well-known executive search firms fail to deliver a worthy candidate. That is because we KNOW CPAs. We knew then 10, 15, 20 even 25 years ago when they were in public accounting and we know them today as our candidates and our clients. We also have a long history recruiting Finance, Risk, Regulatory and Compliance professionals as well. We don’t have to start from scratch; having our researchers dig through lists and make cold calls. We can put our partners’ years of relationship building to work for you immediately. Under a retained search agreement, you can sit back and let us manage the search process for you, guaranteeing exclusivity to our candidates, dedicated attention to your search, confidentiality, and as always, a highly screened pool of quality candidates.

To learn more about our search process, call 212-856-9888 and ask for Ellen Marcus or John Schmit or click here to send an email.
Financial Reporting, Financial Analysis, Internal Audit, IT Audit, Treasury, Accounting Policy, Sarbanes Oxley, Strategic Planning, Operational Risk, Product Control, Fund Accountant, Regulatory Reporting, Dodd Frank, AML, Valuations, Compliance

Time after time Marcus & Associates comes out at the top to clients’ vendor performance metrics when measuring efficiency and success rates. That is because our focus is in on quality over quantity. We work with a limited number of clients at a time, affording us the time to understand your business and requirements. When you work with Marcus & Associates, you can be assured that we will never send over candidates that don’t meet your (and our) most discriminating criteria. Most of the candidates we place are previously known to us or personally referred to us so you are getting to see a unique slate of candidates not necessarily widespread in the market place but recruited and screened specifically for your role. By adhering to our own high standards of presenting only those candidates which we honestly believe can be a positive addition to your staff, even if sometimes that means only sending one or two resumes over, we not only wind up saving you a lot of wasted interviewing time, but often wind up with a higher fill rate than our much larger competitors.

To learn more about our search process, call 212-856-9888 and ask for Ellen Marcus or John Schmit or click here to send an email.
(Exclusive Search with Engagement Fee)

This is the perfect solution for our clients who want to take advantage of our dedicated search services for a critical, confidential or hard to fill roles but cannot commit to a Retained Search arrangement.

To learn more about our search process, call 212-856-9888 and ask for Ellen Marcus or John Schmit or click here to send an email.
If your hiring needs are temporary or temp-to-perm, we can execute a search that works for you. We help our trusted clients with flexible arrangements to suit their needs including all payroll and employer of record issues.

To learn more about our placement process, call 212-856-9888 and ask for Ellen Marcus or John Schmit or click here to send an email.

Working with Marcus & Associates has been a great way to expand our firm. I can trust that candidates from John will have the technical background and experience that the job requires as well as interest and experience in our industry. To date, we are more likely to extend an offer to candidates from Marcus & Associates than any other recruiting source.
- Jacob S., Director, Top Consulting Firm
Ellen has a unique talent for getting to know her clients and matching not only a candidates' skills to appropriate positions, but also understanding the personality fit of the people she places in those organizations.
- James W., Associate, Corporate Treasury, Top Investment Bank
You can depend upon their knowledge of the market, extensive network and professional integrity as a hiring manager and as a job seeker.
- Tariq A., MD, Head of Risk Audit
As a corporate recruiter I have relied on Marcus Associates for nearly 10 years as a trusted source of qualified and quality talent for “difficult to fill” opportunities in the risk management and finance areas.
- Carol W., VP Recruiting, Commercial Banking Conglomerate

Employers

Because Relationships Matter

Our Philosophy

Candidate Slate

How to Work with Marcus & Associates