Keep it out of the family: why outsourcing is better
Keeping books and administration work up to date is essential for your business. Tracking outgoing expenses, payroll, and revenue is important to meet your goals and scale your business.
Small businesses and creatives often do their own bookkeeping to save on costs. However, the truth is that maintaining your books can be very time consuming and it’s a task best left to professionals. This post will highlight why outsourcing your bookkeeping and administration work can be a fantastic option for your business in many ways.
Outsourcing allows you to maintain focus on your business
Outsourcing your business’s bookkeeping and administration work allows you to focus more on your day-to-day operations. While important, keeping your books up to date is time consuming and requires perfect accuracy. Your energy is best spent on running the business, and ensuring that your customers are satisfied.
Maintaining a business is hard, so focusing on what’s most important to you is key to being successful.
Minimise staff
Most businesses, even small ones, usually hire a part-time or full-time employee to take care of the books. This saves you from extra expenses such as office furniture, wages, computers, etc. This also allows you to hire staff in areas the business needs, while still maintaining up-to-date bookkeeping.
Thanks to the development of outsourcing platforms, it’s now easier to hire anybody from across the country or around the world to assist with tasks such as bookkeeping. One benefit of working with the team at 3rd Arm Admin is combined professional experience in a number of areas, which ensures we minimise the need for staff while maintaining excellent standards of service.
Indispensable knowledge
Experienced bookkeepers bring their knowledge with them; your business benefits from their professional advice at a fraction of the cost of a full-time wage.
If you work with a team that handles different areas of administration work, such as payroll services, bookkeeping, and administration services, they will ensure that your business is handled efficiently behind the scenes.
This knowledge while helpful throughout the year becomes invaluable at the end of the financial year when your business is required to submit end of year reports to your Accountant and ultimately file tax returns, or when you’re required to present financial reports. Advice and expertise during these times can be indispensable for maintaining a healthy and successful business.
Access quality tools and advice
Professional administration and bookkeeping teams are up to date with the best technology and tools available in the industry. They will not only be more efficient, but also give you advice on the best tools that you need to get the job done.
Outsourced staff will always provide advice on the best business practices and will often provide detailed reports of your company. A good outsourced bookkeeper will have multiple contacts that they encourage you to tap into also. This results in your business being more efficient and allows you to stay up to date with current market trends, technology etc.
With tools such as MYOB or Xero, data is uploaded to the cloud and regularly updated, allowing you to access your financial data wherever you are.
Scalability and flexibility
Just as the business world is often unpredictable, your situation can change at any time. You may need to reduce expenses or wish to expand, depending on your current business or personal circumstances. By outsourcing your bookkeeping to professionals, you can reduce the number of full-time staff and the associated costs of maintaining and training staff. Outsourcing services charge depending on the service, allowing you the flexibility to reduce or add as needed.
With outsourcing, you can also scale your business much faster, as it allows you to put your focus on other areas of the business, such as inventory.
Need professional bookkeeping services? Contact 3rd Arm Admin
If you are a small-business owner, running bookkeeping work on your own can leave you open to errors. Tasks such as accounting, financial reports, and annual leave management all require a lot of knowledge and experience. With a team of professionals managing your books, you will have more than one set of eyes making sure everything is done correctly.
Outsourcing these tasks to professionals will make your businesses more reliable and profitable in the long run. Speak to the team at 3rd Arm Admin today to learn more about how we can help your business succeed.
