Accounting recruiters who understand government contract and nonprofit accounting.
Contingency search for tax, audit, and corporate accounting talent in a market defined less by industry and more by who's paying the bill — federal contractors and a dense concentration of trade associations and nonprofits. No retainer, no fee until we deliver a hire.
The one market defined by who's paying, not what they do
Government contracting accounting is a genuinely distinct specialization, and the Washington region needs more of it than almost anywhere else in the country. Federal contractors operating here are subject to DCAA compliance requirements and Cost Accounting Standards under FAR Part 31 — a technical accounting discipline built around allowable-cost determinations and incurred-cost submissions that most public accounting practices elsewhere never have to touch.
Layered on top is an unusually large nonprofit and association sector — DC has one of the country's densest concentrations of trade associations, foundations, and NGOs headquartered in the region, each needing fund and grant accounting expertise distinct from commercial practice. BLS data reflects the underlying wage structure: business and financial operations occupations make up 11.8 percent of total metro employment here, one of the highest shares of any U.S. metro, and accountants and auditors in the region earn a mean $54.63 an hour — well above typical public-accounting pay in most other metros.
Wage data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area, May 2025.
Not a local staffing agency — a national search firm that treats DC as its own market
We don't have an office downtown or in Arlington, and we're not trying to be a generalist local shop. Arogom Finance is a contingency search firm dedicated to CPA and public accounting talent — our recruiters build candidate pipelines specifically for the DC market, including government contract and nonprofit accounting, the same way they do for every other market we work.
- Tax, audit, government-contract, and nonprofit/association accounting searches across the DC metro
- No retainer, no upfront fee — pay only on a hire
- Candidates qualified against your firm's client mix before you see them
Built for firm-specific searches
Have an open role at a Washington, DC CPA or accounting firm?
Contingency recruiting — you only pay when we deliver a hire.
Washington, DC, specifically
Do you have an office in Washington, DC?
No — Arogom Finance is a national contingency search firm, not a local staffing agency. Our recruiters work DC searches specifically; we're just not tied to a single metro's candidate pool the way a local shop is.
What's actually different about hiring accounting talent in Washington, DC?
The client base, not the industry. DC has an unusually large share of federal contractors, who need DCAA-compliant cost accounting under FAR Part 31, and one of the country's densest concentrations of trade associations and nonprofits, who need fund and grant accounting. Both are technical specialties most commercial-only practices elsewhere never build.
Do you cover Northern Virginia and suburban Maryland too, or just the District?
Yes. We treat the whole Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metro — DC, Northern Virginia, and suburban Maryland — as one labor market, since firms and candidates move across all three routinely.
Do you charge a retainer?
No. Arogom Finance is contingency-only — there's no retainer and no upfront cost. You only pay a fee if you hire someone we source.
How do I start a search?
Email hello@arogom.com with the role, firm, and your timeline, or use the request button on this page — we'll follow up directly.
