Finance staff, found and placed for your business.
Permanent finance hires from bookkeeper to CFO.
How it works
How the service is priced, and how the person is found.
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Repeat hires give to an NGO or your training. From the second hire the fee steps down, and Kanton-West gives a matching amount to an NGO of your choice, or to your own in-house training. You choose which. The worked examples below show the figures.
The fee falls with every hire. From the second placement the fee steps down 5 percent, and again on each placement to the fifth, so your later hires sit well below the standard rate. The tables below show it in rand, dollars and euros.
Transparent pricing, below the norm. The rate for each level is set out in full below. There is no commission on salary and no undisclosed markup, and the percentages sit below what a typical agency charges.
Value for what you spend, matched by the quality. The fee covers the whole engagement end to end: the brief, the search, the assessment, the negotiation and the first months in the seat. Priced below the norm, and delivered to standard.
Curated, never a CV dump. Two or three candidates who can do the work, tested and referenced, then the offer, then the first months. Never a pile of CVs left for you to sift.
Matched to how the business runs, not a keyword list. Every engagement opens with two questions: what you expect from the role, and the three questions you would put to the candidate. Candidates are matched to how the business runs and where it is going, not to a keyword list.
The fee
A percentage of annual cost to company, the same in every currency.
| JuniorLevel 1 | MidLevel 2 | SeniorManagement | Flagship · ExecutiveFD & CFO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service fee, of annual CTC | 7.5% | 8.5% | 10% | 12.5% |
| Roles | Bookkeeper, clerks | Accountant, senior bookkeeper, payroll | Financial manager, financial controller | Financial director, CFO |
| Hire 2 fee, then 5% less each, to hire 5 | 7.1% | 8.1% | 9.5% | 11.9% |
| Client keeps the saving, KW matches it to a cause | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Guarantee | 90 days | 90 days | 90 days | 90 days |
| Fee due | Start date | Start date | Start date | Start date |
Repeat engagements
Every hire costs less than the one before.
From the second placement the fee steps down 5 percent, and steps down again on each placement to the fifth, so every hire costs less than the one before. Each of those hires sits below the standard fee for the role. That gap is the client's saving, and Kanton-West gives a matching amount to an NGO of your choice, or to your own in-house training. You choose. From the sixth placement onward the fee holds at the fifth placement's level.
| Placement | Client fee | You save | KW matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Full tier fee | -- | -- |
| 2 | 5% below hire 1 | Standard fee less this fee | The same amount |
| 3 | 5% below hire 2 | Standard fee less this fee | The same amount |
| 4 | 5% below hire 3 | Standard fee less this fee | The same amount |
| 5 | 5% below hire 4 | Standard fee less this fee | The same amount |
| 6+ | Same as hire 5 | Held at hire 5's saving | -- |
Worked examples
The percentages are the same in every currency.
Three single-level runs below, shown in rand, US dollars and euros, then one client who makes five hires across different levels. The step is set by how many hires a client has made with Kanton-West, not by the level of the role. "You save" is the gap between the standard fee for the role and what the repeat client pays; Kanton-West gives that same amount to an NGO of your choice, or your own training.
Example 01 · Executive
Financial director
12.5% · ZAR 900,000
| Pl. | Rate | Fee | You save | KW matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12.5% | R112,500 | -- | -- |
| 2 | 11.9% | R107,100 | R5,400 | R5,400 |
| 3 | 11.3% | R101,700 | R10,800 | R10,800 |
| 4 | 10.7% | R96,300 | R16,200 | R16,200 |
| 5 | 10.2% | R91,800 | R20,700 | R20,700 |
Example 02 · Financial manager
Senior
10% · USD 95,000
| Pl. | Rate | Fee | You save | KW matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10.0% | $9,500 | -- | -- |
| 2 | 9.5% | $9,025 | $475 | $475 |
| 3 | 9.0% | $8,550 | $950 | $950 |
| 4 | 8.6% | $8,170 | $1,330 | $1,330 |
| 5 | 8.1% | $7,695 | $1,805 | $1,805 |
Example 03 · Junior
Bookkeeper
7.5% · EUR 40,000
| Pl. | Rate | Fee | You save | KW matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7.5% | €3,000 | -- | -- |
| 2 | 7.1% | €2,840 | €160 | €160 |
| 3 | 6.8% | €2,720 | €280 | €280 |
| 4 | 6.4% | €2,560 | €440 | €440 |
| 5 | 6.1% | €2,440 | €560 | €560 |
Example 04 · One client, five hires, mixed levels
The saving follows the hire count, not the level
ZAR
| Placement | Level | Annual CTC | Standard fee | Fee | You save | KW matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Executive | R900,000 | R112,500 | R112,500 | -- | -- |
| 2 | Junior | R300,000 | R22,500 | R21,300 | R1,200 | R1,200 |
| 3 | Senior | R700,000 | R70,000 | R63,000 | R7,000 | R7,000 |
| 4 | Mid | R500,000 | R42,500 | R36,500 | R6,000 | R6,000 |
| 5 | Junior | R300,000 | R22,500 | R18,300 | R4,200 | R4,200 |
| Total | R270,000 | R251,600 | R18,400 | R18,400 |
Placements 2 and 5 are both junior hires at the same R300,000 salary, so both would cost R22,500 at the standard rate. As this client's second hire the first junior pays R21,300; as the fifth hire the second junior pays R18,300 and saves more, because the later hire carries a deeper step. Same level, same salary, bigger saving; the number of hires drives it, not the role.
Terms
Said up front, in writing.
Fee base
Annual cost to company, agreed with the client at briefing.
Payment
Fee due on the candidate's start date, payable within 14 days.
Guarantee
90-day replacement. If the candidate resigns or does not meet the role requirements within 90 days, one replacement at no fee. Excludes retrenchment, redundancy and role changes.
Repeat count
Runs per client.
VAT
Excluded where applicable.