Audit & Assurance
Tax
Advisory, Valuations & Consulting
6 Reasons to Hire IQ PARTNERS as your Public Accounting Recruitment Agency
We have recruiters who are 100% focused on recruiting public accounting candidates who want to be in public accounting.
We have over 14,000 accounting and finance candidates in our network and personally touch base with over 5,000 of them every year.
97.1% of candidates and clients rate our professionalism and industry knowledge as ‘Above Average’ or ‘Outstanding’.
Our recruiters have made hundreds of successful accounting and financial placements for Toronto’s top public accounting firms. That’s experience you can count on.
We’ve partnered with clients and candidates on numerous contract and permanent searches, filling a wide range of positions from junior contract positions to senior leaders.
We specialize in select fields, including reporting, tax, internal auditing, accounting policy, analysis, budgeting, SOX/52-109 and core accounting.
We deliver public accountants that want to stay public accountants.
You’re not just a number with our accounting and finance recruiters. At IQ PARTNERS we understand the scarcity of good public accounting and finance candidates, so we take a direct, face-to-face approach with candidates. This helps us build stronger relationships and provide stronger, quicker results to save you precious time.
As a direct contact headhunter with a database of over 14,000 proven candidates, a vast network that sees us talk to over 5,000 candidates every year and relationships that span decades, we’re able to quickly engage with top performers in the field of accounting and finance and identify which want to stay in public accounting and which want to move on. That can make the difference between having staffing holes in your client’s schedule and having a full complement of people to serve your clients’ needs.
We bring years of experience and a disciplined approach to our process. Our clients will vouch for its success.
We complete formal briefing documents to deliver a professional presentation of your company and the opportunity to prospective candidates.
We conduct market research to source premier talent in the industry.
We interview and qualify candidates using a Topgrading interview style and present detailed candidate assessments for each shortlisted candidate.
We complete and present formal references on selected candidates.
We debrief all non-selected candidates.
We follow up on all placements at 30, 60 and 90 days to ensure a smooth and successful transition for both the client and the candidate.
We recruit across audit and assurance, tax, and advisory, valuations, and consulting. That includes roles from Accounting Technician and Junior Accountant through Senior Auditor, Manager, Director, and Partner-level positions.
Yes. That is one of our core strengths. We focus on recruiting public accounting candidates who want to remain in public accounting, which helps our clients hire with greater confidence and improve long-term fit.
Yes. We recruit across audit and assurance, tax, and advisory functions, including valuation, forensic accounting, due diligence, and other consulting-related public accounting roles.
We take a direct, face-to-face approach with candidates so we can build stronger relationships and deliver stronger, faster results. We also understand how scarce strong public accounting talent can be, which is why our process is built around speed and fit.
Yes. We support both contract and permanent searches, from junior contract positions through senior public accounting leadership hires.
We have a large candidate network, including more than 14,000 accounting and finance professionals, and we personally stay in touch with thousands of candidates every year. That gives us a strong view of who wants to stay in public accounting and who may be open to the right move.
The world of finance is changing at a pace that is difficult to keep up with. You need finance talent that can help you stay ahead of the market long-term; not someone who is here today and with your competition tomorrow. Use the traits in this paper as a checklist to assess and score candidates as you interview.