Do you use your industry specialized software or general accounting software? What do you need an accountant/bookkeeper for? Transaction processing only? Government compliance? Tax saving? Management Consulting? What's your budget? Does your business have borrowing needs? There're many bookkeepers/accountants out there, only a few of them are willing to be regulated as there're overhead associated with it. Whether your business needs a regulated professional accountant? an unregulated professional? or an industry experienced accountant or perhaps an accounting student? The pricing is not as simple as a commodity service/product.