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Meet our vetted accountants

Liam V. South Africa · 3 years experience
Monthly close, standard GAAP entries $15/hr

Best fit: A team that needs monthly close, standard GAAP entries.

Core responsibilities
  • Close the books by the date you set
  • Prepare journal entries, accruals and reconciliations
  • Review the bookkeeper's work before it becomes your numbers
  • Deliver the management pack: P&L, balance sheet, cash position
Core Competencies
NetSuite QuickBooks Online Microsoft Excel FloQast
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Jordan H. USA · 5 years experience
Compliance and tax filings $42/hr

Best fit: Compliance and tax filings, handled as its own dedicated lane.

Core responsibilities
  • Prepare sales tax and payroll tax filings by deadline
  • Support the year-end close and hand a clean file to your CPA
  • Track filing deadlines across every jurisdiction you operate in
Core Competencies
Avalara Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE QuickBooks Online Microsoft Excel
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Natalia C. Colombia · 5 years experience
Financial analysis and variance reporting $13/hr

Best fit: Best fit for a team leaning on someone for financial analysis and variance reporting.

Core responsibilities
  • Build budget-to-actual reports and flag variances
  • Prepare cash flow forecasts you can actually plan against
  • Analyze margins and cost trends when you ask
Core Competencies
Microsoft Excel Power BI NetSuite Workday Adaptive Planning
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Gabriel M. Philippines · 6 years experience
Advisory support, multi-entity clients $15/hr

Best fit: Suited to companies whose advisory support, multi-entity clients keeps slipping down the priority list.

Core responsibilities
  • Prep the numbers for board and investor updates
  • Support audits and due diligence requests
Core Competencies
NetSuite Power BI Microsoft Excel FloQast
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Camila N. USA · 8 years experience
Senior accountant, controller-track $52/hr

Best fit: The senior pick: accountant, controller-track, with enough range to own more than one lane at once.

Core responsibilities
  • Close the books by the date you set
  • Prepare journal entries, accruals and reconciliations
  • Review the bookkeeper's work before it becomes your numbers
  • Deliver the management pack: P&L, balance sheet, cash position
  • Prepare sales tax and payroll tax filings by deadline
  • Support the year-end close and hand a clean file to your CPA
  • Track filing deadlines across every jurisdiction you operate in
  • Build budget-to-actual reports and flag variances
  • Prepare cash flow forecasts you can actually plan against
  • Analyze margins and cost trends when you ask
  • Prep the numbers for board and investor updates
  • Support audits and due diligence requests
Core Competencies
NetSuite QuickBooks Online Power BI Microsoft Excel
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What this role costs you

Specialized recruiters Vetted candidates in 10 days Six core markets
Global talent
Starting at
$12/hour
No placement fee
WhereLatin America, Philippines, South Africa, Eastern Europe, Canada You payOne monthly fee, all-inclusive EmployerHireHawk employs, pays and manages compliance Guarantee100% performance replacement After the hireA dedicated Client Success Manager, for the life of the engagement CommitmentMonth to month, no lock-in Learn more →
US talent
Placement fee
12.5%of first-year salary
+ $995 retainer
WhereAll 50 states You pay$995 retainer to start the search, plus 12.5% at placement. Or 15% with no retainer EmployerThe hire joins your payroll directly Guarantee60-day replacement After the hireYours to manage from day one. There is no Client Success Manager on this offer CommitmentOne-time fee, no recurring cost Learn more →
Up to 70%is what you save with global talent 20–30%of first-year salary is what traditional agencies charge

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What this role handles for your team

An accountant owns reconciliations, reporting, and close work so leaders make decisions from current numbers.

Accounting close and financial reporting
Close the books by the date you set Prepare journal entries, accruals and reconciliations Review the bookkeeper's work before it becomes your numbers Deliver the management pack: P&L, balance sheet, cash position
Compliance and filings
Prepare sales tax and payroll tax filings by deadline Support the year-end close and hand a clean file to your CPA Track filing deadlines across every jurisdiction you operate in
Analysis
Build budget-to-actual reports and flag variances Prepare cash flow forecasts you can actually plan against Analyze margins and cost trends when you ask
Advisory support
Prep the numbers for board and investor updates Support audits and due diligence requests
Three steps

Hire an Accountant in 3 steps

From your first brief to an Accountant working in QuickBooks Online and Xero, you stay with one recruiter from scope through start.

Scope the Accountant role

Tell us the work to own, from accounting close and financial reporting to compliance and filings, plus the systems, coverage hours, and outcomes that matter. We turn that into a focused search brief.

Review vetted Accountant candidates

We screen candidates for accounting close and financial reporting, compliance and filings, and practical fluency in QuickBooks Online and Xero. You review a shortlist with relevant context.

Hire and onboard your Accountant

Choose your candidate and hiring model. We coordinate the handoff into your tools, operating process, and first-week priorities.

What changes for your team

Best for businesses that need timely financial statements and a clear view of what needs attention.

Numbers you can trust for decisions

Your monthly close gets reviewed and interpreted, instead of handed to you as a raw export you have to make sense of.

Fewer filing deadlines missed

Sales and payroll tax filings get tracked across every jurisdiction you operate in, instead of caught the week they are due.

Cleaner month-end close

Journal entries and reconciliations happen on a set schedule, instead of rebuilt from scratch each time someone asks for a P&L.

Lower cost than an in-house accountant

One dedicated hire costs less than the salary, benefits and payroll taxes a full-time in-house accountant adds up to.

Faster budget and variance reporting

You get variance reports and cash flow forecasts on request, instead of waiting for the next scheduled board update.

Why teams choose HireHawk for this role

Review and interpretation, the accountant's actual job

An accountant reviews and interprets what a bookkeeper records. We screen candidates for that distinction specifically.

Vetted before you meet them

5-Stage Vetting with AI-assisted screening. Fewer than 1% of applicants are presented to clients.

Bilingual where it matters

Bilingual English and Spanish talent from Latin America, strongest in medical and legal.

Two ways to hire

Fully managed global talent from $12 an hour, or US direct hire from 12.5% of first-year salary. Compare the two on our [staffing solutions page](/solutions/).

Proof

What our clients say

"They built the analytics and automation our leadership now runs on, recovered tens of thousands in freight claims and cut manual work by 96%."

Siobhan Manager of Outbound Global Transportation

"It was very easy working with HireHawk, from looking for viable candidates, the interview process, all the way to implementation of your hire, they handle it all. We are also very happy with our hire. Very easy and seamless process."

Work Injury Law Group Legal services

"HireHawk filled two senior roles in under two weeks. The candidates were sharper than anything our in-house recruiter surfaced in months."

August Consumer brand

"Her scope grew within months and our leadership asked to meet her in person. We came back to HireHawk to expand the rest of the team."

Anthony Director of Operations

"When our workflow broke down she built a tracking system to stop it happening again, without being asked."

Mikayel Revenue Cycle Manager

One partner, wherever your next hire lives.

The right model depends on the seat, not the company. Some roles need someone in the building; the rest do not, and cost far less remotely.

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Staffing agency HireHawk

HireHawk is a staffing agency for growing US companies with industry-specialized recruiters. This is one of the seats we fill most: we recruit for it, run 5-Stage Vetting, and either employ the hire on global talent or place them directly on your payroll.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about hiring for this role

What is the difference between an accountant and a bookkeeper?

Your bookkeeper records and reconciles transactions and closes the month, handling the day-to-day volume of entries. Your accountant interprets those numbers instead, prepares filings and advises on structure and tax strategy. Most growing companies need a bookkeeper for the volume and an accountant for review, filings and the bigger financial picture.

Can an accountant work in our existing software?

Yes, and we screen against your specific stack rather than accounting experience in general. Name the system on the discovery call, whether that is QuickBooks Online, Xero or NetSuite, and we match you with someone who has actually closed books in it before, instead of someone who has only heard of it.

Will they prepare our tax returns?

Your accountant prepares filings like sales and payroll tax directly, and hands a clean, tied-out file to your CPA for income tax returns. That handoff keeps your books audit-ready without asking one person to cover every kind of filing. Ask on the discovery call if your business needs broader tax coverage than that.

Is this the same as outsourced accounting services from a firm?

Not usually. Most firms selling outsourced accounting services process your numbers on their own schedule, with a rotating staff you may never actually meet. This is a hire instead: one named accountant, working your hours, inside your systems, who you interview and approve before they ever touch your books.

How fast can an accountant start?

You'll see vetted candidates within 10 business days of your discovery call, so you're not waiting weeks to start interviewing. Once you've made your pick, onboarding takes 21 days, whether the hire joins your payroll directly or comes on as a fully managed global hire through HireHawk.

Is outsourced accounting the same as hiring an accountant?

Not always. Some firms that sell outsourced accounting process your numbers on their own schedule, with staff you rarely meet and no single point of contact. Hiring an accountant through HireHawk gets you one named person, working your hours, in your own systems, whom you interview and vet before they start.

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