Senior Talent Acquisition Manager

About the Role

Join PIA Deutschland to drive talent acquisition efforts that directly fuel organizational growth. Since entering the German market in early 2026 through the acquisition of LADM, PIA is establishing a platform for tax consulting and auditing that is expected to grow to over 1,000 employees by 2027. This role is pivotal in building the talent acquisition function from scratch to support independent law firms partnered with PIA, providing them infrastructure, services, and growth support.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end recruitment processes including requirement gathering, sourcing, selection, offer, and contract management.
• Collaborate with partner firms to fill critical roles such as tax advisors, auditors, and leadership positions instrumental to growth.
• Lead recruitment for key roles within the PIA Deutschland Holding alongside supporting the platform firms.
• Develop hiring strategies with partners and management teams including defining needs, prioritization, candidate profiles, and execution plans.
• Proactively build talent pipelines through direct outreach, networking, alumni relations, and targeted advertising rather than relying on passive applications.
• Manage external recruiting agencies strategically to augment speed when internal efforts need support.
• Implement recruitment metrics and dashboards to measure and manage performance in areas like time-to-fill, offer acceptance rate, source mix, and cost-per-hire.
• Establish and promote PIA Deutschland's employer brand in a market where it is currently unknown.

Candidate Profile

• Proven success recruiting for highly specialized and scarce professional roles such as tax advisors, auditors, lawyers, or similar regulated professions.
• Strong track record of managing recruitment performance based on quantitative KPIs.
• Experience building recruitment functions from ground zero, including selection and implementation of Applicant Tracking Systems.
• Expertise in direct candidate sourcing and personal outreach.
• Confident stakeholder management with partners and owners, preferably in post-merger environments.
• Fluent German and English language skills, with English as corporate language at group level.

What You Can Expect

• The opportunity to create all aspects of the recruitment function including processes, tools, and employer branding from the ground up.
• Close interaction with PIA Deutschland’s executive management, reporting directly to leadership and working closely with firm partners.
• Career growth potential with responsibility to build and lead your own recruiting team as the volume increases.
• A competitive package with upside potential reflecting the role’s strategic impact.

About PIA

PIA is a platform for tax consulting and auditing with approximately 3,500 professionals spread across 75 firms in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg, with Germany as the fourth market. PIA believes quality tax advice depends on professionals having time to focus on client needs. They unify firms by relieving them of administrative and technical burdens while preserving their individual identities and local relationships.