Accounting Firm
A 180-employee accounting firm serving mid-market clients across audit, tax, and advisory. Pipeline was strong but client engagements were capped by an inability to hire qualified CPAs and tax specialists fast enough.
Services
Sourcing
Booking
Intake
Industry
Accounting & Finance
Company Size
180 Employees
Timeline
24h shortlist
How an accounting firm got their first qualified shortlist in 24 hours and hired 7 CPAs in a market where everyone is already booked.
The challenge
7 specialized accounting roles to fill in 12 weeks, in a market where every CPA is already booked into a busy season somewhere else.
The firm had three new mid-market mandates signed and a fourth in final stages, but accounting headcount was the bottleneck. The single in-house recruiter had spent four months on two CPA roles and closed neither. Outreach responses from designated CPAs were running at 3%, and headhunter retainers on tax specialists would have eaten 35% of project margins. Hiring more recruiters wouldn't have helped because the candidate pool was too narrow and too well-treated by competitors.
The approach
Sourcify took the entire sourcing motion off the in-house recruiter's plate and ran it as a parallel engine focused on hard-to-reach accounting talent.
We started with a 60-minute intake on each role to map credentials, area of practice, and what kind of clients candidates would actually work on. Within 24 hours, we delivered shortlists for the first three roles. Outreach went out from our own infrastructure with multi-step follow-ups personalized around each candidate's recent work. Interviews landed directly in the partners' calendars. Weekly calibration tightened shortlists fast as feedback came in.
The Results
The firm hired all 7 specialized CPAs in 12 weeks without paying placement fees or building out a recruiting team. All four mid-market mandates were staffed and delivered on schedule, time-to-fill on niche accounting roles dropped by more than two-thirds, and the in-house recruiter could finally spend her week on offers and onboarding.
First qualified shortlist delivered 24 hours after kickoff
7 specialized CPAs hired in 12 weeks
Time-to-fill on niche accounting roles dropped from 4+ months to under 6 weeks
All four mid-market mandates staffed and delivered on schedule
In-house recruiter freed to focus on offers and onboarding instead of cold outreach
"Top CPAs don't reply to cold outreach. Sourcify gave us a real shortlist of qualified candidates within 24 hours of kickoff, and we hired all 7 specialists in 12 weeks. Four mandates went out the door on time."
Marcus Thompson
President
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