Accounting departments are typically busy throughout the year. However, the workflow increases significantly during the ramp up to the end of the fiscal year. As the financial year begins to fade and its many deadlines draw near, it’s easy for even the most adept accounting departments to become overwhelmed. Some extra help could alleviate these issues.

While hiring another full-time employee may not be necessary (or possible due to departmental budgets), securing temporary administrative support during this critical time is an ideal option!

Here are some of the ways a staffing agency can help your organization with fiscal year-end support:

Staffing Agencies Find the Most Qualified Candidates

While every company is different, the principles of accounting and bookkeeping are standard. Staffing agencies focus on applicants with the most diverse financial knowledge and experience to find the most qualified candidates to assist your department. This helps limit the amount of time spent on training a temporary employee so they can get to work assisting your staff immediately. If the candidate happens to have a background in your specific field, that’s an added bonus!

Staffing Agencies Locate the Niche Experts

The end of the fiscal year wrap-up may run smoothly - except for those one or two particular projects that don’t. Instead of focusing the entire department’s attention on these projects, staffing agencies will find highly skilled candidates who specialize in these focus areas. By hiring a temporary assistant who’s dedicated to these specific tasks, your remaining staff can focus on the bigger picture to ensure that nothing slips through the cracks.

Staffing Agencies Reduce Errors

If there’s one time when even a simple mistake can result in major trouble, it’s during the financial year-end process. The chances for increased mistakes run high if your accounting department is overloaded with stress and working extra-long shifts. Staffing agencies help ease the burdens on your department by supplementing your staff with eager accounting experts who can easily take on the extra hours and reduce mistakes during this critical time.

Staffing Agencies Help Hit Deadlines

Deadlines often have a nasty habit of being missed. In many cases, this causes a slight inconvenience; but when it comes to fiscal year-end deadlines the results can be much worse. Not only does the accounting department have to hit their year-end deadlines, they have to do so while making sure the everyday deadlines are achieved. Partnering with a staffing agency helps fill your department with temporary administrative assistants who help the fiscal year-end process run smoothly alongside the everyday process, so all deadlines are met.

It’s clear that temporary staffing benefits your accounting department during the financial year-end process. Working with a staffing agency like Elite Personnel can make it much easier to ramp up your accounting department during this crucial time of the year. If you’re ready to bring in some extra accounting help or administrative support, Elite Personnel is ready to help.

Contact us today to find the best temporary staffing for your fiscal year-end needs!

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