Hire a remote accountant or bookkeeper

The gap this fills

Most growing companies reach a point where the finance workload has outgrown its setup and none of the obvious answers fit. A full-time hire is a sizing problem: a bookkeeper cannot produce the management reporting you will need within a year, and a qualified finance manager will spend half their week on data entry that does not need their qualification. An accounting practice is excellent at statutory work and expensive at daily volume.

A dedicated remote finance professional sits between the two. Enough recurring work to justify somebody, not enough certainty to justify a senior in-house hire. You direct the work as you would an employee; we carry the employment, the payroll and the replacement risk.

Roles we staff

• Bookkeepers. Transaction processing, bank reconciliations, payables and receivables, and keeping the ledger current rather than retrospectively correct.
• Management accountants. Month-end close, the management pack, budget against actual, and the commentary that makes the numbers usable.
• Accounts payable and receivable specialists. Including collections ownership, which is the function most often left unowned and most visible in cash.
• Payroll administrators. Processing and coordination with your provider and your practice.
• Finance analysts. Revenue by client, cost by project, actual against budget, and the modelling that turns a ledger into a decision.

What to hand over, and what to keep

Handing over the whole function on day one is rarely wise. The work divides cleanly.

Hand over early: transaction processing and bookkeeping, accounts payable and receivable, payroll administration, bank reconciliations and preparation of the monthly management accounts. This is structured recurring work with a clear definition of done, and it is where dedicated capacity pays back fastest.

Keep close: judgement. Pricing, cash strategy, fundraising, banking relationships and the final read on what the numbers mean should stay with the owner, the board or a senior finance leader. Outsourcing execution works precisely because it frees the senior people you already have for that work.

Keep your practice for sign-off. A dedicated remote accountant and your existing accounting practice are complements, not substitutes. The professional does the daily and monthly work inside your systems; the practice reviews and files. Be wary of any provider who tells you otherwise.

Security, and the questions you should ask

Finance work touches everything sensitive: banking, payroll, supplier terms. Three things to insist on, from us or from anyone else.

• Named individuals, not a pooled team. You should know who has access to your ledger and be able to speak to them.
• Access through your own systems, with permissions you set and can revoke, rather than data being exported to somewhere you cannot see.
• Confidentiality obligations in the contract before anyone touches the ledger, with screening standards agreed in advance.

How the hire works

1. Brief, day 1 to 2. The systems you use, the tasks the role owns, the close timetable and the hours of overlap you need with your working day.
2. Shortlist, by day 7. Screened candidates with their systems experience and qualifications noted.
3. You interview and you choose. We do not assign people to you.
4. Onboarding, week 2 to 4. Access, process documentation and a first close run alongside whoever does it today.
5. Review at 90 days against criteria you wrote at the start: close speed, error rates and responsiveness.

Cost

We do not publish rates. The comparison to make is between the fully loaded cost of the equivalent in-house hire, which is salary plus employer National Insurance, pension, recruitment fee and equipment, and an inclusive rate that already carries employment, payroll, insurance and benefits inside it. Work out your side of it on the cost calculator, then ask us for the rate card against the specific role.

Questions

Does this replace my accountant?

No. The professional does the daily and monthly work in your systems; your practice handles statutory work and sign-off. Most of the finance engagements we see run both.

Who employs them?

We do, through our registered entity in the United Kingdom, the UAE or Pakistan. You direct the work; we carry the employment, payroll and compliance, and you need no entity of your own.

Can I start with part-time?

Yes. A defined scope at part-time hours is a common and sensible entry point, usually a bookkeeper who owns transaction processing and the month-end pack, expanded only once that is working.

Start with one role and a defined scope

Tell us your systems and what the role would own. We will tell you honestly which model fits, including when the answer is a local hire or your existing accountant.