Hire US and UK educated talent who moved back to India.
Finance, marketing, design and ops professionals who studied at Wharton, LSE and Parsons, trained at McKinsey, Google and the Big 4, then came home. They work your time zone for 60% less than a local hire. Shortlist in 5 days, hire in 14.
Starts with a 15-minute call. Free to interview. Pay only when you hire. Replacement guaranteed.
| Candidate | Annual cost |
|---|---|
Karan M. 6 yrs, BA Georgetown | |
Neha S. 5 yrs, MSc LSE | |
Aditi R. 7 yrs, MBA Wharton | |
Rohan V. 4 yrs, BCom St. Xavier's Mumbai |
| Candidate | Annual cost |
|---|---|
Pallavi N. 5 yrs, ACCA | |
Sameer P. 6 yrs, CPA | |
Ritika G. 4 yrs, BCom Delhi University | |
Dev K. 7 yrs, CPA |
| Candidate | Annual cost |
|---|---|
Varun S. 6 yrs, BS Arizona State | |
Ishita V. 7 yrs, MS Northwestern | |
Aman T. 5 yrs, BBA Symbiosis, Meta Blueprint | |
Zara F. 4 yrs, BA Christ University Bangalore |
| Candidate | Annual cost |
|---|---|
Kavya M. 6 yrs, BFA Parsons | |
Yash R. 5 yrs, MA Central Saint Martins | |
Diya S. 4 yrs, B.Des NIFT Delhi | |
Arnav K. 7 yrs, self-taught, Webflow certified |
"When I turned to Hey Recruiting for a seasoned writer, they came back to me the very next day with a great candidate that I was able to start working with right away. I could not be happier with the experience."
Michele Foster, Founder, M19- Today15-minute call. You describe the role, we tell you what it costs in India and who is available.
- Day 5Four vetted candidates in your inbox, each with a case study result and an all-in cost.
- Day 14You interview, you pick, they sign. We handle the contract, or the payroll if you choose staffing.
Every year, thousands of US and UK educated Indians move home. Almost nobody abroad is hiring them.
They studied there
Undergrad or MBA at a US or UK university. Four to eight years living in New York, London, Boston or the Bay Area. Your working culture is the only one they have known professionally.
They worked there
Analyst at Bain, audit at Deloitte, ads at Google, design at Landor. They have already been managed by someone like you and have managed people themselves.
They came home
Family, visas, cost of living. Once back, the local market cannot use them at their level, so the best of them want exactly what you have: a serious role for a US, UK or European company, on your hours, at a salary that is top of market in India and a fraction of yours.
Most of the people we place fit this profile. The rest went to India's top schools and then spent years at the same firms. We show you both on the shortlist, and the case study is the same for everyone.
Two kinds of hires. Neither is a virtual assistant.
Most offshore agencies sell assistants and call it premium. We start one level up, and every hire passes the same case study.
Virtual assistants
- Inbox, calendar, data entry
- Needs daily direction
- Not who we place
Specialists
- Owns a function end to end
- Bookkeepers, staff accountants, financial analysts, paid media managers, brand and product designers, lifecycle marketers, ops coordinators
- Big 4, Google, agency or US and UK startup trained
- Mostly US or UK educated, all fluent
- Needs a weekly check-in, not a daily one
Leaders and operators
- Owns outcomes, not tasks
- Controllers, FP&A heads, heads of growth, creative directors, chiefs of staff, VPs of ops
- Has managed teams before
- Trained at MBB, Big 4, a top bank or a top agency
- Lived and worked in the US or UK, most of them for years
Recent placements
Names shortened. Most studied or worked in the US or UK before moving back to India. Three specialists, three leaders, across finance, marketing, design and ops.
Starts with a 15-minute call. Free to interview. Pay only when you hire.
Most agencies hope they hired well. We make sure.
- 1Source
We go find them
The best people are not on job boards. We track US and UK educated professionals as they move back to India, plus alumni of MBB, Big 4 and top banks already there.
- 2Screen
We check the record
Degree, employer and title verified. A live conversation in English, because someone who spent four years at Berkeley or LSE does not need an accent test. Availability for your time zone confirmed, not assumed.
- 3Case
We give them real work
A timed case study built from your actual business: a model to fix, a plan to critique, a team problem to solve. Half do not make it past this round.
- 4Interview
We run the first interview
A partner-level interview on judgement, ownership and how they have managed people. You only meet the ones we would hire ourselves.
Who hires through us
Founders and startups
Chiefs of staff, FP&A, growth marketers, ops leads. The senior hire you could not afford locally, or the specialist who frees up the one you have.
CPA and accounting firms
Bookkeepers, staff accountants and audit seniors trained to US GAAP or UK standards, on your hours, through tax season.
VC and PE funds
Investment analysts and portfolio finance support who have written IC memos and built models at banks and consultancies.
Agencies and e-commerce brands
Paid media managers, designers, lifecycle marketers and video editors who have run real budgets and shipped real campaigns.
Why India, and why this calibre
"I kept meeting people in Mumbai with a Wharton MBA and four years at Bain who were underemployed because the local market had no use for them at that level. They speak your English, they get your culture, they have sat in your meetings. Finding them before anyone else does is the entire business."
Hey Recruiting started in 2021 after I spent years hiring for my own companies and watching offshore agencies send me assistants when I had asked for a controller. We built the network and the vetting we wished existed, and we have placed 450 people since, from bookkeepers to VPs.
What clients say
A year in, still brilliant
"I've been working with Sanjana for almost a year now and she's brilliant. She reads the briefs carefully, communicates on time and is great at sticking to deadlines, however tight they might be. Would 100% recommend!"
High performance and trust
"I run SweetRush, a great US-based company where we put a premium on high performance and trust, and in that light I would highly recommend Akshat."
Experienced candidates, many specialties
"Hey Recruiting's services significantly enhanced our talent pool, bringing experienced candidates to our agency to meet the needs of our clients across many specialty areas. Highly recommended!"
Two ways to work with us
Both start with a free search and a shortlist in 5 days. You pay nothing until someone signs. Pick the model when you make the hire, not before.
Staffing
Salary + 30% per month
We are the employer of record in India. Payroll, benefits, contracts and compliance are handled. You get one invoice a month, in USD, GBP or EUR. No entity, no visa, no employment liability on your side.
Perpetual replacement guarantee
If your hire ever leaves or stops performing, we replace them, for as long as you work with us. Most clients choose this.
Recruiting
20% of annual salary, once
We find and vet, you hire directly on an independent contractor agreement we provide. One flat fee when they sign, nothing after.
3-month replacement guarantee
If it does not work out in the first 90 days, we run the search again at no cost.
Starts with a 15-minute call. Free to interview. Pay only when you hire.
Questions we get on the call
Will there be a language or culture gap?
No. Most of the people we place did their degree in the US or UK and worked there for years before moving back to India. They have already sat in your kind of meetings, written your kind of emails and worked for your kind of manager, whether that was in New York, London or Berlin. English is the language they think in at work.
Do they really work our hours?
Yes. Every candidate confirms availability for your time zone before they reach a shortlist. European hours are an easy overlap from India. For US clients, most placements work 9am to 6pm Eastern or Pacific, and many prefer it. They follow your holiday calendar, not India's.
How is this different from a virtual assistant agency?
We do not place assistants. We place people who own a function, from a bookkeeper who runs your close to a controller who runs your finance team. Nearly all of them trained at a top consulting firm, Big 4 practice, bank or agency, and most studied in the US or UK.
Is this legal? Do I need an entity in India?
No entity needed. On the staffing model we are the employer of record in India and you have a service agreement with Hey Recruiting, so there is no foreign employment on your books. On the recruiting model your hire works as an independent contractor under an agreement we provide, the same way companies in the US, UK and EU engage contractors abroad. Your accountant will have seen both.
Who employs the hire?
Your choice. On the staffing model we are the employer of record in India and you pay salary plus 30% monthly, with a perpetual replacement guarantee. On the recruiting model you hire directly, pay a one-time 20% fee, and get a 3-month guarantee. Both work the same whether you are in the US, UK or EU.
Do you place bookkeepers and analysts, or only senior people?
Both. About half our placements are specialists: bookkeepers, staff accountants, financial analysts, paid media specialists, ops coordinators. The other half are managers and department heads. The vetting bar is the same for both.
What if they leave after six months?
Our placed hires stay an average of 2.4 years, mostly because the pay is top of market in India and the work is more senior than they would get locally. If someone does leave, the staffing model replaces them at no cost for as long as you are a client, and the recruiting model covers the first 90 days.
What about data security and IP?
Every hire signs an NDA and IP assignment in your favour before day one. On the staffing model we also run background checks and can provision managed laptops. If you have SOC 2 or client confidentiality requirements, tell us on the call and we will scope for them.
How do I manage someone I have never met in person?
The same way you manage anyone remote. Every hire we place has worked in a distributed team before, most for a US or UK employer. On the staffing model we also run a 30-60-90 day check-in with you and the hire, and step in early if something is off.
What if I do not like anyone on the shortlist?
We go back and search again. You pay nothing until someone signs, so a shortlist you do not love costs you nothing but a few interviews.
How fast can someone start?
Shortlist in 5 days, hire in about 14. Notice periods in India can be 30 to 60 days for senior people, and we tell you each candidate's start date up front.
See your shortlist in five days.
Pick a time. The call is 15 minutes with one of our talent leads, who has placed dozens of people in your kind of role.
- You describe the role and what a local hire would cost you.
- We tell you what it costs in India and who is available right now.
- If we cannot fill it, we say so on the call.
Free to interview. Pay only when you hire. Replacement guaranteed.
Prefer email? info@heyrecruiting.com. We reply within one business day.