Outsourced Accounting Services: Your Whole Finance Function, Handled

Not one hire filling one gap. A U.S.-based accounting team that owns the close, the reporting, the compliance, and the systems behind them, so you stop managing the back office and start running the business.

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What Are Outsourced Accounting Services?

Outsourced accounting services move your entire accounting function to an external team on a fixed monthly fee, instead of building it in-house through hires. That covers day-to-day bookkeeping, the month-end close, financial statement preparation, accounts payable and receivable, payroll support, sales tax filings, and the accounting technology that ties it together.

The distinction that matters is scope. Hiring a bookkeeper fills one seat. Outsourcing the function gives you the seat, the person reviewing that seat’s work, and the systems that make the output trustworthy. Nothing depends on one employee staying, and nothing stalls when someone takes a vacation.

At Fox & Partners the function runs on three layers: outsourced bookkeeping for accurate records, a fractional controller for oversight and reporting, and fractional CFO strategy above both. You can see how the layers combine on the services overview.

Every plan comes with a written guarantee behind it.

Signs Your Business Needs Outsourced Accounting

Your month-end close takes weeks, or does not really happen, and you are making decisions on numbers that are two months old.
Your finance function is one person, and everything stops when they are out or when they leave.
You are posting an accounting manager or controller role and the salary plus benefits is starting to look hard to justify.

Your CPA spends the first month of every year fixing the books before they can file.
Your systems do not talk to each other, so accounts payable, payroll, and expenses all get reconciled by hand.

What Do Outsourced Accounting Services Include?

Monthly bookkeeping, reconciliations, and a close delivered on a guaranteed timeline
Profit and loss, balance sheet, and cash flow statements every month, delivered by the 15th
Accounts payable and receivable management, plus fixed-asset tracking
Sales tax filings and payroll support
Internal controls and a consistent chart of accounts, so the numbers hold up under lender, investor, or audit scrutiny
Technology stack setup and management: QuickBooks, bill pay, and expense tools
Monthly senior accountant review, with direct access to leadership

Outsourced accounting replaces the department. If what you actually need is the strategy layer on top of a department that already works, that is fractional CFO service.

See Plans & Pricing to see which combination fits where your business is today.

Two Ways We Deploy it

Full Department Installed

Existing Team Strengthened

Best For

Businesses with no internal finance team

Businesses with bookkeeping or accounting staff already in place

How It Works

Fox & Partners handles the books, produces the reporting, and builds the technology stack. We are the team.

Your team handles the daily books. Fox & Partners supplies the missing controller and CFO layer, reviews the work, and coaches your staff. We elevate the team.

Hiring Required

None

Built on Three Layers

Here is what makes it work.

Outsourced Bookkeeping Fractional Controller Fractional CFO

What Our Clients Have To Say

Hurley has done a wonderful job helping my company get better organized after a series of complicated mergers and changes.

He goes above and beyond what is required and is always available to help make sure you understand not only what is going on, but also how you can improve moving forward. I can’t recommend him highly enough.

Ben Deaney

Key Takeaways

Outsourced accounting moves the whole function, not one role: close, reporting, compliance, controls, and systems.
Hiring a bookkeeper fills a seat. Outsourcing the function gives you the seat, the reviewer above it, and the systems that make the output trustworthy.
Two deployment models: install the full department, or strengthen the team you already have. Neither requires a hire.
Financials are delivered by the 15th every month, and clean books are guaranteed within 10 weeks of onboarding.

Common Questions Before You Get Started

What is the difference between outsourced accounting and outsourced bookkeeping?

Bookkeeping is the recording layer: categorizing transactions, reconciling accounts, and producing monthly statements. Outsourced accounting is the full function, which includes bookkeeping plus the month-end close, financial reporting, internal controls, payroll and sales tax compliance, and the technology stack. If you need someone to keep the books, that is outsourced bookkeeping. If you need the department, that is this.

How much do outsourced accounting services cost?

Fox & Partners plans start at $1,500 per month and are scoped to the complexity of the business rather than sold as a fixed package. For comparison, a single in-house accounting manager or controller typically costs $130,000 or more in salary before benefits, payroll taxes, and PTO.

Will I lose visibility into my own numbers?

No. You keep ownership of every account and every system. Financial statements arrive by the 15th of each month, and every engagement includes a review conversation where someone walks you through what the numbers mean. The point of the model is more visibility than most owners have in-house, not less.

What happens to the bookkeeper I already have?

That depends on which deployment model fits. If your existing staff are doing good work, we keep them and supply the controller and CFO layer above them, including review and coaching. If there is no internal finance function, we install the full department. Both options are outlined in the section above.

How long does onboarding take?

Ten weeks or less. During onboarding we review or rebuild the books, get the files organized and backed up, and put the core processes and overhead documents in place. Clean, accurate financials within 10 weeks are guaranteed or your money back. How we work covers the full sequence.

Do you replace my CPA?

No. We work alongside your CPA and hand them clean, organized financials. That usually reduces what they charge and improves the quality of what they can do, because they stop spending January reconstructing the year.

What accounting software do you work in?

QuickBooks is the primary platform, supported by bill pay and expense management tools. Technology stack setup and management is included in the engagement, so you are not left integrating systems yourself.

Ready to See Your Numbers Clearly?

See how outsourced accounting fits into a full financial plan built for your business.

Every plan comes with a written guarantee behind it.

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