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Executive Search · Finance & Accounting

Leaders who move the number.

HARSTA Solutions places CFOs, controllers, and the finance organizations behind them. Retained rigor, contingent speed, and a shortlist you can act on.

CFO & C-SUITE SEARCH CONTROLLERSHIP FP&A AND STRATEGIC FINANCE TECHNICAL ACCOUNTING & SEC REPORTING AUDIT, RISK & COMPLIANCE INTERIM & FRACTIONAL ACCOUNTING OPERATIONS ACCOUNTS PAYABLE & RECEIVABLE
CFO & C-SUITE SEARCH CONTROLLERSHIP FP&A AND STRATEGIC FINANCE TECHNICAL ACCOUNTING & SEC REPORTING AUDIT, RISK & COMPLIANCE INTERIM & FRACTIONAL ACCOUNTING OPERATIONS ACCOUNTS PAYABLE & RECEIVABLE
01 — The mandate

A finance hire is a forecast you can't revise.

Most search firms sell you a process. We sell you the outcome: a shortlist of four operators who have already run the quarter you're about to run — the close you need tightened, the audit you need clean, the raise you need to survive.

We work two lanes and nothing else. Executive search for the C-suite and their direct reports. Finance and accounting placement from senior analyst to controller. Depth beats breadth, every time.

02 — Practices

From the ledger
to the boardroom.

We cover every seat in the accounting and finance function — the people who close the books, the managers who own the controls, and the executives who answer for the numbers. We know what each level pays, who is ready for the next step, and how to reach them.

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03 — How we work

The HARSTA process.

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04 — From the desk
“The best finance candidates are never on the market. They're on a list. We keep the list.”

Our network is built two ways at once. Relationships come first — finance leaders we have known for years, who take our call because we have been useful to them before. Data keeps those relationships current: we track who has closed the books at your scale, who has taken on more responsibility this year, and what the market is paying at every level. Judgment from the first, precision from the second.
For employers

Your next finance hire is already employed.

So we go get them. Named-target sourcing, written assessments, and a shortlist your board can act on with confidence.

Engagement models

Pick the model that matches the risk.

Executive Search

Chief financial officers, controllers at the executive level, and the leaders who report to them. Exclusive, milestone-billed, and reported on throughout.

01 A target list built for your role
02 A written assessment on every finalist
03 A replacement guarantee on the placement

Finance & Accounting

Controllers, managers, and analysts. You pay on placement — but you still get a scorecard, not a stack of resumes.

01 A short, qualified slate — never a resume dump
02 Every candidate interviewed before you see them
03 You pay only when someone is hired

Fractional & Contract

Coverage when a seat opens unexpectedly, or added capacity for an audit, a system change, or a period of growth.

01 Vetted interim professionals, ready to step in
02 Weekly billing with no minimum term
03 Convert to permanent at any point
Start a search

Tell us the seat. We'll tell you the market.

Every inquiry gets a written response within one business day — including a read on comp, timeline, and whether we're the right firm for it. We turn down more searches than we take.

Received

Your inquiry is in the queue.

A partner responds within one business day, with a read on comp, timeline, and whether we're the right firm for the search.

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For candidates

We only call when it's worth the call.

We help accounting and finance professionals land roles that actually fit — matching your experience and the way you like to work to employers who need exactly what you do, and standing behind you from first conversation through start date.

01

Matched with intention

We learn your experience, your strengths, and the environment you do your best work in before your name goes anywhere.

02

Confidential by default

Your materials never leave our office without your permission, in writing, for each role.

03

Real preparation

You walk into every interview knowing the team, the priorities of the role, and what success looks like in it.

04

We advocate for you

We present your experience in full and represent your interests all the way through offer and start date.

Submit your resume

Get on the list.

Two minutes now, and you're in front of us the next time a matching mandate opens. Most of our placements were passive when we first met them.

PDF or DOCX, under 10 MB. We never share your materials with a client without asking first.
Received

You're on the list.

A recruiter reviews every submission personally. Nothing goes to an employer without your say-so first.

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Practices

Every seat, every size of business.

From a first bookkeeper at a ten-person company to a chief financial officer at a national one, we recruit across the whole accounting and finance function — in every industry, for businesses of every size. Small businesses are not an afterthought here; they are much of what we do.

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Who we work with

Any size. Any industry.

A growing company hiring its first full-time accountant needs the same care as a national employer building out a department. We scale the search to the business, not the other way around.

Small & growing businesses

First finance hires, bookkeeping and accounting support, and the help to build a function from the ground up.

Established mid-market

Added depth and specialization as volume, complexity, and reporting requirements grow.

Nonprofit & public sector

Fund accounting, grant compliance, and reporting to boards, funders, and the communities they serve.

Every industry

Construction, manufacturing, healthcare, professional services, retail, hospitality, technology, and more.
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Candidates

Get in front of us first.

Send your resume and we will keep it on hand. When a role comes in that matches your experience, you are one of the first calls we make.

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Employers

Have a seat to fill?

Tell us about the role and we will tell you honestly what the market looks like for it before you commit to anything.

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Insights & FAQ

Straight answers about how this works.

The questions we are asked most, answered plainly — on one side by employers deciding whether to bring in help, on the other by candidates deciding whether to work with a recruiter at all.

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About

Built by operators, not resume brokers.

HARSTA Solutions is a specialist search firm for accounting and finance. We work a deliberately small number of searches at a time, so every client gets a partner who knows their business and every candidate gets a person who knows their name.

How we work

Clear commitments, on both sides.

Recruiting works when everyone knows what to expect. These are the standards we hold ourselves to on every engagement.

We take the time to understand the role

Before we contact anyone, we learn how your team operates, what the position is accountable for, and who tends to succeed in it. A job description alone is not enough to recruit against.

We present a considered slate, not a stack

Every candidate we send has been interviewed and assessed by us, with a written summary of their experience, their strengths, and how they would fit your team. Volume is not a substitute for judgment.

We communicate honestly, including when it is inconvenient

If the compensation is below market, if the search will be difficult, or if we are not the right firm for it, we tell you plainly. Clients and candidates both hear where things actually stand.

We stay involved after the offer

A placement is not finished at signature. We stay in contact with both sides through the first months to make sure the fit we promised is the fit that shows up.

Why we started

Two gaps we kept seeing.

01

Smaller businesses were on their own

Most small and growing companies do not have a recruiting team, and often not a dedicated HR function either. Hiring falls to an owner or a controller who already has a full job, with no time to run a thorough search and no practical way to verify whether a candidate's experience is as deep as the resume suggests.

The cost of getting it wrong is heaviest for exactly these businesses. We started HARSTA to give them the same quality of search and the same rigor of evaluation that large employers take for granted.

02

Good people were lost in the process

On the other side, capable accounting and finance professionals were sending applications into systems that never replied, and being screened on keywords rather than on what they can actually do.

We wanted to connect talent with opportunity directly and make the search simpler: a real conversation, honest feedback, and an advocate who understands both your experience and the way you work.
Contact

One inbox. One business day.

Whether you're hiring or looking, it goes to the same desk — and a person, not an autoresponder, reads it.

Email
harsta.solutions@gmail.com

Client inquiries, candidate submissions, and press.

Coverage
United States, nationwide

Remote-first team, on-site for every finalist panel we're asked to attend.

Response time
One business day

Every inquiry gets a written answer, including the ones we decline.