Hire a Virtual Accountant - Slash Overhead Costs and Work Smart!

Offshoring finance and accounting functions is certainly not a new idea. If you‘re aiming to slash your overhead costs by paying lesser salary for the same quality of work, offshoring is an option you should be aggressively pursuing. A virtual accountant not only offers you great work at reduced costs, but a plethora of other benefits!

Benefits of Hiring a Virtual Accountant:

• Greater focus on core business by offloading non-core functions
• Considerable cost savings
• Freed capital to invest more profitably elsewhere in the business
• Continuous work cycle with overnight updates
• Higher flexibility and resource maximization
• Access to latest technology and industry best practices
• Access to domain experts and so much more

Overcome Your Fears about Working with a Virtual Accountant you've Never Met!

Most of our clients are concerned about working with someone they‘ve never met. It‘s a fear that we totally understand and sympathize with. To ensure that this concern is satisfactorily addressed, we‘ve taken adequate measures and precautions. If security is your concern, rest assured. Our security procedures are geared to ensure your privacy. Read more>> Communication issues are hardly an issue since our professionals are proficient in English, have a neutral accent and have more than 2 years of prior experience, interacting with international clients, mostly from the US and UK. You can work closely with your virtual accountant through Skype, chat, phone, emails and conference calls. Several past and existing clients have been highly satisfied by the ease of managing their virtual accountants remotely through these communication channels. You can be rest assured that this concern will be a non-issue, when you hire a virtual accountant from Thomas & Alex. To find out more about how hiring a virtual accountant can benefit your company, contact us.

The TA Difference

1. Customized Service to Meet Your Particular Requirements

TA accountants are trained to understand the exact requirements of clients. Comprising a team of graduates and post-graduates, including B.COM - Bachelor's in Commerce (Commerce being the equivalent of Business and Accounting in the US), M.COM - Master's in Commerce, CA - Chartered Accountants and MBA graduates, TA is capable of offering you a team that is proficient enough to offer you tailor-made solutions. Besides their qualification, TA accountants meet international standards, have years of hands-on experience, and are conversant with the latest guidelines and pronouncements on US GAAP, IAS, FASB, AICPA and SEC regulations.

4. Review the Resumes of your Virtual Accountants

Since you will be interacting closely with your Virtual Accountant, we realize that it is absolutely necessary for you to know something about him/ her. That‘s why we allow clients to review the resumes of a number of proposed Virtual Accountants before they choose the person they‘d like to work with.

5. Replacing an Accountant in Case of Emergencies

If your virtual accountant is absent, a replacement is always at hand. This auxiliary accountant will be fully aware of your project‘s progress to ensure continuity and 100% efficiency.

6. References for Our Services

We realize that this could be a big step for you. To allay your fears, we will be happy to give you our references. You can speak with them and verify our credentials. If you wish to get references from other clients regarding our services, contact us.

7. An Illustration of our Much Touted Client Satisfaction

At Thomas & Alex, we take pride in the fact that our clients consider us as being an extension of their firm. An example of this perspective shift is that of The Plitt Fish Company, a Chicago-based seafood wholesaler that supplies top quality seafood products. Plitt began their initial engagement with a single resource working on following up their Accounts Receivables (AR). As our initial service gradually increased their confidence, Plitt increased the volume of work outsourced and currently has a team of 5 virtual accountants. And that is just one example. Speak to us and we‘ll give you many more such instances! To know more about how TA can make a difference to your company, contact us.

Why a Virtual Accountant from Thomas & Alex?

Almost every virtual accountant can offer you the basic accounting skills. However, not many accountants can help you take control over the financial dashboard of your business by providing you with a holistic view of where your business is headed. TA quickly arrives at the "You are here" map of your business and provides you with critical business insight to help you make informed decisions.

Here are some other aspects that clients have appreciated us for:

• Excellent Communication Skills
• Predictability
• Knowledge of client business industry/domain
• Cross-functional operability
• A personal involvement in the client‘s business
• Giving critical financial advice and helping make important business decisions.
• Being Relationship builders
• Being honest and valuing values

Hiring a virtual accountant is just like having a dedicated full time employee of your own at less than half the price and without the hassles of HR management! The process of grooming and ensuring that the very best are deployed on your project begins right from the start. Each of our accountants is meticulously hired, rigorously trained, tested and supervised to deliver quality work. This training and competency is complemented by failsafe business processes and systems that leave little room for error. In fact, our clients often tell us that our accountants have superseded their expectations! With such a track record, we naturally persist on doing a much better job than the 'last time'.

2. Proficiency in Working with Different Accounting Software (can be reworked)

TA accountants are well trained, tested and specialized in using accounting softwares like Quick Books, Peachtree, NetSuite and many other software, depending on your need. For a virtual accountant who will offer you tailor-made solutions, contact us.

3. Confidential Information Security

Thomas and Alex builds in security right from the start. Our understanding of your business, combined with our in depth knowledge of technologies allows us to select architectures that balance security constraints with work efficiency.

We maintain security at three levels:

• Secure mail and online data transfer management: This is enabled through our proprietary and highly secure online document management system.
• Network Security : This includes all appropriate safeguards such as virus protection, firewalls, secure authentication, data encryption, access control, audit trials and secure backup.
• Organizational Security: This is ensured through our Non-disclosure agreement and contracts. We ensure that a high level of credibility is maintained through our agreements. Also, being a part of the STPI (Software Technology Parks of India) we have to maintain a regular check and audit of our processes as required by the government.