CPA vs. Accountant: When Your Ontario Private Company Needs a CPA
Say you own a distribution company doing about $30 million in revenue. Your accountant has been with you for 12 years. They aren’t designated, and…
Say you own a distribution company doing about $30 million in revenue. Your accountant has been with you for 12 years. They aren’t designated, and…
About one in five Canadian businesses intends to sell or transfer ownership within the next 10 years, according to Statistics Canada’s 2026 data. Business owner…
Say your controller of 18 years gives notice, or tells you they plan to retire next spring. Then it sinks in: the bank contact, the…
Somewhere in Brampton right now, a distribution company is opening its fourth finance search in two years. Same seat, more or less. The last one…
Hiring accountants in Ontario shouldn’t be this hard. Eight weeks in, two dozen applications, none of them close. The role’s still open, the team’s picking…
The management letter is on the table. The board has asked for a remediation plan, and there’s a date attached to it. Somewhere in the…
An investor asks a casual question near the end of a board meeting: “So, when are you bringing in a CFO?” The founder hears a…
Most Hamilton employers start a finance search believing they’ve already lost. They picture Bay Street salaries, assume the best people will always chase them, and…
Here’s a pattern worth naming, because it costs Mississauga employers good people every year. A finance role opens in Mississauga. Someone pulls a downtown Toronto…
Most senior finance searches don’t fail in week seven. They fail in week zero, before anyone has even been approached. At Minted Search Group, that’s…