How Recruitment Agencies Know It's Time to Outsource Finance

Stuart Gentle Publisher at Onrec12 Aug 2026|News archiveHow Recruitment Agencies Know It's Time to Outsource FinanceThe finance function at a recruitment agency almost always breaks before the recruitment function does. Placements climb, contractor headcount grows, invoices multiply across states and pay cycles, and the part-time bookkeeper who was fine at 12 consultants becomes a bottleneck at 30. Owners notice late because the pipeline still looks healthy. By the time margin leakage, late tax