Your finance team, without the headcount.
Accountforme runs bookkeeping, payroll, month-end and reporting for businesses that hire us directly — and works behind the scenes for accounting firms who need delivery capacity. Qualified accountants, in your systems, at roughly half the cost of hiring locally.
Which one are you?
Two service lines, two different conversations.
I run a business Hire us directly as your complete finance function — bookkeeping through to reporting. For businesses → I run an accounting firm Use us as your delivery team behind the scenes — your brand, your standard, your clients. For firms →Certified and working daily in
Four reasons engagements stick past year one
Cost is what gets us the meeting. These are what keep the work here.
Capacity that scales with season
Add reviewers for busy season, scale back in June. You hire capability, not headcount — no recruitment cycle, no redundancy risk, no desk.
Nothing leaves your systems
We work inside your own accounting software under named logins you create and can revoke in seconds. There's no portal, no migration, and no copy of your ledger sitting anywhere else.
Speed and automation
24-hour standard turnaround. Bank feeds, OCR capture and rule-based coding do the volume; our accountants handle judgement, reconciliation and review.
The full finance stack
Start with transaction processing and grow into management reporting, cash-flow forecasting and virtual CFO support — same team, same context.
Everything below partner-level review
Nine services, grouped the way the work actually falls: keeping the books running, closing the year, and filing the returns. Take one process or the whole back office.
Keep the books
Everything that has to happen every day and every month, whether or not anyone has time for it. This is where most engagements start.
Close the year
The stretch between the last transaction of the year and a signed set of accounts — reviewing, finalising, and building the file whoever signs it needs.
File and report
The periodic returns that carry deadlines and penalties, plus the reporting that turns a reconciled ledger into something you can make decisions on.
Three ways to work with us
Businesses usually start with the managed back office; firms usually start with a dedicated team. Neither is a rule.
Dedicated team (FTE)
Named accountants working only on your files, on your hours, in your systems. You direct the work; we handle HR, cover, training and quality review.
- Full-time or part-time equivalents
- You interview and select the staff
- Fixed monthly fee per person
Managed back office
We take the outcome, not the hours. Agreed scope, agreed close calendar, agreed SLA — you receive reviewed deliverables and one monthly invoice.
- Priced per entity or transaction volume
- Four-eyes review before delivery
- Scales without renegotiation
Overflow & project work
Busy-season surge capacity, backlog clean-ups, software migrations and catch-up bookkeeping — scoped as a fixed-fee project with a delivery date.
- Fixed fee, fixed deadline
- No minimum commitment
- Ideal first engagement
What would this save you?
Move the sliders for a rough, honest comparison against fully-loaded local hiring cost. Indicative only — your written quote comes after a scoping call.
Assumes fully-loaded local cost including payroll taxes, benefits, recruitment, software seats and workspace — typically 1.25× base salary.
Live in two weeks, not two quarters
Most clients have their first reviewed deliverable within 12 working days of signing scope. Nothing goes live until you've signed off the SOP.
Two-week paid pilot
Start with one entity or one process. If our output doesn't match your file standard, you walk — no notice period, no termination fee.
Discovery call
Thirty minutes on your volumes, software, pain points and quality standard. We tell you honestly what is and isn't worth offshoring.
Written scope & fixed price
A documented scope, SLA, close calendar and monthly fee. No hourly surprises, no scope-creep billing.
Team selection
You interview shortlisted accountants and pick the people who join your team. They work on your files only.
Secure access & SOP build
Virtual desktop access to your systems, MFA, named-user permissions. We document each process and you sign it off before go-live.
Parallel run, then handover
Two cycles run alongside your existing process. Once output matches, we take the process and report monthly on SLA.
There is no Accountforme platform
Most of the security questions in this industry exist because the provider copies your data into their own system. We removed the risk instead of certifying it — nothing is copied, so there is nothing of yours in our custody to lose.
- We work in your Xero, QuickBooks, Sage or MYOB subscription — not a copy
- Named individual logins that you create, approve and revoke in seconds
- Least-privilege permissions and MFA on every account, no shared credentials
- Your audit trail stays intact, because every action is attributable to a person
- No downloads, no USB, no printing of client data on delivery machines
- No payment authorisation rights — you prepare nothing, you release everything
What clients tell us after a year
“We stopped turning away bookkeeping clients. Four Accountforme accountants took the compliance grind and our own team moved onto advisory — which is where our margin actually is.”
“Busy season used to mean contractors at panic rates. Now we flex the team up in January and back down in May, and the file quality is consistent either way.”
“The security review was the hardest part and they passed it. Two years on, BAS lodgements have not been late once.”
Illustrative client statements — replace with signed testimonials before launch.
The questions everyone asks first
If I'm an accounting firm, will my clients know the work is offshore?
That's your call. Most firms keep us behind the scenes: our team works under your brand, in your systems, and never contacts your clients directly. Others introduce us as their offshore finance team. We follow whatever disclosure position your regulator and engagement letters require — in the US, AICPA and state board rules on outsourcing disclosure apply, and we'll work to them.
How do you handle time-zone differences?
Teams are rostered to overlap with your working day — typically four to six hours of live overlap, more if you need it. For US clients this often means an overnight cycle: you send work at 6pm, reviewed output is waiting at 8am. Urgent items go through a shared Slack or Teams channel with a named lead, not a ticket queue.
What happens if the accountant assigned to us leaves?
Every engagement has a documented SOP and a named backup trained on your files, so continuity doesn't depend on one person. Replacement staff are shortlisted for your interview within five working days, and there's no charge for handover overlap.
What's the minimum commitment?
A two-week paid pilot on a single entity or process. After that, dedicated-team engagements run on a rolling monthly basis with 30 days' notice. Project work is fixed-fee with no ongoing commitment at all.
Do you work directly with businesses, or only through accounting firms?
Both, as two separate service lines. Businesses hire us directly and we run their finance function end to end — that's the for businesses page. Accounting firms use us as their delivery team, behind their own brand — that's for firms. The delivery standard is identical; the commercial relationship and the disclosure position are not.
Which software do you work in?
Yours. Our accountants are certified across Xero, QuickBooks Online, Sage, MYOB and NetSuite, and work daily in Dext, Hubdoc, Bill.com, Gusto, ADP, Karbon and CCH Axcess. If you run something niche, we'll train on it during onboarding at our cost.
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What happens after you send this
- A 30-minute call on your volumes, systems and quality standard
- A written scope and fixed monthly fee within 48 hours of it
- Profiles of the accountants we'd assign, for you to interview
- A two-week paid pilot before you commit to anything longer
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