For accounting firms
Additional accounting capacity, with a clear review process.
When your team has more bookkeeping work than available time, an external support team can help complete defined tasks.
Dhake & Associates offers remote bookkeeping and accounting support for accounting practices, including US CPA firms. We work within the procedures, access permissions and review responsibilities agreed with your firm.
01 / Defined tasks. Organised workpapers.
Defined tasks. Organised workpapers.
- Transaction posting and bookkeeping.
- Bank and credit-card reconciliations.
- Books cleanup.
- Receivables and payables schedules.
- Supporting workpapers.
- Preparation of month-end reports.
- Organisation of records for your team’s review.
02 / Your firm defines the engagement.
Your firm defines the engagement.
The scope, communication arrangements and delivery schedule are agreed before work begins. Your firm retains its client relationship and the professional responsibilities applicable to its engagement.
Questions, exceptions and unresolved items are documented for your reviewer. We do not make client-facing professional claims on your firm’s behalf without an agreed basis.
03 / Begin with a defined assignment.
Begin with a defined assignment.
A limited initial assignment can establish how records are shared, questions are resolved and completed work is reviewed. Ongoing support can then be scoped around the actual workload.
From records to review
Know what the assignment includes.
These examples depend on the scope agreed before work begins.
- Records we start with
- Your firm’s procedures, authorised access, source records and review requirements.
- What we prepare
- Completed workpapers and agreed bookkeeping schedules for your team’s review.
- Items for your review
- Exceptions, missing information and decisions reserved for your firm and its client.
How we work
A clear process from
the first conversation.
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01
Understand the work
We discuss the organisation, accounting system, period involved and the support required.
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Agree on the scope
Tasks, responsibilities, fees and delivery arrangements are confirmed before work begins.
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Set up records and access
Required documents and authorised access are arranged through the agreed channels.
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Complete and clarify
We carry out the assigned work and raise missing information or unresolved items.
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Deliver and review
Completed records and reports are shared according to the engagement, with open matters identified for review.