Offshore Staffing for CPA & Accounting Firms Atlantic Meridian Partners

Both. We build offshore teams for CPA and accounting firms and for finance teams inside growing businesses — accountants, tax associates, senior accountants, auditors, payroll specialists, and back-office support. Engagements start at $10 per hour.

With outsourcing, you hand a task to a vendor who works to their own process. With offshore staffing, you hire a dedicated person who reports to you, follows your firm's workflows, and works your hours — the same as a local hire, just seated in our secure facility.

One hourly rate per person, billed monthly. Full-time offshore hires start at $10 per hour; senior and reviewer-level roles are priced higher to reflect experience. No setup fee, no recruitment fee, no long-term contract — only a notice period if you end the engagement.

Yes. Once the engagement agreement is signed we share matching resumes, schedule video interviews at times that suit you, and run skills assessments where useful. You pick the person. If none of the candidates fit, there is no cost — billing starts only when your hire begins work.

Every candidate holds at least a bachelor's degree and has a minimum of one year of hands-on US, UK, or Canadian accounting and tax experience. We verify references before presenting anyone, and we do not place candidates with no prior experience.

You get a trial window to assess fit before committing. After that, replacements are straightforward — roughly 1 in 10 placements needs one. Every team member has a notice period so handover is clean, you are not billed for those transition weeks, and outgoing staff must document and hand off their work.

No long-term contracts. The only requirement is a notice period if you choose to end the engagement, which covers the employee’s pay during that transition window. There are no hidden fees or extra charges beyond what’s agreed upfront.

Yes. Our offshore professionals come experienced across the accounting and tax platforms US firms rely on daily, including QuickBooks Online/Desktop, Xero, Drake, Lacerte, UltraTax, ProSeries, CCH Axcess, Bill.com, Jetpack Workflow, and Gusto, among others.

We staff both accounting and non-accounting roles.

Accounting roles: Bookkeeper, Accountant, Tax Preparer, Payroll Specialist, Staff Accountant, Senior Accountant, Tax Reviewer, Tax Director, CFO Advisory, Auditor, Financial Analyst.

Non-accounting roles: Virtual Assistant, AR/AP Assistant, Digital Marketing Specialist, Business Development, Talent Acquisition, Virtual/Executive Assistant, Client Service Executive, Tax Director, Social Media Marketer, Video Editor, Financial Analyst.

Most of what a local hire would do:

• Accounting & bookkeeping — daily, monthly, quarterly, or real-time.
• Tax — preparation, planning, projections, organizer follow-up, IRS notice tracking.
• Payroll — processing, filings, and compliance on any cycle.
• Audit support — desktop workpapers, schedules, review and compilation prep.
• Sales & use tax — computation, reconciliation, filing support.
• Admin — engagement letters, client database, AR follow-up, data entry.

On-site fieldwork stays with your local team.

Yes. We offer a trial period so you can evaluate how the offshore staff member performs and fits with your team before making a longer-term commitment.

Atlantic Meridian Partners provides hands-on support throughout onboarding, including training sessions, regular check-ins, and a dedicated account manager, so offshore staff integrate smoothly into your day-to-day operations.

Your account manager is your single point of contact for anything beyond routine day-to-day task management. Non-routine matters, policy questions, pricing revisions, staff training needs, shift timing changes, leave, and bonuses should all go through your account manager rather than directly to your offshore staff, so nothing falls through the cracks.

Offshore staff cost a fraction of a comparable local hire, and you avoid office space, recruitment, training, benefits, Medicare, bonuses, and overtime. Most firms see a substantial drop in total labour cost; the exact figure depends on the roles and hours you set up.

Shifts are set so there is real overlap with your working day. Timing is agreed upfront at placement so your staff member can plan around it, and they flex for deadlines the way any employee would.

Staff log daily timesheets showing tasks completed and time spent on each. We provide a standard online format, or we'll use yours. Your account manager handles anything outside daily task management — training, shift changes, leave, and pricing.

The floor is paperless. No personal phones, pens, paper, printers, or portable storage in work areas, and USB ports are disabled. No personal email or social media on work systems. Entry is key-card controlled, CCTV runs 24/7, and staff log in remotely to your systems.

ISO 27001 (information security) and ISO 27701 (privacy) aligned controls, AICPA SOC-aligned processes, SSL across the platform, and a signed NDA plus privacy undertaking from every team member. Data protection commitments are written into your engagement agreement. You're welcome to visit the facility or take a live video walkthrough.

ISO 27001 is an internationally recognized standard for information security management, published by the International Organization for Standardization. Organizations that hold this certification have been independently assessed against a strict set of information security requirements.

As part of our engagement agreement, we provide a written commitment to safeguarding client data, and we back it with the operational safeguards described above.

Every candidate goes through background checks and reference verification before joining. On starting, each employee signs a formal undertaking committing to respect the privacy of client data, and they’re legally bound by that commitment, with real consequences if it’s violated.

Direct control matters, which is why your offshore staff work exclusively for you during their agreed hours, report directly to you, and follow your firm’s own policies and protocols. If you hire someone part-time for, say, 20 hours a week, that time belongs entirely to you. They’re your employee in every practical sense; they simply work from one of our secure facilities.