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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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.

How offshore support works in practice

Bookkeeping & Reconciliations

Maintain accurate, up-to-date ledgers for your clients. Offshore bookkeepers handle daily reconciliations, AP/AR processing and month-end tasks using Xero, MYOB or QBO.

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

Manage ASIC compliance, annual company statements, company registrations and corporate register updates efficiently behind the scenes.

Common Roles

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

Need a specific role not listed here? We scope and recruit based on your exact requirements.

Discuss Your Needs

The relationship, made clear

You appoint us. We manage them.

You stay close to the work without being left to manage the offshore relationship alone.

Your appointment

Bridged Teams is your service provider

We support the engagement from candidate selection through to ongoing management.

Your direction

You direct the day-to-day work

Your offshore specialist works to your priorities, processes and daily instructions.

Our management

We manage the relationship

We coordinate payment and administration, support the engagement, provide performance support and coordination, and maintain ongoing communication.

You appoint us, we manage them, and you simply direct their day-to-day work.

ILLUSTRATIVE ROLE COST COMPARISON

A clearer way to think about the numbers.

The illustrative ranges below show a weekly view first, followed by monthly and annual equivalents. The Australian example is an illustrative gross wage including PAYG withholding tax and superannuation; the Philippines example is an all-inclusive engagement guide. For one team member, the difference can result in meaningful cost savings.

Australian role

AUD 1,620–2,310

Illustrative weekly gross wage

Includes PAYG withholding tax and superannuation

Illustrative monthly gross wage

AUD 7,000–10,000

Illustrative annual gross wage

AUD 84,000–120,000

Philippines-based role

AUD 390–620

Illustrative weekly gross fee example at 38 hours

Includes the specialist and Bridged Teams service fee

Illustrative monthly all-inclusive gross fee

AUD 1,700–2,700

Illustrative annual all-inclusive gross fee

AUD 20,400–32,400

Indicative difference / year

AUD 51,600–99,600

Based on the illustrative annual ranges above.

The all-inclusive range includes our ongoing service fee.

It covers the ongoing management and support behind your offshore specialist, including payment coordination and administration, specialist engagement and support, performance support and coordination, and relationship support throughout the engagement.

You appoint us, we manage them, and you simply direct their day-to-day work.

The Australian figure is an illustrative gross wage example, including PAYG withholding tax and superannuation. The Philippines figure is an illustrative all-inclusive engagement example. These figures are examples only and are not a quote, guarantee of savings, or financial or tax advice.

Actual all-inclusive pricing varies depending on the role, experience, skillset and working hours. A consultation is the right place to work through the details relevant to your situation.

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.

The Philippines has a mature offshore accounting sector, so candidates are highly proficient in Xero, MYOB, QuickBooks Online, BGL, Class and common practice management tools.

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