Extended Accounting
& Audit Teams

Strengthen your in-house capabilities with dedicated remote team members who work exclusively for your firm. We match your needs with qualified professionals, and you choose the perfect fit to support your local team. It’s your team, your way.

Discover what the Extended Teams Model offers

We understand that having control over who works for you is critical to the success of your business That’s why one of the unique features of our outsourcing model is that it allows you to pick your Extended Team member. You get to make sure they match your company’s culture and style, ensuring a perfect fit with your existing team members. With our  97% employee retention rate, your extended team member will provide long-term, high-quality service, and continuity for you and your local team.

Our skilled professionals are experienced with software such as CaseWare, Relate, Sage, Xero, QBO, Dext, and more, enabling them to work efficiently from day one. We can also assist with training on other software packages if that’s required to ensure smooth integration. You’ll have a dedicated account manager in Ireland who understands your needs and keeps everything on track. You can choose to have your extended team members take advantage of the time difference between Ireland and India and complete work overnight to speed up turnaround times or they can sync up with Irish hours for seamless collaboration.

The onboarding journey is easy with no upfront costs Your extended team member seamlessly joins your existing team, working from India as if they were onsite. When you get started  you will be billed a fixed monthly fee, agreed in advance with no surprise extras, so you can accurately budget job costs and manage WIP.

With Teams PLUS you’ll get seamless integration of skilled professionals from India into your local team. Our goal is to provide you with a dependable, high-performing team that enhances your capabilities, provides cost savings and supports your firm’s growth.

 

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How It Works

1. Discovery Consultation

We take time to understand your firm, your people, your processes, your specific needs. We confirm the level of qualification and experience required for the role you are looking to hire. A local business development team member in Ireland will work with you to understand your needs and figure out where we can help you grow your team with Extended Team members. This local connection gives you peace of mind, knowing that we’re right here to support you and that we understand your business.

2. Talent Sourcing

Once we fully understand your needs, we go out and find the best candidates for you. We search our India-wide talent network to handpick and shortlist candidates who match your exact needs. We put these candidates through multiple levels of screening on our end to ensure they’re the top options.

3. You Choose

You will be presented with the most qualified candidates for interview. You meet and interview the shortlisted candidates and you choose who is hired to join your existing local team. All of the shortlisted candidates are highly skilled and experienced with excellent communication skills and have experience with software’s and processes commonly used, so they’ll be ready to start making a difference right away.

4. Seamless Integration

Once you’ve chosen the right person, we’re here to help them transition smoothly into your team. We work with you to onboard and integrate your extended team member into your local team. For the first few weeks or months, we’ll be actively involved to guide the new team member and help them get up to speed. As they become more familiar with how things work, they’ll start engaging directly with your team, ensuring a smooth and effective integration.

5. Local Support

Your dedicated account manager checks in regularly to make sure everything is running smoothly and that you’re 100% happy. With local support in Dublin and Cork, we are ready to support you as your extended team grows.

6. Growth Ready

We handle all the essentials so your business is growth ready - the payroll, staff contracts, IT security and the usual employee HR & admin. We provide a laptop, and your dedicated account manager will be on hand to ensure that the service is working for you from the very beginning. You’ll have one simple monthly fee with no hidden costs. We know that in business change can happen quickly so we’re here to help, when you are ready to add to your team.

Benefits of the Extended Team Model

  • High-Quality, experienced staff
  • No upfront or recruitment costs
  • GDPR Compliant
  • ISO level IT Security
  • No Employment Contracts
  • Excellent written & verbal communication

  • Fixed monthly fee
  • Reduce salary overheads
  • Smart way to scale and grow profitably
  • Benefit from time-zone difference (optional)
  • Your dedicated worker(s)
  • High staff retention rates

Ongoing Training For Your Team Members

At Teams PLUS we invest in the ongoing professional and personal development of our people. This helps us retain the best people and ensures that your extended team is delivering the best possible experience, through quality of service, compliance and innovation.

Frequently Asked Questions

Accounting outsourcing is when an accounting practice uses an external team to support specific accounting functions or areas of work. It can help practices create additional capacity, improve efficiency and give their existing team more time to focus on clients, advisory work and other higher-value activities.

It can provide a more cost-effective way to increase capacity while reducing some of the overheads associated with expanding entirely in-house. However, cost is only one benefit. The wider value can come from improved efficiency, additional capacity and freeing experienced staff for higher-value work.

A range of recurring and process-driven accounting tasks can potentially be outsourced, depending on the needs of the practice. This may include areas such as accounts preparation, bookkeeping, reporting and other accounting support. The right starting point will depend on your current workload, processes and where additional capacity would add the most value.

Accounting outsourcing can help practices create capacity, control costs, improve efficiency and make better use of senior staff time. It can also provide another way to support growth without continually adding more pressure to the existing team.

Teams PLUS helps Irish accounting and audit practices build dedicated Extended Teams around their existing business. Our model combines dedicated offshore professionals with local Irish account management, helping practices create additional capacity while retaining control over their processes and client relationships.

Security should be an important consideration when outsourcing accounting work. Teams PLUS provide the appropriate system access, data-handling procedures and information-security controls to protect and support sensitive information involved.

Yes, outsourcing can provide additional support behind your existing team. With more capacity to manage workloads effectively, practices may be better positioned to take on new opportunities while continuing to deliver a consistent service to existing clients. Book a call with our team to chat about creating more capacity in your practice.

An Extended Accounting Team can be set up to work within your practice’s existing systems and processes, depending on your requirements and the software involved. This helps create a more integrated way of working rather than introducing an entirely separate workflow.

The Extended Team approach is designed to complement your existing practice rather than operate separately from it. Your Extended Team can work within agreed systems, processes and workflows, helping them become part of how your practice operates day-to-day.

An Extended Accounting Team can provide dedicated support for appropriate recurring work, creating more capacity within the practice. This can give partners and senior accountants more time for client relationships, advisory work and other areas where their expertise adds greater value.

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Whether you are making plans for your future growth ambitions or looking to drive efficiencies right now, we can help. Our team based in Cork and Dublin are available to meet with you and discuss your requirements.

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