Goodwork · Accounting Recruitment
Staff accountants, bookkeepers, controllers and tax accountants — tested on the software your practice actually runs. A flat fee instead of a percentage of compensation, starting at $9K USD.
500+ hires placed 6-month quality guarantee
Start a searchWhy flat fee matters
We don't. We charge one flat fee, published up front, that doesn't change when the compensation does. So we have no reason to talk a controller's package up — we're simply trying to find you the right person.
And we can charge less without doing less. Goodwork is an AI-native agency: automation carries the volume — sourcing, parsing, scheduling, first-pass scoring — while our recruiters spend their hours where judgement actually matters, on screening calls, assessment design and the shortlist. Every campaign still gets around 100 hours of human recruiter time. It just goes further, and the price reflects that.
Typical local recruiter
Goodwork
Accounting recruitment · North America, UK, Australia & EU
Staff accountants, bookkeepers, controllers, tax accountants and tax technicians — matched to your practice, your client mix, and the stack you run.
Our fee
USD $9,000
~6 weeks · 6-month guarantee
Bookkeepers, staff accountants, tax technicians and AP/AR clerks — the people who keep the books clean and the filings on time.
Our fee
USD $19,000
~6 weeks · 6-month guarantee
Controllers, senior tax accountants, CPAs and finance leads — where the pool is narrower, the search runs deeper, and the hire owns client relationships.
$3,000 deposit to kick off the campaign, applied to the total. No percentage of compensation, no hidden fees.
Practices that work with Goodwork
"Goodwork is a game changer. Our first hire has been exceptional. For the price, it's unbelievable value."
"I'm planning on hiring 4–5 of Goodwork's final applicants."
The process
A wrong hire in a practice costs you client trust, not just compensation. Our recruiters spend around 100 hours on each campaign, testing reconciliation accuracy and working knowledge of your stack with assessments built to be AI-resistant — so what you're seeing is the candidate's ability, not a chatbot's.
A rich application built for your role — CV, LinkedIn, role-specific written questions, and language and communication samples. Every applicant answers the same questions so you can compare fairly.
Every application is reviewed. Our team builds a shortlist and actively advocates for strong candidates you might have passed over.
A 20-minute video screening call with every shortlisted candidate — professionalism, communication, compensation alignment, and anything that didn't come through in writing.
Your interviews, coordinated by our team — on-site or by video, structured with evidence-based guides we provide.
A custom practical assessment designed for the role: auto-graded take-home test with anti-AI safeguards, or a paid trial. We help design, structure, and coordinate it. Tests evaluate hard skills and the soft skills that matter for the role. Local candidates are compensated for their time.
Professional reference checks from past managers. Then an onboarding call from our team before they start.
Common questions
Some of it, yes — that's the point. What's left is the part that needs a person: deciding what to run, checking what comes back, and knowing when the answer is confidently wrong. That's who we place.
A VA follows the SOP. This is the person who notices the SOP is out of date. Different tier, different screen, different price.
Fair — most people we talk to have. We're not selling you a tool or a promise. We're placing a person, with a six-month guarantee, and you can start with a paid assessment before committing to anything.
Bookkeepers, staff accountants, senior accountants, tax technicians, tax accountants, controllers, and AP/AR clerks. We match the profile to your client mix and the way your practice runs.
We test for it. Tell us your stack — QBO, Xero, Dext, Hubdoc or anything else — and working knowledge of it becomes part of the practical assessment, so there's no learning curve to discover after they start.
North America, the United Kingdom, Australia, and the EU. If you need someone in a specific city or region, tell us and we'll build the campaign around it.
Every shortlisted candidate completes a practical assessment built for the role — reconciliation accuracy, attention to detail, and role-specific tasks. The assessments are designed to be AI-resistant, so you're seeing the candidate's own work rather than a chatbot's.
Yes, if you start early enough. A search takes around six weeks end to end, so working back from January or your filing deadlines is the way to plan it.
Most agencies charge 20–25% of first-year salary and give you a 90-day guarantee. We charge a flat fee and guarantee six months. We also publish our prices, which almost nobody does.
Everything: the search, the full vetting process, shortlist delivery, reference checks, and the guarantee. Nothing scales with compensation.
Professional covers bookkeepers, staff accountants, tax technicians and clerks. Executive covers controllers, senior tax accountants, CPAs and finance leads, where the pool is narrower and the search runs deeper.
Flat fee. No percentage of compensation. Six-month guarantee.
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