Why us
What actually makes the difference
Most of this list is unremarkable on its own. Together it is the difference between a supplier you chase and a finance function you rely on.
How we work
- One dedicated account manager
- A named person who knows your business, not a shared inbox and a ticket number.
- Chartered Accountant review on every deliverable
- Nothing reaches you unreviewed. You are never the first person to check the work.
- Transparent, scoped pricing
- You are quoted for a defined scope. There are no hourly surprises and no hidden charges.
- Secure cloud collaboration
- Encrypted transfer and storage, least-privilege access, and a clear record of who touched what.
- Fast response times
- Queries answered within one business day, and urgent items the same day.
- Tailored reporting
- Reporting built around how your business makes money, not a template applied to it.
- Flexible engagement models
- Take one service or the whole finance function, and change the mix as you grow.
- A long-term partnership
- We are set up to be the finance function you keep, not a transaction you repeat.
Side by side
Against the two alternatives
The honest comparison, including where an in-house hire is genuinely the better answer.
Cost
- eFinExperts
- Fixed monthly fee against a defined scope
- In-house hire
- Salary, pension, holiday, cover, software, desk
- Typical outsourcing firm
- Hourly billing, or a low headline with add-ons
Review
- eFinExperts
- Chartered Accountant reviews every deliverable
- In-house hire
- Depends entirely on who you hired
- Typical outsourcing firm
- Often unreviewed until year-end
Continuity
- eFinExperts
- Named manager with a documented handover
- In-house hire
- Single point of failure; holidays and notice periods
- Typical outsourcing firm
- Whoever picks up the ticket
Capacity
- eFinExperts
- Scales through busy periods without a new hire
- In-house hire
- Fixed; busy periods mean overtime or backlog
- Typical outsourcing firm
- Scales, but usually with a new contract
Jurisdictions
- eFinExperts
- UK, USA and Canada handled together
- In-house hire
- Usually one; the rest gets outsourced anyway
- Typical outsourcing firm
- Often one, with partners for the others
Deadlines
- eFinExperts
- Tracked across the year with early document requests
- In-house hire
- Tracked as well as one person can manage
- Typical outsourcing firm
- Reactive, close to the filing date
Reporting
- eFinExperts
- Built around how your business makes money
- In-house hire
- Whatever the software outputs by default
- Typical outsourcing firm
- A template applied to your data
Commitment
- eFinExperts
- Rolling monthly, 30 days notice
- In-house hire
- Employment contract and notice period
- Typical outsourcing firm
- Annual contract, often auto-renewing
If you have the volume to keep a qualified person busy and the management capacity to review their work, hire in-house. We will tell you that on the call rather than after you have signed.
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