With a national presence across Australia, Kaizen’s Accounting, Finance, and Tax practice is trusted by the country’s leading Financial Services organisations to partner on strategic recruitment needs, from mid-level roles through to CFO appointments.
When undertaking a search, Kaizen works closely with clients’ executive leadership to gain a deep understanding of the business’s strategic objectives, ensuring we target individuals with the expertise and experience needed to drive the organisation’s ambitions.
The Accounting and Finance recruitment landscape in financial services is experiencing renewed momentum, with organisations looking to carefully make strategic hires. Demand is strongest across Financial Accounting, FP&A and Financial Transformation, where skilled professionals with strong commercial insight and advanced systems capability remain in short supply. While specialist hiring is active, the market remains measured, with employers eager to find experienced leaders able to assist them on their specific journey, and strategic hires who can measurably add value.
As we move into 2026, hiring demand is expected to centre on finance talent that can drive discipline, data‑enabled decision‑making and digital transformation, and hiring organisations are looking for a recruitment partner who is able to analyse a business's needs and offer sound advice based on the candidate landscape.
Our work with Accounting, Finance and Taxation
8000+
Finance Professionals in our network
200+
Roles placed across Finance and Shared Services
75+
Executive Finance Appointments
Temporary and Permanent Assignments
Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer, Head of Finance, GM Finance
Temporary and Permanent Assignments
Financial Accountant, Senior Financial Accountant, Finance Manager, Senior Finance Manager, Finance Director
Temporary and Permanent Assignments
FP&A Analyst, Senior FP&A Analyst, FP&A Manager, Senior FP&A Manager, FP&A Director, Head of FP&A
Temporary and Permanent Assignments
Tax Accountant, Senior Tax Accountant, Tax Manager, Senior Tax Manager, Tax Director, Head of Tax, Transfer Pricing Professionals
Temporary and Permanent Assignments
Transformation Analyst, Financial Transformation Manager, Transformation Program Manager, Finance Change Manager, Head of Financial Transformation
Temporary and Permanent Assignments
Treasury Analyst, Senior Treasury Analyst, Treasury Manager, Senior Treasury Manager, Group Treasurer
Relevant Clients
Kaizen combines deep Accounting and Finance expertise with a genuinely consultative approach. We take the time to understand each client’s strategic objectives, ensuring every hire aligns with their commercial goals and culture.
Our network spans high-calibre Financial Services professionals, and we map the full talent landscape, not just active job seekers. Through executive roundtables, industry events and thought leadership, we engage “passive” candidates and add value beyond recruitment.
By representing our clients’ brand authentically and leveraging our strong market reputation, we access the full candidate market and provide comprehensive, real-time insight throughout every search.
Thought Leadership
Utilising our deep networks and market specialisation to drive conversations across the Accounting and Finance sector
National and International Reach
Our team has experience placing candidates across all states and 30+ countries, with global market knowledge and candidate pools
Workforce Planning Advisory
Leveraging our deep industry expertise, we are ideally positioned to guide organisations in workforce planning and the support with Financial Transformation initiatives.
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