Solventium

Solventium is a Dutch recruitment company built around the accountancy profession, and what it offers candidates is a carrièreboost, a step up to a better job. It regularly receives assignments from accountantskantoren for the werving en selectie of assistant and qualified Accountants, AA and RA, of Belastingadviseurs qualified at university level or through NOB and RB, and of Register Salarisadministrateurs. It takes a genuine interest in a candidate's wishes and background before matching, and it makes a point of not listing a hundred jobs on its site: the profile is drawn up in a personal conversation and then matched against the vacancies it holds.

The market it serves is accountancy and tax, and it knows its client firms well enough to tell a candidate whether they would be happier in a large organisation with international clients or in a compact firm with short lines and MKB clients. Candidates come with degrees at Bsc or Msc level, RA or RE qualifications in accountancy or IT audit, economics or as a fiscaal jurist, at starter, mid career, professional or partner level. Because of its market knowledge and its contacts within the Raden van Bestuur of accountancy and advisory organisations, the company is also asked regularly to look for future and equity partners, people with experience across Audit, Compliance, Riskmanagement, IT-auditing, Tax and Finance who are often known as university lecturers as well, and discretion is described as its adage.

A third strand is the sale and transfer of accountancy and administration practices. Solventium guides an owner from the first intention through to signed agreements, starting with an extensive survey covering a company report and a valuation which, together with the preferred method of transfer, forms the basis for the sales strategy. That opening stage is run with specialists from its network, a Register Valuator, a lawyer and an acquisition specialist, for a fee agreed in advance, and if it is engaged for the sale itself it approaches interested parties under various success based arrangements. The company works from Zoetwatermeer 37 in Houten, and enquiries reach Gerard Vriesenga on 085-2500677 or 06-19665935.