Hire Finance & Accounting Talent for Software Development Companies

Software development companies spend most of their money on engineering, and how you account for that spend shapes the whole P&L. MAVI places finance professionals who understand capitalized development cost, project billing, and contractor-heavy payroll.
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Software Development Finance Expertise That Matters

In a software development business, the dominant cost is people writing code, and the accounting question is what that cost becomes on the books. An accountant without software experience can process the payroll flawlessly and still miss the capitalization, project, and contractor treatment that define a dev shop's financials.
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Capitalized Development

Some development cost gets capitalized as an asset and some gets expensed, and the split changes reported profit and taxes. A specialist knows which internal-use and product development costs to capitalize and defends the treatment. A generalist expenses everything or capitalizes bluntly, and either way the books need unwinding when it matters.

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Project Billing

Dev shops bill by project, milestone, or time and materials, and revenue has to match the work. A specialist recognizes revenue as it's earned across billing models and keeps unbilled work tracked. A generalist recognizes on invoice and distorts the periods where billing and delivery don't line up.

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Contractor Accounting

Development teams lean heavily on contractors across countries, with the tax and classification questions that follow. A specialist handles contractor payments, classification, and the reporting each jurisdiction wants. A generalist manages employee payroll and finds a distributed contractor base raises issues they weren't prepared for.

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Utilization and Margin

A dev business makes money on the gap between what it bills for an engineer and what the engineer costs. A specialist tracks utilization and project margin so leadership sees which work is profitable. A generalist keeps the books without connecting them to utilization, leaving the firm's core economics invisible.

Hiring Software Development Finance & Accounting Talent with MAVI

MAVI matches you with finance professionals who have worked inside software development businesses, so they arrive fluent in capitalization, project billing, and contractor accounting.

Capitalization Depth

Our accountants know which development costs to capitalize versus expense and defend the treatment, protecting both reported earnings and tax position.

Project Billing Command

MAVI talent recognize revenue across milestone and time-and-materials billing and keep unbilled work tracked, so revenue lands when it's earned.

Systems Familiarity

From project and time-tracking tools to the GL, our network ties billable work and contractor spend to the financials without manual gaps.

Contractor Experience

MAVI places professionals who handle contractor payments, classification, and cross-jurisdiction reporting for distributed development teams.

Scales With Your Shop

Support as projects grow, a full-time accountant as headcount scales, an embedded team across engagements – MAVI meets your finance function where it is.

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Meet Software Development Finance & Accounting Talent in Our Network

Ritika
US Exp: 6 years | Location: India
Accountant at a software development firm who tracked project billing and capitalized development cost across internal and client work. Comfortable managing a distributed contractor payroll.
Mateus
US Exp: 11 years | Location: Brazil
Senior accountant with a decade in dev businesses, owning milestone revenue recognition, utilization reporting, and contractor classification across countries. Knows how to keep a people-heavy P&L defensible.
Lindiwe
US Exp: 8 years | Location: South Africa
Accounting manager focused on software development, running close with accurate project margin and capitalization. Strong on the contractor accounting generalists find unfamiliar.
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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Do MAVI's accountants understand capitalized software development cost?

    Yes. The professionals we place know which internal-use and product development costs to capitalize versus expense and defend the treatment, protecting reported earnings and tax position.

  • Can they handle project and milestone billing?

    They can. MAVI talent recognize revenue across milestone and time-and-materials models and keep unbilled work tracked, so revenue lands in the period it's earned.

  • We use contractors across several countries. Is that manageable?

    It is. MAVI talent handle contractor payments, classification, and the cross-jurisdiction reporting a distributed development team requires.

  • Can they show us project margin and utilization?

    Yes. We place accountants who track utilization and project margin, so leadership sees which engagements actually make money.

  • How soon can a software accountant be embedded?

    MAVI usually shares profiles within a day or two and can embed the right person in as fast as five days, which helps when project or contractor volume outpaces your team.

  • Can we begin with part-time project accounting support?

    Yes. Many software development firms begin with part-time project accounting or close support and scale as headcount and engagements grow.