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Your Partners Shouldn't Be Doing Books Cleanup

Free your U.S. team from catch-up work. Trained offshore specialists handle historical corrections, reconciliation cleanup, and account restructuring inside your systems – with 4-tier QC before anything reaches your desk.

40–60%
Cost Savings
70+
Firms Served
3 Wks
To First Deliverables

Books cleanup shouldn't be your firm's bottleneck

Partners and senior staff waste hours untangling messy books that should be handled at production level – freeing zero time for advisory, client development, or growth.

Backlog Buildup

Months or years of unreconciled transactions pile up. New clients arrive with books that haven't been touched in quarters.

Staff Turnover

Cleanup specialists leave in 8–12 months. You lose context on partially completed projects and client-specific issues.

Quality Inconsistency

Different staff take different approaches to cleanup. Without standardized procedures, errors get buried instead of fixed.

Margin Erosion

$55K–$65K per U.S. bookkeeper dedicated to cleanup, plus supervision and rework costs on messy files.

The Real Cost of In-House Books Cleanup

$65K+Average fully loaded cost per U.S. cleanup specialist
6–12 moAverage cleanup backlog per new client
20–25 hrsPartner review time per month on cleanup work
$3K–$8KRevenue lost per delayed client onboarding
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Full-Cycle Books Cleanup Execution

Everything from catch-up bookkeeping to audit-ready packages – handled by U.S.-trained offshore teams inside your systems.

Catch-Up Bookkeeping

Bring months or years of backlogged transactions current with proper categorization and documentation.

Multi-month transaction entry
Categorization & coding
Historical gap filling

Historical Corrections

Identify and correct misclassified transactions, duplicate entries, and posting errors across prior periods.

Misclassification correction
Duplicate removal
Prior period adjustments

Account Restructuring

Reorganize chart of accounts, reclassify balances, and establish proper account hierarchies for clean reporting.

Chart of accounts redesign
Balance reclassification
Account hierarchy setup

Bank Reconciliation Cleanup

Clear months of unreconciled bank statements and establish a clean reconciliation baseline going forward.

Historical bank matching
Outstanding item resolution
Reconciliation baseline

Unreconciled Transaction Resolution

Research and resolve unmatched transactions, suspense account balances, and clearing account items.

Suspense account clearing
Unmatched item research
Clearing account resolution

Audit Preparation Support

Organize cleaned books into audit-ready packages with supporting schedules and documentation.

Trial balance preparation
Supporting schedule creation
Documentation packaging

Your Cleanup Team in 3 Weeks

A proven onboarding process that gets your cleanup work handled fast – without the typical offshore headaches.

1

Discovery Call

We assess the scope of cleanup needed, your software, reporting requirements, and timeline expectations.

2

Team Assembly

We match cleanup specialists with experience in your client industries, entity types, and software.

3

SOP Training

Your team trains on your cleanup procedures, documentation standards, and review requirements.

4

Pilot Engagement

Start with 3–5 cleanup projects. We handle the work, you review. Scale when ready.

Most firms complete onboarding in 2–3 weeks and scale to full capacity within 60 days.

In-House vs. Accountably

The average U.S. bookkeeper assigned to cleanup work costs $55K–$65K in salary alone. Add benefits, payroll tax, training, supervision, and turnover – you're looking at $75K–$90K fully loaded per head before they even reconcile their first account.

ComparisonU.S. In-House StaffAccountably
Senior Cleanup Specialist (Annual)$65,000 – $80,000$24,000 – $32,000
Staff Cleanup Bookkeeper (Annual)$48,000 – $60,000$18,000 – $24,000
Time to Productivity3–6 months2–3 weeks
Multi-Entity ExperienceVaries✓ Standard
Multi-Layer QC Built In✗ Not included✓ 4-tier review
Backup Coverage✗ No coverage✓ Always covered
Cleanup Turnaround SLANo guarantee✓ 2–4 week cleanup cycles
Turnover RiskHigh – 8–12 mo avg✓ 98.7% retention

We Work Inside Your Software

Our teams train on your tech stack during onboarding – no migration needed.

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QuickBooks

QuickBooks Online

Certified Team
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QB Desktop

QuickBooks Desktop

Certified Team
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Xero

Xero

Certified Team
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Sage Intacct

Sage Intacct

Certified Team
FreshBooks

FreshBooks

Trained Team
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Karbon

Karbon

Trained Team
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Dext

Dext

Trained Team
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+ Any Other

We'll Train
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Case Study
35+Clients cleaned up
$88KAnnual savings
18+ hrsFreed per week
60 daysAverage cleanup time
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How Rivera & Associates Cleared a 2-Year Backlog Across 35+ Clients

An 8-person CPA firm with dozens of clients whose books hadn't been reconciled in 6–24 months. Tax season was approaching and nothing was audit-ready. Within 60 days, Accountably cleared the backlog and established ongoing maintenance workflows.

"We went from dreading new client onboarding to actively pursuing it."

– Maria Rivera, Managing Partner

Common Questions

Everything you need to know about our offshore books cleanup services.

Most offshore failures come from vendors who send untrained staff with no process structure. Accountably is different – every cleanup specialist is trained on U.S. GAAP, works inside your systems, follows your SOPs, and goes through 4-tier QC before anything reaches your desk. Our 30-day pilot guarantee lets you test the difference risk-free.
During the 2–3 week onboarding, your dedicated team assesses each client's cleanup scope, prioritizes work by urgency, and documents the approach into SOPs. Simple catch-up work and complex historical restructuring each get their own workflow to ensure consistent quality.
We maintain 98.7% retention, but we also plan for it. Every engagement has documented SOPs, backup-trained staff, and a U.S. manager who owns continuity. If a team member transitions, the backup steps in with full context.
Absolutely. Most firms start with a pilot of 3–5 cleanup projects covering a mix of complexity levels. No pressure to go all-in – we earn the expansion based on pilot results.
We work inside your systems – QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Desktop, Xero, Sage, FreshBooks, and more. We also integrate with Dext, Hubdoc, Karbon, and other workflow tools. If you use it, we train on it.
SOC 2 aligned controls, NDA-backed confidentiality, role-based access, encrypted file exchange, secure VPN, zero local storage, background-verified staff, and full audit logs.

Ready to Free Your Team From Books Cleanup?

Get started today and see how much your firm could save with a dedicated offshore cleanup team.

30-Day Pilot Guarantee
3-Week Deployment
SOC 2 Aligned Security