What clients say: “I hired my top performer from Pavago.” Daniel M. · via Trustpilot. “Browser open to interview booked: 30 minutes, tops.” Nahuel H. · via X. “If you hire people, this is your competitive advantage.” Joe B. · via X.
Hire the remote team behind your accounting firm
Keep the advisory work. Pavago matches you with vetted bookkeepers, staff accountants and tax preparers in under a minute.
What role do you want to hire for?
- Free to browse
- Get matches in under a minute
- Skip weeks of sourcing
Businesses like Pool-ology, Celebrate Dental, Anzenna, Press Advantage, Wraith Brokerage, Ride The Wave, Alarm Masters, HireApp, BuildCasa, FLLR Consulting, Metro Wireless, Theta, Indio Management, Eversite, Rig Hut, ActionTrac, Basis Health, Tenant Planet hire on Pavago.
What accounting firms struggle to hire
The work that piles up in accounting firms is the work that has to happen but never makes the partner billable. It's offshore bookkeeping, except you hire your own bookkeepers.
Bookkeepers
For ongoing client engagements, not just the messy clean-up months.
See bookkeepersTax preparers
For the season, handling individual and business returns without you double-checking every one.
See tax preparersStaff accountants
Taking month-end close off a senior's plate so they can focus on review.
See staff accountantsAR specialists
Chasing slow-paying clients without burning the relationship.
See AR specialistsIntake coordinators
Keeping the new client pipeline from going cold.
See intake coordinators
!Most firms cover all of this with one or two overworked staff, until someone leaves.
Why remote works for accounting firms
Client confidentiality and US GAAP standards come up first. Both are answered when you actually look.
- Standards
Can they do US GAAP work?
You see each person's past roles and the work they've done before you message them, and you test them in your own interview.
- Software
Will they know our software?
Your tools run the same whether the person is in Atlanta or Buenos Aires, and each profile shows what they've used.
- QuickBooks
- Xero
- NetSuite
- Drake
- Lacerte
- Confidentiality
Is client data safe?
Your team controls access and permissions, as with any local hire. Every candidate is vetted before they appear on ScoutOS.
Remote doesn't lower the bar. You set it in the interview, the same as for any hire.
Roles accounting firms hire
Most accounting firms build their team from some mix of these. Each links to live candidates.
Bookkeeper
They keep your books reconciled and your month-end on time.
Accountant
They handle the close, the reporting and the analysis behind it.
Senior Accountant
They review the close and keep your reporting accurate.
Staff Accountant
They handle reconciliations, journal entries and month-end close.
Tax Preparer
They prepare individual and business returns for your review.
AR Specialist
They send invoices and chase payment until it's in.
AP Specialist
They process bills and pay vendors on time.
Customer Service Representative
They answer your customers' calls, emails and chats.
How Pavago makes hiring frictionless for you
- Step 1 of 4
Search.
Describe the role like you'd say it out loud. Get matched candidates in under a minute.
- Step 2 of 4
Review.
See profile previews with experience, skills and rates, watch intro videos, and message anyone directly.
- Step 3 of 4
Interview.
Book and run the calls yourself, on your own read.
- Step 4 of 4
Hire.
Pick someone and send a locally compliant contract for e-signature inside Pavago. Payroll runs through Plane, free for the first 60 days.
Pricing
Searching is free, and so are profile previews and intro videos with an account. To message and interview candidates, it's $99 a month. The $1,999 placement fee is charged only when your hire signs. No retainer, no obligation, cancel anytime.
Get StartedScoutOS vs the alternatives
Compare with
Traditional recruiter
- Cost
- 15–30% of salary, $15k–$30k on a $100k hire
- Time to shortlist
- 1–4 weeks
- Who vets
- The recruiter
- Who picks
- The agency
- If it fails
- Sometimes a replacement
- Lock-in
- Retainer or contract
Job boards
- Cost
- Free to post, costly in time
- Time to shortlist
- Days of sorting
- Who vets
- Nobody
- Who picks
- You
- If it fails
- Start over
- Lock-in
- None
Hiring locally
- Cost
- $90k–$130k/yr salary
- Time to shortlist
- Weeks
- Who vets
- You
- Who picks
- You
- If it fails
- You eat it
- Lock-in
- Full salary
ScoutOS
- Cost
- 7 days free, then $99/mo + $1,999 flat when you hire
- Time to shortlist
- Matched candidates in under a minute
- Who vets
- Done. ~1 in 300 makes it on
- Who picks
- You
- If it fails
- Free replacement for 60 days, then on the $149/mo plan
- Lock-in
- Cancel anytime
A recruiter's fee scales with the salary, so the better the hire, the more it costs you. On ScoutOS it's flat $1,999 whether the person earns $40,000 or $120,000.
Common questions
Almost all of them. Bookkeepers, staff accountants, tax preparers, AR and AP specialists and intake coordinators all work remotely every day.
Pavago candidates are pre-vetted before you ever see a profile, so you're not sorting through a job board. You see real work samples, rates, and message directly, no recruiter middleman slowing things down.
Every candidate goes through a skills review, portfolio check, and reference verification before appearing in the pool. Roughly 1 in 300 applicants makes it through.
Our talent pool spans LATAM, Africa, South Asia, and Europe. You can filter by region when searching.
In the first 60 days, your replacement is free: no additional placement fee. After that, replacements stay free for as long as you keep the $149/mo plan for that hire, which you can cancel anytime.
Your hire’s contract and offer letter come from a locally compliant template, sent for e-signature inside Pavago. Payroll runs through our partner Plane (plane.com), which pays contractors in 240+ countries. You pay your hire directly from your own Plane account, so Pavago never touches the money. Using Plane costs you nothing for the first 60 days (Pavago covers it), and after that an optional $149/mo per hire keeps it running, cancel anytime. The Plane account stays yours even if you leave Pavago, and you can always run payroll yourself instead.
Searching is free, and a free account adds profile previews (experience, skills, rates) and intro videos. Messaging and interviews are $99/mo, month-to-month. A flat $1,999 placement fee is charged only when your hire signs, and after the first 60 days an optional $149/mo per hire keeps payroll and free replacements going.
You get matched candidates in under a minute. Interviews and offers typically happen within days, not weeks.
