Accounting Recruiters

The Role of Accountants

Accountants play a crucial role in the success and sustainability of businesses. Their expertise in a wide range of financial services and insights is essential for business operations, including financial management and strategic planning.

Furthermore, accounting professionals identify potential financial risks and develop strategies to mitigate them. This includes assessing potential investment opportunities and navigating changes in tax regulations and market fluctuations to protect the organization’s financial health.

Outside of crunching numbers, accountants offer businesses strategic advice based on their financial analysis, including identifying growth opportunities, cost-saving measures, and optimal investment strategies.

The expertise of accounting executives allows businesses to optimize their expenses and identify revenue opportunities, further enhancing the company’s profitability and long-term business sustainability.

Our Approach to the Accounting Executive Search and Recruitment Process

At Keller, we employ a unique recruitment approach tailored to your specific hiring needs. Our approach also takes into account certain nuances of the industry you work in, such as evolving skill requirements, industry specialization, seasonal demand fluctuations, and work culture fit.

Before we begin the search for top accounting candidates, we conduct a thorough assessment of your company, its culture, and your unique goals and requirements. This gives us valuable insights we need to accurately determine gaps that require filling and craft a recruitment strategy to match.

With this information at hand, our recruiters begin a stringent executive search that leverages our vast network of professionals and job seekers, partnership with NPAworldwide, and a range of cutting-edge tools to identify and recruit accounting candidates with the required knowledge and skill set. These include candidate tracking and talent analytics software as well as diversity hiring strategies – all of which are designed to improve recruiting efficiency and contribute to better client outcomes.

We prioritize inclusivity and diversity during our search to ensure our clients are given a shortlist of varied, talented candidates to choose from. In other words, we don’t discriminate against job seekers based on identifying qualities such as gender, age, or race. We evaluate them solely on their professional track record, qualifications, and work ethic.

All candidates then undergo a rigorous assessment process, which includes extensive background, reference, and criminal record checks, advanced psychometric testing, and behavioral interviews. Talents who pass our assessment are then shortlisted and presented to the client for final consideration.

Behind Keller's Tailored Approach

When Keller was a young firm, we implemented a cookie-cutter approach that treated every search the same as the next. Although this worked for filling large volumes of positions, it fell short when it came to finding candidates for specialized, high-impact leadership roles.

We realized this after we were unable to successfully complete a search for a prominent client who was looking to hire someone suitable for an upper management post. While we were able to locate a professional with the necessary skills and qualifications to meet the demands of the role, our approach failed to consider their cultural fit.

As a result, our recommendation ultimately resigned after struggling to find common ground with the peers on our client’s existing team. This unfortunate outcome taught us a valuable lesson about putting our clients’ requirements at the forefront of every search and considering elements such as team dynamics and leadership style to ensure a perfect match.

With this in mind, we set about reforming our recruiting method into one that could produce better results for employers. After landing on the approach we currently use, our placement success rates increased by a wide margin for executive-level roles. This bolstered our reputation for providing reliable, high-touch recruitment services with exceptional results.

Companies of all sizes now turn to Keller for assistance in filling their most challenging roles, and we enjoy a position among the world’s most trusted executive search firms.

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Some Areas We Specialize In

Our seasoned recruiters bring an impressive array of qualifications and extensive experience to the table. Among our staff are certified public accountants (CPAs) with years of first-hand experience in the industry, giving us a deep understanding of various finance and accounting roles. Our recruiters have also received recognition from professional organizations and industry publications for their expertise in the field.

Furthermore, our specialized skills in forensic accounting, expertise in international financial reporting standards (IFRS), and advanced data analytics tools allow us to provide cutting-edge recruitment solutions that are both compliant with industry standards and tailored to the unique needs of accounting companies. It also means we are capable of supporting a wide variety of sub-disciplines within the broader accounting and finance sector. For example:

• Accounts Payable and Receivable
• Audit Accounting
• CPA and Controllers
• Credit and Collections
• Finance and Insurance
• Financial Planning and Analysis
• Internal Auditing
• Payroll
• Private and Public Accounting
• Tax Accounting and Preparation
• Treasury
• Accounting and Finance Human Resources

Positions We Fill

As a leading executive search firm, Keller delivers end-to-end talent acquisition solutions designed to assist companies and organizations in sourcing and attracting high-caliber accounting and finance professionals for critical roles. Our team draws on decades of first-hand industry experience, allowing us to understand and translate technical requirements into precise talent strategies.

Because every engagement has different requirements, we do not confine our search to a predetermined list of job titles. Instead, we focus on surfacing highly skilled finance talents whose technical acumen, experience, and cultural fit align with what our clients need. This approach allows us to present only the best active and passive candidates who can unlock strategic insights, strengthen competitive advantage, and make a significant impact from day one. Furthermore, this allows us to fill the full spectrum of roles, from entry- and mid-level roles such as auditors to senior- and executive-level positions.

Part of what sets our recruiting services apart is our commitment to taking a consultative approach. We map our client’s goals, culture, and risk profile to create an accurate blueprint, then benchmark compensation against real-time market trends. From there, a sophisticated screening process, which includes AI-assisted sourcing, behavioral and technical interviews, extensive reference checks, and psychometric analytics, helps us filter thousands of finance and accounting professionals to a shortlist of the most qualified candidates. This method consistently produces successful placements that remain in the role well beyond industry averages.

Why Choose Keller as Your Accounting Recruitment Partner?

Keller stands out as a premier accounting recruiter and staffing agency, boasting years of experience helping global organizations find top talent. What differentiates us from other executive search firms is our expansive database of accounting experts, cutting-edge recruiting technology, and advanced assessment tools that enable us to reliably pinpoint the best professionals for a role.

We’re also committed to ensuring the ideal fit for the needs and organizational culture of our clients’ accounting teams while maintaining clear communication and providing progress reports on the status of our clients’ searches. Moreover, our consultants are available 24/7 throughout the engagement to address questions and concerns and offer support during negotiations and onboarding to ensure all parties are satisfied with the outcome.

To further ensure the efficiency of our search process, we invest heavily in continuous learning by participating in industry events and conferences to stay up to date with the latest developments and findings in the field. We also keep tabs on the top finance and accounting talent, so we know where to look when tasked with staffing a role.

Our Promise – The Right Hire

At Keller, we take data protection and privacy seriously. Our team follows strict protocols to ensure all sensitive candidate and client information is safeguarded, including implementing robust data security measures and investing in secure storage systems. We also adhere to the data privacy laws and regulations within our clients’ locales for further peace of mind.

In addition, we offer a comprehensive 210-day replacement program for all of our placements. If the candidate you hired through Keller fails to meet expectations or leaves their position within this timeframe, we will conduct a replacement search at no additional cost. This coverage reflects our confidence in our ability to find the right match for your business.

Partner with Keller for access to the best accounting talent, and let us help you reach your business goals. Reach out to Keller today for a meeting with one of our professional consultants.