What can be outsourced
Most day-to-day finance work: bookkeeping and reconciliations, accounts payable and receivable, invoice processing, credit control and collections, expense management, payroll processing, VAT return preparation, and financial reporting. These are process-driven, high-volume tasks that a dedicated offshore finance professional handles well inside your systems.
What stays with your accountant
Regulated work remains with your qualified accountant: signing off statutory accounts, filing certain returns, formal tax advice, and anything requiring professional certification. Offshore staff prepare and process; your accountant reviews and signs off. That division is both compliant and cost-effective.
How to structure it
The common model is a dedicated offshore finance team member (or several) handling the day-to-day inside your accounting software, working to your accountant's processes, with the accountant reviewing at key points. From £1,150 a month per person, all-inclusive, it's how growing businesses build real finance capacity affordably.
A practical starting point
If you're not sure where to begin, start with the highest-volume, most repetitive finance task you have — usually bookkeeping or invoice processing. It's the easiest to document, the easiest to hand over, and frees the most time. Once that's running smoothly with your dedicated hire, expand into credit control, then reporting, then the rest. Building up gradually lets the person learn your finances properly and lets you keep regulated sign-off clearly with your accountant throughout.
A practical place to start
If you're unsure where to begin, start with your highest-volume, most repetitive finance task — usually bookkeeping or invoice processing. It's the easiest to document and hand over, and frees the most time. Once that's running smoothly, expand into credit control, then reporting, then the rest. Building up gradually lets your dedicated hire learn your finances properly while regulated sign-off stays clearly with your accountant throughout.
Frequently asked questions
Which finance tasks can be outsourced?
Bookkeeping, reconciliations, accounts payable and receivable, invoice processing, credit control, expense management, payroll processing, VAT preparation and financial reporting — the process-driven day-to-day work.
What finance work can't be outsourced?
Regulated work — signing off statutory accounts, certain filings, and formal tax advice — stays with your qualified accountant. Offshore staff prepare; the accountant reviews and signs off.
How do I structure an outsourced finance function?
A dedicated offshore finance team member (or several) handles the day-to-day in your accounting software, working to your accountant's processes, with the accountant reviewing at key points.