Hire a Virtual Assistant

As an SME, you realize the need for an executive assistant. But hiring them is expensive; the high levels of attrition make it more so. Thanks to the Internet, it has become not only possible, but also convenient and cost-effective to hire a virtual assistant who can perform almost any kind of secretarial, administrative and bookkeeping services - except perhaps, making your coffee! TA's virtual assistant services are just the right thing for your business where you cannot hire an executive assistant for a variety of reasons. Some of the common complaints made by our clients are affordability, lack of space lack of sufficient year-round work to justify a full time employee, temporary requirements, unavailability of skilled VA‘s, the growing attrition rate etc. TA‘s virtual assistant service allows you to leave the mundane routine work to others, while you concentrate on your core competencies and build your business.

What are the benefits of a virtual assistant service?

Hiring a virtual assistant from TA will go a long way in making your life simpler. Cost savings: A virtual assistant is a lot less expensive to hire than a permanent employee. With a VA, you don't have to worry about additional expenses and benefits like insurance and taxes. You are charged only for the actual hours the virtual assistant puts in. Better value: Many people with fluctuating workloads hire temps, but your virtual assistant is a kind of "permanent temp". You pay only for the actual hours of work but a VA becomes familiar with various aspects of your business over time and can a better quality of services in the log run. Expertise: You are better at building your business and shouldn't get bogged down by administrative chores. A virtual assistant is a qualified person - an expert at performing the services listed earlier. Put simply, outsourcing secretarial, administrative and bookkeeping services is like leaving it to the experts. It is your opportunity to get top quality work done at competitive rates.

What can I outsource to TA's Virtual Assistant?

Your virtual assistant can perform several vital functions. Our service is customized to suit individual needs because we want you to get exactly what you want and avoid having to pay for unnecessary extras. So, you get to choose from a list of activities that include:

Basic accounting and bookkeeping Word Processing Services including:

• Drafting, dispatching and filing correspondence
• Drafting, formatting and proof-reading reports
• Writing report summaries
• Writing report/project briefs to help you stay prepared for meetings
• Researching and preparing agendas for meetings
• Researching and writing on topics you propose

Virtual Secretarial Services including:

• Making and keeping track of appointments and sending out timely reminders
• Email and/or voice mail retrieval
• Tape transcription (digital or analog)
• Responding to certain kinds of enquiries on your behalf
• Travel planning

Database management: maintaining detailed spreadsheets, mailing lists, etc.

Research Services including:

• Researching and preparing PowerPoint presentations
• Tracking the development / progress of ongoing projects and providing alerts
• Researching and drafting concept papers or letters

Basic desktop publishing

All correspondence between you and your VA is carried out through email or voice-over-PC applications like Skype. With TA, you can expect value and quality in terms of effective secretarial, administrative and basic bookkeeping services tailor-made and delivered on time to ensure your peace of mind.

Why should I opt for TA's Virtual Assistant service?

At TA, we believe in partnering with clients to help their business grow. To that end, you will find our team to be approachable, friendly and deeply involved in understanding what works best for your business. We want to help you develop an interface between your core operations, business and finance. So, we deal with individual clients differently. TA‘s vision is to partner with you not just as a bean counter but as a concerned and responsible financial partner. Going beyond mere number crunching, TA studies the pulse of your business and delivers customized services that suit your particular requirements. As part of our virtual assistant services, TA will assign to you a dedicated personal executive assistant who will work with you on a full-time equivalent (FTE) basis. Keeping in line with our belief to work as full-fledged partners to our clients, the executive assistant assigned to you will ensure that you get:

• Highly personalized service
• Regular and open communication
• Seamless management of all your personal
• Accounting requirements
• Quick turnaround options
• Secure communications - you submit only scanned copies of the relevant documents on our in-house, fully secure, interactive web-based platform to ensure the highest level of data security and zero risk of fraud.

I'm definitely interested. What next?

Choosing our virtual assistant services is one of the best things you can do to give yourself more time to concentrate on your core business, reduce overhead administrative costs, and keep yourself free of all associated pressures.