Finance and accounting
Finance and accounting outsourcing for Australian businesses.
From transaction processing to reporting and commercial analysis, we recruit full-time professionals for a defined place in your finance operating model.
Capability ladder
Role pathways
Start with the work and level of judgement.
Reporting, controls, planning and finance-team coordination.
Multi-entity Group accountantConsolidation support, entity reporting, reconciliations and coordination.
Performance Management accountantMonth-end, budgeting, analysis and management reporting.
Projects Project accountantBudgets, cost-to-complete, project reporting and revenue inputs.
Core finance Financial accountantReconciliations, workpapers, reporting, cash flow and operations.
Transactions Bookkeeping, AP/AR and payroll supportRecurring processing and control-ready schedules under client approvals.
Candidate matching
Credentials and systems experience are verified role by role.
We can search for experience with platforms such as Xero, MYOB, QuickBooks, NetSuite, SAP, Oracle or Microsoft business applications when the role requires it. These are candidate-selection criteria, not blanket claims about every employee.
The same applies to CPA, CA, CMA or other credentials. We confirm evidence during the recruitment process and make the candidate’s actual qualifications visible to you before selection.
How work is governed
Your systems. Your policies. Shared operating discipline.
Client-controlled cloud systems, VPN and MFA are used as agreed. Your business supplies the device specification, software, licences, access rules and technical supervision. We manage the Philippine employment relationship and support the working environment.
Every engagement defines
- Tasks, outputs and escalation points
- Hours, communication rhythm and handovers
- Access approvals and review controls
- Service management and QA responsibilities
- Business continuity measures appropriate to the client
Australian regulated work
Support is not lodgement authority.
Jade is not an Australian registered tax agent or BAS agent. Dedicated employees may prepare information and support workflows, but a client or appropriately registered practitioner must provide the required review, advice and lodgement.
Choosing the level
Start from the work, not the job title.
The same title means different things in different businesses. It is more reliable to describe what needs preparing, what needs judgement and what needs approving, then match a role to that.
| What is actually stuck | Usually points to |
|---|---|
| Invoices, payments and payroll runs are late or error-prone | Bookkeeping, AP/AR and payroll support |
| Month-end drags because reconciliations and workpapers are behind | Financial accountant |
| The numbers arrive, but too late to act on, and nobody explains the variance | Management accountant |
| Projects and finance disagree about cost, margin and what is left to spend | Project accountant |
| Several entities, inconsistent reporting and painful consolidation | Group accountant |
| Nobody owns the close, the controls or the finance team's day-to-day direction | Finance manager or financial controller |
If two of these describe your business, that is normal. Most engagements start with the one causing the most rework and add capability as the ledger and the review structure allow.
Building a team over time
One role first, then the shape of a function.
Most finance teams here started as a single role. Transaction support frees the person who was doing everything; that person moves up to reporting and analysis; the reporting load then justifies a second dedicated role. Adding people before the process is documented usually produces a larger version of the same problem.
The practical constraint is review capacity, not headcount. Every dedicated employee needs someone in your business who can set priorities, answer questions within a working day and approve the output. When that becomes the bottleneck, a Jade client/project manager can absorb coordination and quality oversight, automatically for teams of four or more, and by request for smaller teams.
Finance and accounting is our core, but the same dedicated-employee model covers executive assistants and marketing and digital support. The recruitment, employment and review structure is identical; only the brief changes.
Compare the direct and managed modelsQuestions and answers
Practical details
Do we need a Philippine entity of our own?
No. Jade Business Solutions Services, Inc. is the employer and invoices from the Philippines. Your business directs the work and keeps approvals without registering anything offshore.
Can we hire part-time, or share a person with another client?
No. Every role we recruit is full-time and dedicated to a single client. The model is built for people who accumulate context in one business rather than moving between task queues.
What experience with Australian requirements is available?
Australian payroll workflows, including Single Touch Payroll Phase 1 and 2 and BAS preparation support, are familiar within the team. Jade is not a registered Australian tax or BAS agent, so lodgement and regulated advice remain with your business or its registered practitioner.
How long before someone is productive?
Recruitment and onboarding typically take three to four weeks once the brief is agreed. Useful output usually starts inside the first month; genuine ownership of a process takes a quarter, and depends far more on your documentation and review rhythm than on the individual.
Next step
Which finance capability comes next?
Describe the work, level of judgement, systems and reporting line. We will help shape the brief.