There is no question that outsourcing services, especially through cloud resources, has increased the flexibility of business today. The experience in the last three years has clearly opened people’s eyes to what’s possible, especially under conditions that didn’t allow normal business procedures for extended periods of time. And those discoveries have also revolutionized how managers and business owners approach business flexibility going forward, especially when it comes to getting their best bang for the buck and avoiding unnecessary operation costs biting into profit margins.
Multiple Benefits Right Up Front
Anyone considering bookkeeping outsourcing is almost always going to realize benefits within the first few weeks. Compared to hiring the same resources as in-house employees, a company can instead realize the following:
- Lower labor costs for doing the same bookkeeping work.
- A higher level of experience and skill because outsourced providers are trained to the latest requirements and handle far more different versions of bookkeeping than for just one company alone.
- A consistent ability to deliver bookkeeping services on time so that all related deadlines are met. There are no late reports because outsourcing can scale up to the demand. The same can’t be said for in-house staffing which goes through significant delays to find, interview and hire the right talent.
- Staff who have been redirected to help with accounting can go back to the skills they are good at, producing a far more efficient labor mix for a company.
- Bookkeeping information is kept secure and can be moved easily through standard data transfer channels with encryption and online protection.
There are more advantages, and those tend to be realized further along as the business continues to keep using outsourcing and becoming very comfortable with the resource.
What Does it Take to Make a Change?
Believe it or not, the hardest challenge for a business to overcome when transitioning to outsourced bookkeeping turns out to be internal. Management needs to be willing to engage and test the external resource versus just having empty opinions about its value.
Once past the first hurdle, then the technical aspects of how to protect the data, which bookkeeping will be processed and which will stay in-house, the scale of the resources needed, and the schedule of delivery are worked out. The result ends up being companies that are able to run more efficiently, getting their bookkeeping taken care of while focusing in-house people on what they do best.
A Business Grows by Being Smart
Services like MyRQB bookkeepers are revolutionizing companies across the U.S. every day with digitally-delivered services and accounting support, including non-profit organizations and franchises too. There’s no reason why small businesses need to struggle with trying to find the right financial talent. It’s already available at company fingertips online. And smart companies are taking advantage of the opportunities left and right for a competitive edge too.
