A practical alternative to hiring another finance employee.
Based on your need for finance, bookkeeping or accounts support, we propose a flexible outsourced arrangement that gets the work moving quickly without recruitment, onboarding delays, payroll cost or long-term employment commitment.
What we understand
Your business needs reliable accounting and finance support, but hiring may be slower, more expensive and less flexible than the work actually requires.
Our recommendation
Use Accounting Partners as an outsourced accounting and finance support function. We can take ownership of agreed tasks, keep communication clear and adjust the scope as the business changes.
You'll work directly with me.
I'm Parham Forouzan, founder of Accounting Partners.
I love being in the details of the day-to-day of a business. At the beginning of an engagement, I personally pick up the work, understand what needs doing, organise the process and make sure the foundations are right.
As the work develops, I remain involved and accountable. Where specialist support is needed, we use UK-based and UK-experienced professionals across bookkeeping, payroll, compliance and tax, while keeping one clear point of contact.
Once we understand what needs doing, we can get moving quickly with practical instructions and an engagement letter. The scope can then be expanded, reduced or adjusted month by month through a simple side letter as your requirements change.
Proposed scope
We suggest starting with the areas creating the most pressure, then adjusting the support once the work is stable.
Commercial structure
The arrangement is designed to stay practical and flexible. You do not need to commit to a full internal role before knowing the exact level of support required.
Why this may work better than hiring
If the role is mainly about getting finance tasks completed properly, outsourcing can be faster, leaner and easier to manage.
Hiring internally
- Recruitment process and onboarding time
- Salary, employer NI, pension, holiday and sick pay
- Management time spent training and checking work
- Risk of paying for idle time when the role is not full enough
Outsourcing the work
- Start with the tasks that matter most
- Pay for focused delivery, not unused employee hours
- Increase or reduce support month by month
- Take pressure off the team quickly
Typical work we can take on
The exact scope would be agreed before we start, but common areas include:
Raising invoices, checking details and keeping records tidy.
Following up unpaid invoices and keeping cash collection moving.
Processing purchase invoices and keeping payables organised.
Keeping the accounts matched to the bank.
Helping with payroll information, checks and deadlines.
Preparing useful numbers for management.
Taking repetitive finance tasks away from busy employees.
VAT, tax coordination, accounts preparation and compliance support.
Implementation plan
The aim is to make this easy for your team and avoid unnecessary delay.
Confirm priorities
We identify the tasks, pressure points and desired outcome.
Agree scope
We confirm responsibilities, deadlines, access and instructions.
Document it
We issue the engagement letter and keep changes simple.
Start work
We begin the agreed tasks and keep communication clear.
Proposed next step
Before committing to hiring, it may be worth a short conversation to compare the role you are trying to fill with the work that actually needs doing.