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Office-based offshore accounting and bookkeeping teams for accounting firms, working from our managed office in Cebu IT Park, Philippines. Dedicated staff handle bookkeeping, reconciliations and accounts admin in your systems. From $1,350 per month all-inclusive.
Accounting practices are facing the same pressure from multiple directions. Qualified local staff are harder to find. Salary expectations keep rising. Employer payroll taxes and benefits add a significant load on top of every salary. Partners end up doing work that should be delegated because there is nobody to delegate to.
Overhead
Every local accounting hire adds employer payroll taxes and benefits on top of their agreed salary. A bookkeeper at $2,850/month costs $3,350 before you add office space, equipment and HR overhead. The all-in cost consistently exceeds what small practices budget.
$5,600
A mid-level accountant with 3 to 5 years of experience now commands $3,400 to $4,100 per month in base salary. Add payroll taxes, office and equipment allocation, and HR overhead, and the true monthly cost reaches $4,100 to $5,600. An equivalent offshore team member starts from $1,600 per month, all-inclusive.
Tight
Qualified bookkeepers and junior accountants are increasingly difficult to recruit locally. The candidate pool for transactional accounting roles is shrinking as more graduates aim for advisory or corporate finance positions. Vacancies stay open longer and recruitment costs are rising.
Spikes
Month-end, audit season and tax deadlines create predictable capacity spikes. Practices either overhire to cover peak periods, outsource to temporary staff with no practice knowledge, or have partners do transactional work. Each option carries cost, risk or partner time you would rather avoid. A dedicated offshore team absorbs the volume without the overhead.
The roles that work best for offshore delivery are well-defined, system-based tasks with clear inputs and outputs. These are typically the roles your senior accountants and partners spend time on when the team is understaffed.
Recording invoices, payments and receipts. Categorising transactions. Maintaining ledger accuracy. High volume, rules-based work that is well-suited to offshore delivery.
Reconciling bank statements against the ledger. Identifying and flagging discrepancies. Preparing reconciliation summaries for review. Structured, repeatable work with clear completion criteria.
Processing supplier invoices, matching to purchase orders, preparing payment runs for approval. Reconciling debtor accounts, preparing aged receivables reports and following up on overdue accounts.
Compiling payroll data, calculating gross pay, preparing payroll journals and supporting schedules for your team to review and approve. Not processing or paying, but the preparation work that consumes significant time.
Preparing standard audit and review working papers, lead schedules and supporting reconciliations to your firm's templates. Ready for your accountants to review and sign off.
Entering data from client-provided documents into your practice systems. Keeping client records current. Formatting and uploading historical data during new client onboarding.
See also: accountant roles and bookkeeper roles we staff.
Offshore accounting support is not about replacing your team. It is about freeing them to do the work only they can do. The following stays with your accountants and partners.
Client-facing communication, advisory conversations, managing expectations and building relationships. This stays with your team.
Reviewing, interpreting and advising on financial results. Tax planning, structuring advice and anything requiring professional judgement and client context.
All client-facing deliverables are reviewed and approved by your accountants before they go out. The offshore team prepares. Your team reviews, approves and delivers.
Tax submissions, statutory filings and all compliance remain with your licensed accountants. The offshore team supports the preparation work.
The day-to-day experience of working with a Plus Back Office accounting team is closer to an in-house junior than most practices expect before they start.
The Philippines sits on GMT+8. Australian firms get strong daytime overlap; US firms run a night shift, which is well established in the Philippine BPO sector.
Your offshore team works in the same Xero, MYOB, QuickBooks or practice management system as your team. They follow your chart of accounts, your templates and your naming conventions. In your systems, they are just another user account.
Your offshore team follows your documented procedures. If you have existing SOPs, they use them. If not, we help you document the core processes during onboarding. Work is prepared to your standards and submitted for review before it reaches clients.
Your team works from our managed office in Cebu IT Park with on-site supervision. Attendance is tracked, working hours are verified and the working environment is professional and distraction-free. This is not a home-based arrangement.
Your team works on company-managed desktops in our secure Cebu IT Park office. Enterprise network, VPN, 2FA, disk encryption and biometric access are standard.
One all-inclusive monthly fee per team member. No hidden costs. No separate billing for HR, payroll, IT or facilities.
Offshore bookkeepers and accountants for accounting firms start from $1,600 per person per month all-inclusive, covering salary in Cebu IT Park, company-managed desktop, HR and payroll. Admin support staff start from $1,350 per person per month.
| Level | Typical roles | Monthly fee (all-in) |
|---|---|---|
| Junior | Bookkeeper, data entry, transaction processing | From $1,600 |
| Mid-level | Accountant, AP/AR, reconciliations, working papers | From $2,600 |
| Senior | Senior accountant, management accounts, team lead | On request |
2 staff
Minimum team size
All-in
Salary, office, IT, HR, payroll, compliance
1 invoice
One monthly USD invoice
The process from initial call to your first offshore accounting team member being operational is typically 4 to 6 weeks.
A 30-minute call to understand your practice, the roles you need to fill and your current workflow. We assess fit and give you a clear picture of what the Cebu model would look like for your specific situation.
We work with you to define the job scope, required qualifications and key tasks. If you have existing SOPs, we review them. If not, we document the core processes together. This takes 2 to 3 working days.
We source and screen candidates against your requirements. You receive a shortlist of 3 to 5 qualified candidates. Two rounds of online interviews, with you participating in the second round. You approve the final hire.
We configure the company-managed desktop, install your accounting software and set up VPN and 2FA access to your systems. Pre-employment checks are completed. Your team member starts with a fully configured workstation.
The first two weeks are a structured onboarding period: orientation, systems training and working through an initial task list under close review by your team. Most team members are fully productive within the first month.
Yes. Your offshore team uses whatever systems your practice runs: Xero, MYOB, QuickBooks, CCH, Xero Practice Manager, GreatSoft or any other practice management or accounting platform. We configure secure access on company-managed desktops before the team member starts.
All team members sign confidentiality agreements and data handling policies as part of their employment contracts. Work is conducted on company-managed desktops with no personal device access. The office network uses VPN and 2FA on all external systems. We recommend practices also execute a data processing agreement with Plus Back Office as part of their data protection compliance framework.
We source qualified Filipino accountants with relevant degrees and typically 2 to 5 years of experience in bookkeeping, transactional accounting or accounting support roles. Many have prior experience working for BPO firms that serve international accounting practices.
Your offshore team follows your SOPs and submits work for review in the same way an in-house junior would. Work is reviewed in your existing systems. Most practices establish a daily or weekly review rhythm for offshore-prepared work.
Your offshore team is dedicated full-time to your practice, so they are available for surge periods the same as any full-time employee. They work within your defined working hours and can be directed to prioritise deadline-driven work during busy periods.
Most accounting roles are filled within 2 to 4 weeks of the discovery call. IT setup, system access and onboarding takes a further 1 to 2 weeks. You can expect your first offshore team member to be fully operational within 4 to 6 weeks of engaging Plus Back Office.
Your bookkeepers and accountants are employed in the Philippines and work from our managed office in Cebu IT Park on company-managed desktops aligned to your business hours.
Book a 30-minute discovery call. We will assess your practice's requirements, identify the right roles to offshore first and give you a clear all-in price. No commitment required.