Accounting & Finance

When we entered this sector, many businesses felt that the Bangkok Accounting & Finance talent market was not at the level they wanted, and there were no specialist recruiters that could understand their corporations fully and find the right finance talent. Our dedicated finance talent pools in FMCG, Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical, Retail and Insurance enabled us to enter the market and compile accurate shortlists that resulted in higher conversion rates, helping our clients to fill their requirements faster. Having a central research team also meant we were the only agency in Thailand able to map the market in detail, creating a direct path to the top talent for the businesses we worked with.

Over time, several businesses have moved to a shared service model, outsourcing their Accounting operations outside of Thailand. This has resulted in a lot of change in the sector, with a higher turnover of staff to deal with, as well as an increased demand for candidates with Commercial Finance and FP&A expertise.

We have evolved with the finance function and are proud to be one of the few specialist recruiters in the Thai market able to provide genuine insight on industry trends to our clients because of our longstanding relationships with senior finance professionals in the sector. This consultative approach has seen us become a valued business partner to many, responding to challenges quickly and advising our clients to give them a competitive edge.

A great solution for hiring talent into your business quickly and effectively. Whether you’re recruiting for a handful of roles a year or a handful of roles a week, we are here to use our extensive network to find the best candidates for you.

Key features:

• We source and secure high calibre talent using innovative, customised search methods

• Dedicated resourcing of 1 or 2 recruiters in your specific disciplines

• Time to hire: 2 to 4 weeks, including search

• Shortlists within 48 hours

• Pre-agreed timeline to hire

Why you’ll love it:

• Quick and easy access to engaged and active talent

• Reduced time to hire

• Less time spent interviewing

• Less time spent reviewing resumes

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Carried out by expert researchers, our market maps provide invaluable insight into active and passive candidate communities within specific market areas and aim to help you gain a more comprehensive understanding of your market position.

Key features:

• Using both our Regional Research Center of Excellence (COE) and experienced in-country Consultants, we will objectively map niche markets

• Fully bespoke from a location, skill set and seniority perspective

• Proactive and organic for quick access and use

Why you’ll love it:

• Better awareness of the candidate pools available in your market

• Increased awareness of your employer brand to help you stand out from the crowd

• Benchmark your talent strategy against the most effective in the market

• Gives you the ability to rapidly ramp up and scale down resource

• Successfully headhunt direct competition to your business

• Arms you with the information you need to make a business case on your talent requirements

• Your experience will be interactive - we’ll empower you and engage candidates towards your brand

Perfect for senior hires or multiple roles requiring similar niche skill sets. We take full responsibility for the entire search – our approach is targeted and specific, we meet and screen all prospective candidates for cultural fit before considering an introduction.

Key features:

• Time to hire: 4-8 weeks, including search and shortlisting

• Pre-defined timelines and start date for the candidate agreed as the search is started

• Dedicated recruitment team on each specific search, to ensure a thorough search and all relevant candidates in the market are spoken to

• Weekly updates on your search

• Option to conduct market mapping and report on your brand perception in the market

• Staggered pricing solutions, in line with different hiring phases

Why you’ll love it:

• You gain preferred access to the best pools of active and passive candidates in your market

• Your experience will be interactive - we’ll empower you and engage candidates towards your brand

• Guaranteed to secure the hire

• Remain anonymous whilst you go out to market

• Easier to plan around a pre-agreed start date

• Ability to spread the cost across a number of weeks or months

A cost-effective and time-saving solution to help you treamline your hiring process while maintaining total transparency. We will conduct thorough research on your company’s brand and competitor positioning so we can align your employer brand with your hiring strategy.

Key features:

• Dedicated recruiter imbedded into your business – but also still fully connected to the Argyll Scott ecosystem ​

• Pre-defined SLA’s ​

• Full account management team and regular reviews ​

• 100% focus from the recruitment team​

• Flexible billing structure

Why you’ll love it:

• Cost-saving without quality saving​

• Combined benefits of both the search and RPO model ​

• Search firm brand ambassador and extension of your internal HR / Talent Acquisition team​

• Faster to hire because of the better understanding we have of your business

• Market knowledge and intel to help shape your hiring strategies and decisions

The challenge:

For well over a year, this FMCG multinational had been looking for a new CFO with mixed skillsets and strong regional strategy and management experience. They had had no success despite working with multiple agencies. The company’s reputation for having a high staff turnover and a poor culture was a challenge, as was their position in the taboo alcohol sector that was putting off candidates with religious beliefs. The hire had now become critical and they needed a partner who could hit the ground running, as well as manage the local cultural side to quickly transform them into an MNC environment.

Our solution:

Firstly, we addressed the negative perceptions, proposing a new way of portraying the brand to candidates. Then we asked to see the results of the previous market mapping, which was much too short, and details of the candidates they had seen, who were clearly not the right cultural fit. We asked for an exclusive two-week window to re-map the market; reposition the brand and proposition for candidates; and control the flow of information and the full process. Once agreed, we provided a new market map of double the previous and set about educating the market on the many positives about the client and the opportunity.

The outcome:

• We found five high-level candidates who got to the final round of interviews with one accepting an offer

• The role had been open for 12 months and we made a placement within just two months of starting our process

• We helped to noticeably improve the brand’s reputation in the market

• We provided valuable insight into market conditions and how their competitors are structured in terms of teams, salaries, and functions

The challenge:

We first began working with this multinational Beauty Company when they were going through a period of great change. They were in the midst of pivoting their brand image and had also gone through a large M&A, resulting in lots of redundancies and showing the early warning signs of a negative company culture, making it difficult to attract new talent who could execute the company’s new vision.

They required a highly experienced recruitment partner who knew the market well, could help them develop innovative candidate attraction strategies and manage a full RPO solution. They chose to partner with Argyll Scott because of our shared values. We quickly developed a strong rapport with the HR Director, who appreciated our truly consultative approach.

Our solution:

Our RPO solution manages the brand’s entire hiring process. From the outset, we established clear SLAs which have adapted with the business’s needs over time. A key part of our solution is our account management team. As we service their roles across five countries, all roles come through our key account manager and are then delegated throughout the region. The team also manage the Management Index Report, a detailed weekly update for the HRD.

Our approach also involves a lot of consulting and coaching of hiring managers, to help understand their needs and build workable solutions. Frequent and transparent two-way communication enables us to sell the roles and the exciting vision of the brand effectively. We’re constantly building a strong pipeline of business-critical talent and refine our solutions to better support their expansion plans.

The outcome:

• We’re a key hiring partner for the brand across the region – an initial mandate for 20 roles across Sales & Marketing, Accounting & Finance, Procurement and Supply Chain functions developed into Argyll Scott filling over 60 retained roles.

• The brand has grown significantly across the APAC region in that time, and we’re hugely proud to have been a part of that. We’ve grown our account management team and capabilities in line with the business’s growth.