2025 hiring plans for finance and accounting managers
Hiring managers in finance and accounting in Canada have indicated their hiring plans for the second half of this year:
52 per cent are hiring for new permanent rolesAn additional 38 per cent are filling vacated permanent positions87 per cent are struggling to find skilled talent
Managers rank their strategic priorities for the remainder of 2025
During the second half of 2025, teams who work in finance and accounting in Canada will be primarily focused on the below.
Top priorities for permanent staff:
Improving planning, budgeting and forecasting processes
Financial reporting and compliance
Refining data and analytics strategies
Top priorities for contract staff:
AI implementation
Refining data and analytics strategies
Financial reporting and compliance
Contract talent trends in finance and accounting
An ongoing trend for the finance job market in 2025 is a greater number of contract roles. Two thirds – 67 per cent – of managers in finance and accounting in Canada plan to increase their use of contract professionals during the second half of the year.
According to these managers, the top benefits of engaging contract talent include:
Cost savings compared to permanent hiresAccess to specialized skills or expertise Flexibility in scaling their workforceFaster staffing for critical roles
Data methodology
The surveys cited were developed by Robert Half and conducted by an independent research firm. Results may not total 100% due to rounding or allowing for multiple responses. Respondents included executives, hiring managers from small (10-99 employees), midsize (100-999 employees) and large (1,000-plus employees) businesses in private, publicly listed and public sector organizations across Canada.
Over 420,000 new positions from more than 5,400 unique independent job boards and company websites provided by TextKernel are represented in our analysis of in-demand roles, including 6,300-plus placements from Robert Half. This dataset includes roles across the finance and accounting, technology, marketing and creative, legal, administrative and customer support, and human resources professions.
