How to hire a consultant-senior accountant

How to hire a consultant-senior accountant, step by step

Here's a step-by-step consultant-senior accountant hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a consultant-senior accountant job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new consultant-senior accountant
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   First, determine the employments status of the consultant-senior accountant you need to hire. Certain consultant-senior accountant roles might require a full-time employee, whereas others can be done by part-time workers or contractors.

   Determine employee vs contractor status

   Is the person you're thinking of hiring a US citizen or green card holder?

   Yes

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   A consultant-senior accountant's background is also an important factor in determining whether they'll be a good fit for the position. For example, consultants-senior accountant from different industries or fields will have radically different experiences and will bring different viewpoints to the role. You also need to consider the candidate's previous level of experience to make sure they'll be comfortable with the job's level of seniority.

   This list shows salaries for various types of consultants-senior accountant.

   Type of Consultant-Senior Accountant	Description	Hourly rate
   Consultant-Senior Accountant	Accountants and auditors prepare and examine financial records. They ensure that financial records are accurate and that taxes are paid properly and on time... Show more	$29-49
   Accounting Supervisor	Account supervisors are in charge of the accounting and financial operations within an organization's accounting department. They supervise the account team and provide feedback about their performance and recommend improvements when necessary... Show more	$24-44
   Accountant/Consultant	Accountants/consultants perform accounting tasks for organizations or companies. The accountants improve accounting practices and prepare financial statements at the end of every year... Show more	$22-41

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Business Development
   • Business Processes
   • PeopleSoft
   • Medicare
   • Reconciliations
   • Customer Satisfaction
   • Journal Entries
   • CPA
   • General Ledger Accounts
   • GAAP
   • External Auditors
   • Balance Sheet Accounts
   • Payroll
   • QuickBooks

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   Responsibilities:

   • Manage client accounts: payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, general ledger, job costing, and inventory control.
   • Manage complex pricing structure and maintain SalesForce CRM funnel for forecasting accuracy.
   • Perform account reconciliations and reconcile differences on the frequency corresponding to the client account risk designation.
   • Provide information and documentation to support internal/external audits by ensuring invoices are GAAP and SOX compliant.
   • Assist with financial and tax audits; work very closely with the CFO, CPA, and 3rd parties.
   • Prepare year-end financial statements and supporting schedule for outside CPA for income tax preparation.

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3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in the consultant-senior accountant job description is a good way to get more applicants. A consultant-senior accountant salary can be affected by several factors, such as the location of the job, the level of experience, education, certifications, and the employer's prestige.

   For example, the average salary for a consultant-senior accountant in South Carolina may be lower than in New York, and an entry-level engineer typically earns less than a senior-level consultant-senior accountant. Additionally, a consultant-senior accountant with lots of experience in the field may command a higher salary as a result.

   Average consultant-senior accountant salary

   $80,503yearly

   $38.70 hourly rate

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   Entry-level consultant-senior accountant salary

   $62,000 yearly salary

   Updated January 23, 2026

   Average consultant-senior accountant salary by state

   Rank	State	Avg. salary	Hourly rate
   1	New York	$106,633	$51
   2	California	$102,490	$49
   3	Connecticut	$87,794	$42
   4	Colorado	$84,482	$41
   5	Texas	$83,142	$40
   6	Maryland	$83,027	$40
   7	North Carolina	$75,714	$36
   8	Ohio	$70,065	$34
   9	Illinois	$67,733	$33
   10	Georgia	$67,530	$32
   11	Utah	$67,067	$32
   12	Indiana	$64,460	$31
   13	Florida	$63,078	$30
   14	Kansas	$62,864	$30

   Average consultant-senior accountant salary by company

   Company

   Rank	Company	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
   1	Qualtrics	$96,676	$46.48	2
   2	Allergan plc	$94,234	$45.30
   3	The Travelers Companies	$91,491	$43.99	31
   4	Northern Trust	$88,963	$42.77
   5	The Independent Traveler	$85,254	$40.99	8
   6	Robert Half	$84,285	$40.52	1,310
   7	Sedgwick LLP	$79,034	$38.00	18
   8	CliftonLarsonAllen	$68,020	$32.70	47

4. Writing a consultant-senior accountant job description

   A consultant-senior accountant job description should include a summary of the role, required skills, and a list of responsibilities. It's also good to include a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager. To help get you started, here's an example of a consultant-senior accountant job description:

   Consultant-senior accountant job description example

   Community Link Consulting is looking for a process driven, aspiring accountant with an entrepreneurial mindset looking to broaden your personal leadership skills while providing innovative thoughts and financial accounting skills to a rapidly growing consulting firm in the niche industry of Federally Qualified Health Care Centers (clinics that provide care to under-served populations throughout the United States). CLC serves over 100 clients in 40 states in a broad range of capacities; from billing services to Interim CFO and everything in between. Our clients depend on us to guide them through the confusing, uncertain world of government compliance.

   
   

   The right candidate will be an individual with strong accounting skills and experience, proficient Excel skills, excellent communication skills, a curious mind, and ability to think like an owner. You will have the opportunity to be customer facing, building a network of executives across the country. You will be able to work in a collaborative team atmosphere while developing your skills and advancing your career.

   
   

   CLC is known for excellent work-life balance and office culture. Voted as one of the Best Places to Work in the Inland Northwest multiple times, CLC proudly offers our team members not only competitive wages and benefits, but a flexible, collaborative, and supportive working environment as well. We are a company committed to our Core Values; Respect, Leadership, SMEE, Solution-Focused, Flexibility, Curiosity, Giving More than You Get. Our team members feel great about supporting our clients --which are health clinics providing health services to underserved people throughout the U.S. – knowing that our work makes a real difference in people’s lives.

   
   

   Job Functions/ Duties:

   • Preparation of month-end financials and budgets
   • Specialized compliance reporting
   • Special projects
   • Cost reports, grant budgets and other grant-related financial reports

   
   

   Useful Experience/ Qualifications:

   • At least 3 years in progressively increasing accounting responsibilities and experience

   • Bachelor's degree in accounting
   • Healthcare and/or FQHC experience a plus
   • Strong written and oral communication skills
   • Excel, Quickbooks, Sage and other accounting software
   • Public Accounting experience a plus

   
   

   Verification of Employment Eligibility to work in the U.S. is conducted using E-Verify.

   
   

   Statement of Equal Employment Opportunities

   Community Link Consulting provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

   
   

   Job Type: Full-time

   
   

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5. Post your job

   To find the right consultant-senior accountant for your business, consider trying out a few different recruiting strategies:

   • Consider internal talent. One of the most important sources of talent for any company is its existing workforce.
   • Ask for referrals. Reach out to friends, family members, and current employees and ask if they know or have worked with consultants-senior accountant they would recommend.
   • Recruit at local colleges. Attend job fairs at local colleges to recruit consultants-senior accountant who meet your education requirements.
   • Social media platforms. LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter now have more than 3.5 billion users, and you can use social media to reach potential job candidates.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your consultant-senior accountant job on Zippia to find and attract quality consultant-senior accountant candidates.
   • Use niche websites such as efinancialcareers, financialjobsweb.com, careerbank, financial job bank.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   Recruiting consultants-senior accountant requires you to bring your A-game to the interview process. The first interview should introduce the company and the role to the candidate as much as they present their background experience and reasons for applying for the job. During later interviews, you can go into more detail about the technical details of the job and ask behavioral questions to gauge how they'd fit into your current company culture.

   Remember to include a few questions that allow candidates to expand on their strengths in their own words. Asking about their unique skills might reveal things you'd miss otherwise. At this point, good candidates can move on to the technical interview.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new consultant-senior accountant

   Once you have selected a candidate for the consultant-senior accountant position, it is time to create an offer letter. In addition to salary, the offer letter should include details about benefits and perks that are available to the employee. Ensuring your offer is competitive is vital, as qualified candidates may be considering other job opportunities. The candidate may wish to negotiate the terms of the offer, and it is important to be open to discussion and reach a mutually beneficial agreement. After the offer has been accepted, it is a good idea to formalize the agreement with a contract.

   It's also good etiquette to follow up with applicants who don't get the job by sending them an email letting them know that the position has been filled.

   Once that's done, you can draft an onboarding schedule for the new consultant-senior accountant. Human Resources should complete Employee Action Forms and ensure that onboarding paperwork is completed, including I-9s, benefits enrollment, federal and state tax forms, etc. They should also ensure that new employee files are created for internal recordkeeping.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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