Accounting and Finance Recruiting
Our recruitment specialists seek out qualified candidates who have an aptitude for accuracy, tirelessly meet deadlines, and understand your critical business needs. Our recruiters know the finance and accounting talent landscape and have worked to find key professionals for companies across a range of industries.
We have a dedicated team of recruiters seeking stellar accounting & finance professionals for contract and direct placement job opportunities.
Methodology
The recruiters on this team work accounting and finance searches exclusively. They speak the language of month-end close, SEC reporting, and FP&A, so they can qualify candidates on substance — not just keywords on a resume.
Since 1992 we have placed finance professionals across Utah, which means our reach includes the passive candidates — the controllers and senior accountants who are employed, not applying, and only move for the right opportunity.
Year-end close, an audit, a leave of absence, or a permanent seat: we staff interim consultants through our contract division and permanent hires through professional placement, so the engagement fits the need.
We vet every candidate — technical skill, systems experience, and reference checks — before they are ever presented to you, so what lands on your desk is a shortlist worth your time, not a stack of resumes.
The Utah Market
Utah’s finance talent market is tight at the senior level. Fast-growing companies along the Wasatch Front compete for a limited pool of experienced controllers, senior accountants, and FP&A professionals, and the strongest candidates are rarely on the job boards — they are employed and fielding offers.
That is why relationships matter more than postings in this market. Our accounting and finance recruiters maintain long-standing connections across public accounting alumni networks, industry finance teams, and Utah’s professional community, so when a role opens we already know who is qualified, who is open to a conversation, and what it will take to move them.
Whether you are backfilling before a close, standing up an FP&A function, or hiring your first CFO, we scope the search around your timeline and the realities of the local market.
From Our Blog
Where year-end workload actually peaks, when to bring in temporary accounting help, and how to plan permanent finance searches around busy season.
read more: Year-End Accounting Staffing: How Utah Finance Teams Get Through Close and Tax Season
When you need a CFO instead of a controller, how to define the role, where strong candidates come from, and what a CFO search really takes.
read more: How to Hire a CFO: A Utah Employer’s Guide to Getting the Search Right
How accounting recruiters work, the three engagement models, how candidates get vetted, and what to expect on fees and timelines for a Utah finance hire.
read more: How Accounting Recruiters Work: A Utah Employer’s Guide to Hiring Finance TalentFAQ
Yes. Our contract division places interim accounting and finance professionals for projects, audits, leaves, and busy seasons, while our professional placement team handles direct-hire searches from staff accountant to CFO. Many clients use both. Contract is available when you want to evaluate fit before committing.
Staff and senior accountants, accounts payable and receivable specialists, payroll, controllers and assistant controllers, FP&A analysts, tax professionals, and finance leadership through VP of Finance and CFO. If it sits in a finance org, our team has likely recruited for it.
For contract roles we can often present pre-screened candidates within days, because we continually qualify finance talent before a request arrives. Direct-hire searches vary with seniority and requirements — we will give you a realistic timeline during the initial consultation and keep you updated throughout.
Yes. We are headquartered in Salt Lake City, and more than three decades recruiting through Utah’s growth — from a regional market to one of the fastest-growing economies in the country — have given us a network and a read on shifting conditions that extend well beyond the Wasatch Front. We put that experience to work on searches throughout Utah and nationally for clients with offices or remote teams elsewhere.
It is no cost to you. Candidates never pay to work with PrincePerelson — our engagement is with the hiring company, and our recruiters advocate for candidates through interviews, offer, and start.
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