Outsourcing for UK Accounting Firms

If you plan growing your accountancy practice, NOW is the right time. With the option of accounting outsourcing, you can do it with minimal risk. You now have a real opportunity to outsmart your competition. You can do it without worrying about lack of good quality staff, escalating costs or spiralling overheads.

You can just focus on adding more clients to your practice with the sound knowledge that there is a trusted team to back all your growth plans.

How does it work?

You just add clients and send us the documents (email, scan, or spreadsheets)
We will stay behind the scene to work on your client tasks
We will stay confidential and you will be the single point of contact for us

What tasks can you outsource?

Bookkeeping
VAT returns
Final accounts production
Budget & forecasting
Customised reports
Payroll processing
Taxation

Software used

Sage
QuickBooks
IRIS
VT Software
MYOB
Excel
Many others

Some reasons why you should choose Integra

Highest security and strict adherence to data protection
Single point of contact in India who speaks excellent English
UK based support, for immediate start and easy transition
Pay as you go service (or) exclusive virtual staff
Free trial jobs, worth upto £300

Next step: How do I start outsourcing with you?

“Our clients need not know that we outsource”

We wanted the benefits of outsourcing. But we held it back because we did not want our clients to know nor we would allow any outsourcing company to talk to our clients direct. So we wanted to associate with a trusted outsourcing partner who will stay behind the scene all the time.

That’s when we found Integra. It works perfectly for us. They always stay behind the scene, do all our grunt work and send us all the questions. We send the answers back, they complete the job. We are also protected by their strong confidentiality agreement. Integra has made us feel safe about outsourcing.

Trevor, Accounting Firm, London

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One problem of outsourced accountancy

Outsourced accountancy could bring in visible benefits like cost reduction and process improvement, but there is a good possibility of something going wrong if not implemented properly. Let us look at one major problem of outsourced accountancy.

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The single biggest issue that can happen in any outsourcing relationship is the lack of proper communication. This can happen if there are no proper communication channels between both companies. When an outsourcing relationship is established there should be a clear and easy way of communication between the concerned people in either company. This will work better, if the concerned people know each other in person.

The problem is even more obvious, when the outsourcing provider is from a different country as it is the case with Integra. If the people involved do not know each other, and don’t have enough confidence in each others abilities, there is a good chance of outsourced accountancy going topsy turvy.

It will work way better if the people concerned know each other. This can be arranged through variety of ways. For example, while doing the transition of work, the people can do it together in either of the offices. A workshop can also be conducted together and this will help the people, get to know each other. If a workshop is not possible, then a weekly or monthly video conference will also help a long way as seeing the face helps break the ice. We in Integra encourage this, to make the outsourced accountancy relationship work well.

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