Available to Professional and Enterprise users, Multicurrency provides you with flexibility to create jobs in a different currency to that of your Home Currency. This allows you to view candidates desired salary within Potential Matches and Considering Lists in the converted, job currency whilst maintaining your sales figures in your home currency for invoicing and reporting.
How to Enable Multicurrency
To turn on Multicurrency:
-
Go to Settings > System Configuration > General
-
Switch on Multicurrency
-
Confirm your Home Currency, which applies to all new jobs by default
This setting enables currency options when creating jobs.
Setting Currency on a Job
When creating a job:
-
Choose Permanent for the Job Workflow
-
Next to the Salary From field, select a Job Currency
-
Search currencies by:
-
Country
-
Currency name
-
Symbol
-
Currency code
-
Once selected:
-
All job monetary fields show the Job Currency symbol
-
Forecasted Sales remain in your Home Currency
The Forecasted Sales figure will auto‑populate only if:
Projected Salary is entered
Markup % is entered
Job Currency and Terms Currency match
This match allows the system to convert figures back to the Home Currency.
Multicurrency is only available on the permanent workflow.
Potential Matches and Considering
If your Job Currency is set to a different currency from your Home Currency then you'll also be able to view a candidates Desired Salary, converted into the Job Currency, when looking at your Potential Matches and Considering lists. Simply hover over the value to see the conversion:
Placements
When you're ready to place a candidate, you'll need to ensure the Job Currency and Terms Currency match if you haven't done this on the Summary of the job already.
From the placement screen, the Exchange Rate set when your job was first created will be pulled through from the Job Summary, however you'll now have the option to enter a custom exchange rate if one has been agreed with your client, or click the Refresh icon to update with today's exchange rate:
Similar to the Forecasted Sales, the Sales Amount will be converted back into your Home Currency. Hovering over this amount will show you the conversion from the Job Currency:
FAQs
How does Firefish calculate currency exchange rates?
We pull currency exchange rate data from a 3rd party, Open Exchange Rates. Exchange rates are updated in Firefish on a daily basis.
Will my existing jobs be impacted when switching on Multicurrency?
No. All existing jobs will remain in your Home Currency and will not be impacted by switching the Multicurrency setting on.
Can I use Multicurrency on Contract jobs?
Not quite yet, but we're working on it and plan to extend Multicurrency onto the Contract workflow soon!
Can I report in multiple currencies?
Currently, data in the Reports Dashboard will show in your Home Currency, regardless of the currency set on a Job.