Featured Candidate: Financial Analyst, Sr Accountant

We at Casey Accounting & Finance Resources pride ourselves on providing our clients with the best job candidates available in accounting and finance. Here is one of our featured candidates, a financial analyst and senior accountant based in Chicago, IL:

  • Demonstrated success in project management, accounting, IT projects related to finance and supply chain, general management, and operations. Fortune 500, mid and small companies, as well as new business startups. Experienced in accounting applications and functions; evaluated and streamlined processes, cost and efficiencies; and detailed business analysis in engagement and project work. Extensive knowledge of SAP and Oracle. Advanced Excel skill sets include pivot tables, v-lookups, and if-statements. Candidate for the CPA exam.
  • Available for:  Temp to hire or direct hire.
  • Location:  Chicago IL 

Like what you see? This is just one of the great candidates we have to offer. Contact Casey Accounting & Finance Resources today and let us place the right accounting and finance worker with your company!

Featured Candidate: Payroll Professional

We at Casey Accounting & Finance Resources pride ourselves on providing our clients with the best job candidates available in accounting and finance. Here is one of our featured candidates, a payroll professional based in Wauconda, IL:

  • Areas of expertise: Multi-state payroll and multi-company federal reporting
  • Over 10 years as Payroll Manager and administrator processing up to 3500 employees and 7 companies. Instrumental in automating systems in 2 companies,  supervised payroll staff. Proficient with  SAP,Ceridian, ADP.
  • Available for:  Temp to hire or direct hire.
  • Location:  Wauconda, IL  area

Like what you see? This is just one of the great candidates we have to offer. Contact Casey Accounting & Finance Resources today and let us place the right accounting and finance worker with your company!

Featured Candidate: CFO/Controller

We at Casey Accounting & Finance Resources pride ourselves on providing our clients with the best job candidates available in accounting and finance. Here is one of our featured candidates, a CFO/controller with a small business background:

  • Small/mid size privately held company background
  • CPA with a progressive work history.    Excellent communication skills.   Service industry and distribution industry background.  Recently lead finance for a $210M dollar company with multiple sites and helped facilitate the sale of the company.
  • Available for:  Direct Hire
  • Location: Flexible

Like what you see? This is just one of the great candidates we have to offer. Contact Casey Accounting & Finance Resources today and let us place the right accounting and finance worker with your company!

Featured Candidate: Senior Payroll Administrator

We at Casey Accounting & Finance Resources pride ourselves on providing our clients with the best job candidates available in accounting and finance. Here is one of our featured candidates, a senior payroll administrator with multi-state payroll experience:

  • ADP and multi-state payroll experience within both large corporate setting (several thousand employee) and small company (several hundred employee) environment using ADP software.   Respond to payroll inquiries, garnishments, conduct payroll audits, provide SOX reports, administer 401k.
  • Available for:   Direct Hire only
  • Location:  Northwest Suburbs

Like what you see? This is just one of the great candidates we have to offer. Contact Casey Accounting & Finance Resources today and let us place the right accounting and finance worker with your company!

Featured Candidate: Accounting Clerk

We at Casey Accounting & Finance Resources pride ourselves on providing our clients with the best job candidates available in accounting and finance. Here is one of our featured candidates, an accounting clerk with many areas of expertise:

  • Reliable/Great references
  • Expertise in Accounts Payable, payroll processing, monthly accruals, journal entries, G/L reconciliations, intermediate excel skills
  • Available for:   Temp to Hire and Direct Hire
  • Location:  Northwest and West Suburbs

Like what you see? This is just one of the great candidates we have to offer. Contact Casey Accounting & Finance Resources today and let us place the right accounting and finance worker with your company!

Featured Candidate: Senior Accountant

We at Casey Accounting & Finance Resources pride ourselves on providing our clients with the best job candidates available in accounting and finance. Here is one of our featured candidates, a senior accountant with plenty of experience:

  • CPA with excellent work ethic.  Experience includes:   Financial Statement preparation, consolidations, budget preparation, has supervised A/P and A/R.
  • Available for:  Temp, Temp to Hire and Direct Hire
  • Location:  Northwest Suburbs

Like what you see? This is just one of the great candidates we have to offer. Contact Casey Accounting & Finance Resources today and let us place the right accounting and finance worker with your company!

Featured Candidate: Credit Analyst

We at Casey Accounting & Finance Resources pride ourselves on providing our clients with the best job candidates available in accounting and finance. Here is one of our featured candidates, a credit analyst based in the Chicago area:

  • Fantastic work history!
  • Strong MFG industry experience handling a portfolio of 400 accounts with a $6 million balance.   Experience includes research, analysis and collections.  Designed and implemented a web based credit application and credit limit process for new customers and monitoring credit lines for current customers.
  • Available for: Temp to Hire and Direct Hire
  • Location:  Chicago IL and Near West Suburbs 

Like what you see? This is just one of the great candidates we have to offer. Contact Casey Accounting & Finance Resources today and let us place the right accounting and finance worker with your company!

Do Sign On Bonuses Really Pay Off?

When it comes to recruiting finance and accounting employees, a sign on bonus can be a great way to increase the ability to attract the best candidates. Yet, some still wonder if a sign on bonus is worth offering or if there are other incentives that may provide equally positive results?

Get the Facts on Sign on Bonuses

Let’s go over the basics first. A sign on bonus is generally a lump sum of money that’s offered to a new employee once they have been selected and completed a short period of time on the job. The sign on bonus is used to attract high level candidates away from other job opportunities and is often advertised to accomplish this.

In some cases, a sign on bonus may only be offered if the candidate meets the required performance goals of the job and stays onboard for the first 30-90 days of employment. Sign on bonuses are generally used for recruiting executive level candidates and those with specialized skills that are hard to find. Other times, sign on bonuses are used to attract new college grads who have updated skills.

Making the Case for Sign on Bonuses

Before you decide to offer a sign on bonus, there are certain considerations you will want to understand. Any bonus is a cash investment in the future success of your company. It can be a way to boost performance and productivity for new hires. But it should only be used selectively as a recruitment tool. Getting the most from sign on bonuses means you need to have the following factors present:

#1 – Is the position very difficult to fill using standard methods?

The only time you will want to use a sign on bonus is if the position tends to be highly difficult to fill. This happens with specialized skillsets and projects that make it impossible to find candidates for. For example, you may have a project that requires someone to have a specific degree combined with work experience in a rare talent.

#2 – Are industry competitors offering a sign on bonus for similar job types?

Look around at what your closest competitors are offering their new hires. Check to see if they are advertising sign on bonuses for the same types of jobs that you have openings for. Then step things up with a higher sign on bonus. Even a small amount can be very attractive to the best candidates – meaning you beat the competition.

#3 – Is there a direct project you can allocate the bonus to?

Before offering a sign on bonus, consider that you must have a way to warrant the expense against client billings. Look at the projects that are coming in and decide how you will make a business case to offset the cash reward to the employee. You may want to take it to the negotiations table on specialize projects that require the best skills, then bill at a higher rate to make this more feasible.

#4 – What can the bonus do for my business in terms of revenues generated?

You are in the business of being in business, which means every employment cost needs to result in growth for your organization. Therefore, decide how a sign on bonus can help a new hire ramp up his or her skills sooner so that there is a chance of earning more money through added productivity. Sign on bonuses can be a positive incentive for getting more from your workforce early on.

As you develop a program for offering sign on bonuses to key assignments within your business, review these factors several times to make sure they fit well. Try to come up with a total compensation package that is attractive to your target candidates that include a well-rounded approach. Talk with the staffing pros at Casey Accounting & Finance Resources – part of the Arlington Resources family and a leading Chicago staffing firm for more help with recruitment sign on bonuses.

Casey Cares

Casey Accounting & Finance Resources is committed to giving back and helping those who are in need. We find ourselves in a very fortunate position to be able to help others find jobs AND to be able to help people in other ways, too.

During the second quarter of 2014, for every temporary and direct hire placement we make at our clients, we are donating funds to Feed My Starving Children. “The approach is simple: children and adults hand-pack meals specifically formulated for malnourished children, and we ship these meals to nearly 70 countries around the world.” So far we have provided the funds for 6,696 meals! Please help us in our mission and in the process let us find you the best candidates available for your accounting and finance positions!

Save the date for our annual 5k CureSade Fun Run/Walk! On October 4th, 2014 we will hold our 4th annual 5k run/walk at Deer Grove in Palatine. Donations raised during this event support the Northwest Community Hospital Cancer Patient Assistance Fund. Get on your running shoes and join us for this fun event!

Please reach out to Patty Casey at pcasey@arlingtonresources.com if you have questions on these events.