Industry Focus: Accounting Firms

Extend your accounting firm's capacity.

Scale your practice sustainably with offshore accountants and administrators handling bookkeeping, tax prep and compliance administration.

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Screened for your preferred tools

  • Xero
  • MYOB
  • QuickBooks® software

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Built for Accounting Firms

Accounting firms often struggle with seasonal bottlenecks and the challenge of finding qualified local staff. An offshore accounting team can manage routine bookkeeping, prepare workpapers, process accounts and maintain compliance records, giving your local partners the bandwidth to offer high-value advisory services.

Administration & virtual assistance

An accounting virtual assistant can maintain client records, coordinate document collection, update workflows, prepare correspondence and support recurring practice administration alongside your technical accounting team.

What can an offshore virtual assistant do for your business?

A role shaped around your workflow

Start with your role brief
Bookkeeping, workpapers, document collection and practice administration, scoped around your systems and hours.
Your team directs and reviews the work
Your local team reviews the work and retains responsibility for advice, final approvals and lodgements.
Our support continues after selection
We coordinate specialist documentation, payments and ongoing check-ins.

How offshore support works in practice

Bookkeeping & Reconciliations

A bookkeeper can support reconciliations, accounts payable and receivable processing, and month-end preparation within your systems. You specify the procedures and review requirements during role scoping.

Tax & Compliance Preparation

Offshore accountants prepare initial tax returns, BAS statements and workpapers, leaving final review and client advisory to your onshore senior accountants.

Corporate Secretarial Support

Prepare information for annual company statements, company registrations and corporate register updates. Your practice checks the records and retains responsibility for compliance decisions and submissions.

Common Roles

  • Junior Accountant
  • Bookkeeper
  • Tax Preparation Assistant
  • SMSF Admin
  • Accounts Processing Specialist
  • Firm Administrator

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One managed service

You direct the work. We manage the rest.

Recruitment, administration and ongoing support—all in one service.

What we do

  • Sourcing
  • Specialist documents
  • Workforce admin
  • Payment facilitation
  • Specialist coordination
  • Ongoing client support

What you do

Direct the daily work

Set priorities, provide your processes and review your specialist’s work.

PRICING EXAMPLE

One all-inclusive monthly service fee.

Indicative monthly service fee

AUD 1,700–2,700per month

Approx. AUD 390–620 per week equivalent.

Mid-level Philippines-based specialist · 40 hours per week.

Sourcing, onboarding, workforce administration and ongoing support included.

20-hour options available with tailored pricing.

Typically billed monthly in advance, due within 14 days of the invoice, subject to your service agreement.

Compare with an Australian role

For comparison: an Australian role

Australian role

AUD 1,620–2,310

Weekly gross wage, including PAYG withholding and superannuation

Monthly: AUD 7,000–10,000

Annual: AUD 84,000–120,000

All-inclusive offshore service

AUD 390–620

Weekly equivalent

Monthly: AUD 1,700–2,700

Annual: AUD 20,400–32,400

Indicative annual difference, based on these examples

AUD 51,600–99,600

Example only—not a quote, savings guarantee, or financial or tax advice. Pricing varies by role, experience, skills and hours. Pricing is exclusive of GST. A one-off workforce establishment fee applies at commencement.

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Common Questions from Accounting Firms

Relevant Australian accounting experience varies by candidate. Bridged Teams can screen for familiarity with Australian bookkeeping practices, BAS and GST workflows, while your qualified local team retains review and advisory responsibility.

That is entirely up to you. Most firms begin with offshore staff working purely back-office (email and internal communication only) and may introduce client-facing tasks as the relationship matures.

We can screen for experience with the tools your role requires, such as Xero, MYOB, QuickBooks Online, BGL or Class. Experience varies by candidate, and your practice trains the selected specialist on its procedures and review controls.

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You are exploring fit

Let’s discuss what could work for your business.

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