Expert insights on accounting and finance staffing, including fractional CFO services, controller hiring, AP/AR team building, and financial talent acquisition strategies for growing businesses.
By Devin Hornick, Co-Founder and Partner, KORE1 A CFO job description should name the decisions the CFO owns, what reports to them, who they answer to (the board, an audit committee, a lender, a sponsor), and the whole pay structure, bonus and equity included. Most CFO postings describe a controller’s job under a bigger title. … Read more
By Tom Kenaley, President and Senior Partner, KORE1 The CFO interview questions that matter in 2026 test which kind of CFO your company needs, whether the candidate knows their current numbers without notes, and how they would run the next thirteen weeks of cash. Nobody reaches a CFO final round without knowing what EBITDA is. … Read more
By Colin Boothe, CIO at Foretopia AI in accounting speeds up the close by handling pattern work: matching invoices, flagging outliers, drafting a first-pass flux narrative. It does not make judgment calls like materiality or revenue recognition. Those still need a controller, and most vendor pitches blur that line on purpose. A controller I worked … Read more
By Jennifer Burdick, Recruiting Manager, KORE1 Bring in a contract accountant for year-end close as soon as your audit engagement letter and your close calendar start overlapping, which for most December fiscal years means the search should open by early September, not late November. Wait until the 10-K clock is running and the strong contract … Read more
By Colin Boothe, CIO at Foretopia NetSuite OneWorld consolidates subsidiaries by rolling child-entity balances up a subsidiary hierarchy at period-specific consolidated exchange rates, then posting intercompany eliminations to elimination subsidiaries during period close. The software does that part well. The hierarchy underneath it is the decision you cannot cheaply take back. A private-equity-backed manufacturer I … Read more
By Tom Kenaley, Senior Partner and President, KORE1 Hiring a Sage Intacct consultant in 2026 costs $75 to $135 an hour on contract, or $110,000 to $170,000 base for a direct hire. Settle whether you’re buying a partner firm or a person for a seat before you write a word of the req. Those are … Read more
By Tom Kenaley, Senior Partner and President at KORE1 Hiring a NetSuite consultant in 2026 costs $85 to $250 an hour for most US engagements. Offshore resources bill $30 to $75, independents $85 to $150, staffing-firm contractors $90 to $185, boutique partners $150 to $250, and Big 4 teams more. The spread is not noise. … Read more
By Colin Boothe, CIO at Foretopia NetSuite financial reporting already includes real-time income statements, balance sheets, saved searches, SuiteAnalytics workbooks, and role dashboards. Whether any of that tells you if you’re making money depends on how your segments are set up, not on the software. The tools ship with the license. The answer doesn’t. Accuserve … Read more
By Tom Kenaley, Senior Partner and President at KORE1 VP of Finance salaries run $195,000 to $280,000 base in 2026 at most private companies, with PE-backed and pre-IPO seats reaching $300,000 and public-company divisional VPs clearing $340,000. The band is wide because the job is. Two people with the same title, the same team size, … Read more
By Mike Carter, Director of Partnership Success, KORE1 A NetSuite solution architect designs the subsidiary structure, segment strategy, and integration pattern your instance will live with for years, and in 2026 they run $150,000 to $220,000 base or $95 to $165 an hour on contract. That is a different hire from a consultant who configures … Read more
