Australian accounting firms are still struggling to find experienced talent. In CA ANZ’s 2026 shortage survey, the lack of experienced professionals was the main reason accounting and finance vacancies went unfilled.
That is pushing more firms to widen their search offshore, particularly into the Philippines and India.
The opportunity is significant but only if the…
An EOR can put an offshore accountant on the payroll. It cannot make that accountant productive inside your practice.
For Australian accounting firms, those are two separate problems.
One is employment: how do you employ someone overseas without establishing your own legal entity in that country?
The other is delivery: how does that accountant learn…
The biggest security risk in offshore bookkeeping is not offshore. It is uncontrolled access.
An offshore bookkeeper may need access to bank transactions, payroll records, invoices, employee information, customer and supplier data and, depending on the work, TFN information.
The real security questions are therefore: who can access the data, what can they do with…
Payday Super is no longer a future payroll reform. Since 1 July 2026, Australian employers have moved from quarterly super guarantee payments to a system tied to each payday.
The SG rate remains 12%, but employers must now calculate super using qualifying earnings and generally ensure the contribution reaches the employee’s super fund within seven…
Management of finances has increasingly become complex for most Australian businesses. Growing operational demands, changing laws, and rising customer expectations are all among making financial management difficult. You may consider hiring a full in-house finance team, but would it even fit your expectations, budget, and level of dependability?
This is where finance function outsourcing comes…
The biggest AI threat to accounting firms is not replacement. It is irrelevance.
Firms that continue using qualified accountants for work technology can increasingly handle will carry unnecessary cost, slower workflows and poor use of scarce accounting capacity. The opportunity is to redesign the work before the market forces that change.
That distinction matters for…
