Accounting

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.

Covenant Compliance Monitoring: How a Direct Lender Tests Each Quarter’s Certificates Against Its Own Deal Definitions

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Stack of blank stapled pages with three orange paper tabs, a steel ruler and a black pen on a pale oak desk, quarterly covenant compliance certificates waiting to be tested

By Khurram Tehseen, FSA, Founder and Principal at Operating Alpha From KORE1: The short answer Covenant compliance monitoring means recalculating each borrower’s leverage, fixed charge coverage and interest coverage from its quarterly compliance certificate using that deal’s own defined terms, then logging every exception before it reaches credit. When quarter end outruns the team, KORE1 … Read more

Best Fintech Staffing Agencies (2026)

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Fintech hiring manager and staffing recruiter meeting in a financial district office to compare agency options for 2026

The best fintech staffing agencies in 2026 are KORE1, Storm2, Selby Jennings, EC1 Partners, Bowdoin Group, Redfish Technology, and Hamlyn Williams. Each specializes in different fintech sub-verticals, engagement models, and compliance structures. TL;DR: 7 agencies scored on fintech vertical depth, compliance infrastructure, engagement models, and documented performance. KORE1 ranks first for US fintech staffing with … Read more

Fund Administration Transition: Moving or Insourcing, and the Data Work to Staff on Contract

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Two closed black ledgers side by side on a gray conference table, one with an orange ribbon bookmark, two sets of books in a fund administration transition

By Khurram Tehseen, FSA, Founder and Principal at Operating Alpha Staff the parallel run with two contract reconciliation accountants and one data engineer who loads the history, and plan at least one full quarter of shadow books. As of October 2026, at KORE1 Contract Rate Index 2026-Q4 national modeled medians, that team costs about $147,800 … Read more

7 Best Agencies for Hiring Contract CPAs and Accounting Temps (2026)

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Finance manager meeting a contract CPA during tax season, illustrating agencies for hiring contract CPAs and accounting temps

KORE1 is the top agency for hiring contract CPAs and accounting temps in 2026, with a 17-day average fill, 92% 12-month retention, and finance-specialist recruiters who know the licensed CPA pool by city. Creative Financial Staffing leads for pure accounting focus with CPA-firm roots going back to 1994. Kforce covers dual finance-and-technology staffing at scale. … Read more

LP Reporting Support: Clearing a Backlog With Contract Analysts Before the Next Raise

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Quiet fund conference room at dusk with four stacks of bound reports on a long oak table and one orange chair at the center

By Khurram Tehseen, FSA, Founder and Principal at Operating Alpha Clear an LP reporting backlog with a three-seat contract team for one quarter: a senior financial analyst on the packs, a senior accountant tying figures to the books, and a data analyst rebuilding the extracts. The fund team signs everything. That team models at about … Read more

Contract Controller and Accounting Manager Bill Rates 2026: What Employers Pay

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By Jennifer Burdick, Recruiting Manager, KORE1 As of October 16, 2026, a mid-level contract controller or accounting manager bills $112 to $148 an hour nationally, median $127, about $66,100 for three months. Senior controllers bill $145 to $178, median $165. Both figures are W2 bill rates through a staffing firm, from the KORE1 Contract Rate … Read more

Borrowing Base Reporting: Contract Analysts, Automation, or Both

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Warehouse loading dock at dusk with stacked pallets of boxes and a lit second-floor office where an analyst works, collateral behind borrowing base reporting

By Khurram Tehseen, FSA, Founder and Principal at Operating Alpha Staff certificate review with contract analysts while verification is automated, then shrink the bench as each field goes live. A two-seat bridge, one mid-level financial analyst and one mid-level data analyst, models at about $92,000 for three months at national medians (KORE1 Contract Rate Index … Read more

Month-End Close Contractors: Who to Bring In and What They Leave Behind

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Quiet glass-walled office corridor at dusk with a row of empty gray chairs and one orange armchair at the far end

By Khurram Tehseen, FSA, Founder and Principal at Operating Alpha Three contract seats take days out of a slow close: a data engineer who automates the feeds, a senior accountant who owns reconciliations, and a business systems analyst who documents the new steps. At national medians in the KORE1 Contract Rate Index 2026-Q4 (modeled, October … Read more

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