Finance Staffing and Recruiting Agency

A finance staffing and recruitment agency sources, screens, and delivers interview-ready finance candidates so you’re not spending your time sifting through applications or chasing down mismatches.

At Near, the process starts with a discovery call where your dedicated finance recruiter learns your business, the role, your tech stack—QuickBooks, NetSuite, Sage, whatever you’re running—and what a strong hire looks like for your team specifically.

From there, they build a shortlist of pre-vetted LatAm candidates screened for US GAAP knowledge, accounting software proficiency, English fluency, and cultural fit, and deliver it within days.

Our finance recruiters don’t just match resumes to job descriptions. They assess technical skills, verify real hands-on experience, and evaluate whether a candidate can operate in your type of environment—whether that’s a fast-scaling fractional CFO firm, a fintech startup, or a small business.

You run final interviews and make the hire. We handle contracts, payroll, and compliance if you want us to.

Finance recruiting firms typically charge a placement fee of 20–30% of the hired candidate’s first-year salary for direct hire arrangements, or a monthly markup on the candidate’s salary for staffing models that include payroll and compliance. Some agencies require a retainer or upfront fee.

At Near, fees depend on which model you choose—recruiting only, or recruiting plus full payroll and compliance management. We walk through both options transparently on the first call. 

With Near, there are never any upfront costs. You only pay when you make a hire.

What most clients find: even after Near’s fees, the total cost of hiring a finance professional through Near is 50–60% less than the equivalent US-based hire. A Finance Manager placed through Near at a LatAm salary of $54K–$84K annually—versus $112K–$202K in the US—covers the recruiting fee many times over in year one alone.

Near is a full-service staffing and recruitment partner, providing sourcing, screening, background checks, initial interviews, and even payroll and compliance support. 

Here’s what our services cover:

1. Candidate sourcing and screening. We handle sourcing, screening, English proficiency testing, finance experience verification, initial interviews, and international background checks. 
2. Payroll, compliance, and contracts. Through our staffing model, Near can manage contracts, payroll, tax compliance, and benefits administration so you can hire in LatAm without setting up a local entity or navigating local labor law yourself. 
3. Equipment and onboarding logistics. If you need it, we make it happen. We’ve helped clients source laptops to avoid customs delays, secure office space, and coordinate equipment setup. It’s not something every client needs, but it’s there if you do.
4. Ongoing support. Once your hire is in place, we don’t disappear. Your dedicated recruiter stays available on Slack for questions, check-ins, and anything that comes up. 

Both our recruitment-only and full-service staffing options include the same rigorous vetting process and no upfront costs.

Yes. Near specifically sources finance professionals with US GAAP experience and verifies hands-on proficiency in the accounting platforms US teams rely on, including QuickBooks, NetSuite, Sage, Xero, and Excel.

Many of the finance candidates Near places have Big Four backgrounds, have worked at US-based companies, or have held roles at international organizations with US reporting requirements.

During screening, we verify knowledge of US GAAP principles if that’s what you need, experience preparing US-compliant financial statements, and familiarity with SOX requirements for senior roles.

On the software side: we align with you during the kickoff call on the specific tools your team uses and screen candidates accordingly. You’re not getting someone who needs to learn your systems from scratch.

Yes. Near only presents finance candidates with fluent or native-level English—written and spoken— verified through our screening interviews.

Finance professionals at the level Near places are regularly presenting to CFOs, collaborating with US-based teams on close processes, and handling client-facing deliverables. Communication quality is a hard requirement in the screening process, not a box to check.

We include a video introduction with every candidate so you can assess communication style and presence before the first interview. If a candidate’s communication doesn’t meet the bar, they don’t make the shortlist.

Most clients receive their first vetted shortlist within 3–5 business days of the kickoff call. Most finance roles are filled within 21 days.

FinanceWithin, one of Near’s longest-running finance clients, cut their time-to-hire to as fast as seven days. 

If you’re in a situation where timing is critical—a new client just onboarded, quarter-end is approaching, a key person just gave notice—Near is built to move fast without sacrificing quality.

Yes. Near provides EOR services, payroll, benefits administration, contracts, and ongoing support if you choose our staffing model. If you prefer to handle these on your own, we have an option for that too.

Yes. Near offers a 180-day replacement guarantee. If the candidate doesn’t work out in that window, we’ll find you a new placement at no additional cost.