QUESTIONS WE HEAR FROM AGENCY OWNERS
Do we actually know our margin per placement once burden costs are factored in?
How much of our cash is tied up funding payroll before client invoices get paid?
Are we tracking workers' comp and payroll tax correctly across every state we place in?
Which clients or roles are profitable once we account for the float, not just the bill rate?
We answer these questions every month, not just when cash gets tight.
Specialized CPA · HR Agencies
Accounting & Financial Expertise Built for Staffing & Recruiting Agencies
You pay your contractors and temps before your clients pay you. That float, plus bill-rate margins, workers' comp allocation, and multi-state payroll, is a different financial problem than most accountants have actually solved. We give staffing and recruiting agencies access to CPAs, accountants, controllers, and CFO-level expertise built around how your business actually runs.
🌐 Available virtually, serving staffing and recruiting agencies nationwide
Who This Is For
Built for staffing and recruiting agencies like yours
We work with staffing, recruiting, and HR services businesses that need financial clarity, not just compliance. If you're managing contractor payroll, client billing cycles, and margin visibility without a clear read on cash, this is for you.
Temporary & Contract Staffing
High-volume placement businesses funding weekly payroll well ahead of net-30 or net-60 client payment terms.
Permanent Placement & Direct Hire
Contingency and retained search firms managing fee timing, refund guarantees, and split-desk commission structures.
Executive Search Firms
Retained search practices managing milestone billing, long sales cycles, and partner or recruiter compensation models.
Specialized & Niche Staffing
IT, healthcare, light industrial, and other vertical-specific staffing firms managing higher burden costs and credentialing requirements.
PEOs & HR Outsourcing Firms
Businesses managing co-employment, benefits administration, and payroll on behalf of client companies.
The Real Challenge
Most staffing and recruiting agencies lack full clarity on their finances
Revenue can look strong on paper while cash stays tight, because staffing is a financing business as much as a placement business. Most bookkeeping treats it like any other services company and misses that entirely.
The agency is funding payroll for contractors and temps weeks before client invoices get paid, and no one is forecasting that gap
Margin per placement isn't tracked once burden costs, workers' comp, and payroll taxes are factored in
AR aging isn't monitored closely enough to catch a slow-paying client before it creates a cash crunch
Multi-state payroll tax and workers' comp allocation are handled inconsistently as the agency expands into new states
Client profitability is a guess, not a number anyone can point to
25%
A typical gross-margin range for many staffing firms, making accurate burden and placement-level cost tracking critical.
14 days
Typical payroll cycle for temporary and contract workers - often requiring agencies to fund payroll well before client invoices are collected.
30 days
Potential cash-flow gap between paying workers and receiving payment from clients, depending on payroll frequency and client terms.
5 weeks
median collection lockup - the typical amount of time revenue remains tied up in unpaid client invoices.
Not a generic accounting firm - your staffing and recruiting finance partner
Differentiators:
Staffing-Specific Financial Structure - We set up your books to reflect how staffing businesses actually operate, including payroll funding cycles, client-level margin tracking, and multi-state payroll and workers' comp allocation.
Decision-Ready Reporting - Monthly insight into cash position, client profitability, and payroll funding needs, not just what happened last month.
Strategic Support - Without a Full-Time Hire Financing strategy, margin analysis, and growth planning, with CFO-level thinking without the cost of a full-time finance hire.
Plain Language for Owners - We translate financials into clear, plain language. No jargon. Every conversation ends with you knowing exactly what your numbers mean and what to do with them.
Available Virtually, Nationwide - We work with staffing and recruiting agencies across the United States, fully remotely.
Scales as You Grow - Engagements begin with clean books and solid reporting, then expand into cash flow strategy and CFO-level support as your business grows. You never outgrow the relationship.
Three steps to financial clarity
Simple to start. No lengthy onboarding. A clear path to better financial visibility.
Free Assessment
We review your current financial setup, cash flow structure, and the business decisions you're trying to make, at no cost and with no commitment. You leave knowing exactly where the gaps are.
Clarity Plan
We outline what's missing, structure, cash visibility, margin reporting, and propose a specific engagement scope tailored to your agency's size and priorities.
Ongoing Support
We step in at the right level: clean books, controller support, or strategic advisory. As your placement volume and client base grow, our support evolves with you.
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Litrivis CPA
Generalist Bookkeeper/CPA
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Flexible engagement models
Staffing-specific accounting structure
Multi-state payroll tax and workers' comp allocation
Cash flow and payroll funding forecasting
Financing and banking relationship support
AR aging and collections oversight
Monthly close and bookkeeping
Tax compliance and preparation
Capability
Why HR Agencies Choose Litrivis
More than accounting - a financial partner for Staffing and HR agencies
Schedule Your Free HR Agencies Industry Consultation
30 minutes with a media-focused financial advisor. No sales pressure just a genuine discussion about your business, production budgets, revenue opportunities, and growth strategy.
Your Agency Is Growing. Your Finance Function Should Grow With It.
Whether you need an accountant, a controller, cash flow forecasting, financing strategy, or help understanding what's actually profitable, you don't have to figure out the right structure on your own. We'll help you determine what your staffing or recruiting agency actually needs, and provide it.