Finance and Accounting Recruiter in Madison

Call Marc McRoberts: 262-893-1523  |  marc@mdmrecruitingllc.com

You have a finance seat open and it is costing you every week it stays empty. The close runs late. The board deck is waiting on numbers. You are doing work that belongs to someone you have not hired yet. The last thing you need is an out-of-town agency that does not know Madison sending you a stack of resumes that do not fit.

I live in Middleton. Madison is my home base, not a market I cover from somewhere else. I am Marc McRoberts, I run MDM Recruiting, and I place finance and accounting professionals at small and mid-size companies across Dane County. I have done this for 15 years, and finance and accounting is the only thing I recruit for. When you call me about a controller opening in Fitchburg or a CFO search on the west side, you are talking to someone who already knows the local talent pool and can bring you a short list worth your time.

The roles I fill

I recruit for the people who own your numbers, from the leadership seat down to the close:

  • Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
  • VP of Finance
  • Controller and Assistant Controller
  • Accounting Manager
  • FP&A and Financial Analyst
  • Senior and Staff Accountant

Whether you need a CFO who can sit at the leadership table and talk to your board, or a senior accountant who can carry month-end without hand-holding, I have filled that seat before at a company that looks like yours.

Madison is my home turf

A lot of recruiters will tell you they cover Madison. I actually work here, live here, and have built my network here over 15 years. That matters more than it sounds like it should. When you give me a search, I am not starting with a job board post and a prayer. I already know a good share of the finance and accounting people in this market who could do your job, and in a lot of cases I know them well enough to call.

I have recruited across almost every industry in the Madison area, so I am not boxed into one niche. Insurance, healthcare, manufacturing, nonprofit, services, government contractors, startups out on the west side and in the research park — the finance roles rhyme across all of them, and I have filled them. That range is the advantage of working a market this long. I know who is good, who is available, and who is quietly open to the right call.

I also work with the local CPA firms

One thing that sets a Madison search apart: I work with a handful of the small CPA firms in the area. That relationship matters to you for two reasons. First, public accounting is where a lot of the best private-company controllers and accounting managers come from, and I have a line into that talent as it decides to make the move out of public. Second, those firms see a lot of companies and a lot of finance departments, so they know who is good and who is struggling. That is a network you do not get from an agency parachuting in from Chicago or Minneapolis.

What working with me is actually like

You get one point of contact: me. I do the intake call, the sourcing, the screening, and the reference work myself. Nothing gets handed off to a junior recruiter who has never filled a finance role. Before I send you anyone, I have talked to them about your company, your systems, and the specific problem you are trying to solve, so the people you interview already understand why the seat is open and want it.

Most of my searches are filled in three to four weeks. Not because I rush, but because I am not starting from zero. The local network does the heavy lifting, so the search begins with a real list instead of a wait.

If you have been burned by a contingency agency before, here is the difference in plain terms: I would rather send you three people who fit than thirty who do not. Volume is easy. A short list you can trust is the hard part, and it is the only part that saves you time.

The kind of hire this matters for

A wrong finance hire is expensive in a way most hires are not. A controller who cannot close, a CFO who cannot forecast, an analyst who cannot be trusted with the model — you feel those mistakes in your numbers, your board meetings, and your own workload. That is why it is worth spending twenty minutes with someone who fills these roles in this market for a living before you post the job and hope.

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Have an open finance role in the Madison area? Let’s talk about it.

Tell me about one seat you are trying to fill — the role, the company, and what is making it hard. No pitch, no long process. Just a short call about whether I can help fill it faster than you can on your own.

Call or text Marc McRoberts: 262-893-1523
Email: marc@mdmrecruitingllc.com