Sourcing Candidates for Specialized Accounting and Finance Talent Pipelines

By Andrew Honore, Tony Tierney and Nathan Ries

The Accounting Talent Shortage and ERP Updates Top List of Concerns

As hiring decision-makers look to recruit accounting and finance talent in the months ahead, a few challenges emerge. The long-standing shortage of accountants remains a pain point for companies across various industries. With more accountants reaching retirement age and fewer accounting graduates entering the market, companies continue to compete for a dwindling pool of top talent.

Some are looking at alternatives to fill this labor gap. To make up for a lack of entry-level accountants, companies can turn to artificial intelligence to help automate some processes. With AI taking on lower-level tasks, the remaining accounting workforce can focus on higher-level problem-solving without being overburdened. However, these workers may lack the experience to utilize these automation tools, leading to increased training needs.

AI isn’t the only technology-related consideration for accounting and finance decision-makers. 2025 also marks a major deadline for many outdated ERP  platforms. Major tech companies have stated they will no longer service old platforms.

Companies still relying on outdated systems will have to scramble to replace their ERPs with a newer model, likely a cloud-based platform. While these upgrades will bring major benefits to companies transitioning to these newer platforms, the process can be costly, time-consuming and a burden on already overworked employees. Often, it requires companies to train their current staff or recruit new workers with ERP-specific experience to support the implementation process.

Consider Accounting and Finance Consultants for Business Transformation Efforts

When facing these challenges and more, companies will be searching for finance and accounting candidates with experience navigating similar business transformation initiatives. This includes candidates with experience with ERP implementations, data visualization tools and automation tools.

However, there’s heavy competition for these candidates, and a full-time hire may not be the right strategic or financial move to accomplish your goals. Business transformation initiatives often require different skill sets at various phases of a project or implementation. That can make finding one candidate with all the skill sets you need for the lifespan of a project difficult, and hiring for multiple full-time positions can be cost-prohibitive.

One candidate sourcing strategy is to work with Aston Carter’s National Recruiting Teams (NRTs) to identify and hire accounting and finance consultants. NRTs are proactive recruiters who can connect you with temporary, highly specialized accounting and finance talent to fill skills gaps at every phase of your project.

The Benefits of Proactive Recruitment

Our NRTs are experts at recruiting accounting and finance candidates with in-demand experience and technical skills. Recruiters combine a deep knowledge of the labor market with subject matter expertise to identify top candidates through aggressive proactive recruiting.

Most internal hiring relies on passive recruitment . But passive recruitment techniques can lead to longer, more expensive recruitment and hiring cycles with fewer qualified candidates. Our proactive recruiting method allows us to pull from a deep talent pool of candidates throughout the country, giving us access to talent with even the most hard-to-find, niche financial skills. We keep this talent engaged through regular contact and networking to ensure we always have a ready pool of qualified candidates.

Our ready-to-access talent pool h elps us quickly find candidates that meet your needs or the technical requirements of a project, delivering you more options than a standard, in-house recruitment process would uncover. These consultants are selected not just for their skills, but with fit in mind. This helps ensure your projects will run smoothly and increases retention rates throughout the engagement.

Start Working With Our National Recruiting Teams Today

At the beginning of our engagement, you’ll be paired with a dedicated National Workforce Solutions Executive or a local Account Executive who will work directly with your company to understand your pain points and needs for any upcoming projects.

NRTs bring value through a knowledge of the market and access to both in-house and industry data points that help you make more informed decisions. Our Solutions Executives have firsthand experience supporting business transformation efforts and can offer fresh perspective to help you navigate every step of the process. Specifically, they can help deliver an agile workforce to meet the technical demands of your project and help to scale your team during each phase.

Our extensive talent pool gives us access to candidates with highly specialized skill sets nationwide. With millions of profiles in our database, we can find a variety of accounting and finance candidates who have the in-demand skills and experience you seek.

Throughout our engagement, your budget always will remain top of mind, so we’ll work to customize a flexible talent solution fitted to your needs.

Contact us to begin finding the specialized accounting and finance talent you need for your next business transformation initiative.