5 Ways Outsourced Accounting for Small Business Can Help with the Great Resignation

It seems that most companies and small business have experienced some fall out from “The Great Resignation.” In August 2022 alone, over 4.2 million employees voluntarily left their jobs. Add in the additional 10.1 million job openings and that makes for a competitive hiring market. And while there are plenty of resources covering the reasons behind this what will be most valuable to business owners, is how they can stem the employee turnover or prevent it from happening all together.

Related Read: 4 Ways to Improve Employee Retention Strategy

Many companies are trying to get creative with business operations and staffing, and what better way to do this than outsourcing?

When small business owners think outsourcing, they often jump to overseas solutions, but there are now a number of U.S.-based options for outsourcing marketing, accounting and other core departments of business operations. With improved reporting and more efficient operations, outsourced management accounting offers a competitive advantage.

Which leads me to how outsourced accounting for small business can help.

How outsourced accounting for small business can ease the fallout from the Great Resignation

1). Your back-office is managed by someone else

Turnover is no longer your problem. It’s up to the outsourced accounting company you hired to replace a bookkeeper if they resign. Everyone is spending a lot on hiring right now, so if you can outsource accounting that takes workload off HR. Your HR team can focus on hiring for other departments.

2). On-demand staffing flexibility

Growing even in a recession? Suddenly need to flex up your back-office? Those needs can be met by your outsourced accounting service. We’ve mentioned this idea before, but the great thing about using contracted services is then you can cut business expenses when growing your business. Plus, you’re able to increase capacity when you’re bringing in more revenue or when your financial needs call for more staff.

Additionally, awesome controllers are hard to hang onto in the current market. There are just too many opportunities to be hired as CFOs or other finance executive roles. But if you outsource, you don’t need to worry about them jumping ship to another company.

Similarly, if you hire someone that is not a great controller that can actually be holding your business back. Some prospects have opted to hire in-house, only to realize later they would have more consistency with an outsourced accounting function. By choosing an outsourced accounting service for small business, you’re stabilizing your back office allowing you to focus on other business operations.

5 ways outsourced accounting for small business can help with the great resignation infographic

3). Outsourced accounting for small business is a cost-savings  

At a fraction of the cost of a full-time employee, outsourcing your accounting offers access to a team of accounting experts with cross-industry experience.  With the deadly combination of the Great Resignation and all signs pointing to a recession, outsourced accounting services can offer a 20-30% savings compared to an in-house finance team. Learn more about our outsourced accounting pricing tiers here.

Related Read: Outsourced Accounting Services Cost & Other Common Questions

4). Tap into a pool of contractors that have a skill set outside your expertise.

Outsourced accounting for small business comes with many benefits, but some that may have an indirect effect on turnover include:

  • Improving processes
  • Increased efficiency
  • Reliable reporting for more effective management
  • Refocus staff on higher-value tasks; hand off AR and AP tasks


5). Automation to improve efficiency and workflow.

Speaking of AR and AP tasks… With outsourced accounting services you can automate error-prone, monotonous processes that drain employee’s energy and time. Accounting tasks like invoicing and customer payment reminders no longer need to be a manual task. Plus, by automating these repetitive tasks you lower the chance of human error and simultaneously build internal controls around risks like expense report fraud.  

Now that you have 5 great reasons to opt for outsourced accounting for small business you can worry less about the Great Resignation affecting your back office and focus more on business development and business-planning for a recession. Ready to get started? Contact us to learn how.

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