Your books closed by working day five, without another hire.
Outsourced finance and administration from Colombo for companies and accountancy practices in the UK, Europe, the Gulf and Australia. We run bookkeeping, payables, receivables, month-end close and recurring back-office work inside your own systems. Scope and delivery standards are agreed up front, and capacity is assigned to your workload, so the service grows with your volumes without the recruitment and overheads of permanent hires.
Work is done by qualified and part-qualified accountants and reviewed by a senior before it reaches you. Day five assumes bank feeds and supplier invoices are in by day two.
Send it at the end of your day. It is under way before you are back.
Europe. By 09:00 in London, Colombo has already put in four and a half to five and a half hours, depending on the season. The end of our day overlaps with your morning, which is when calls and questions happen.
Australia. Our day starts in your early afternoon. Work handed over at the end of your day in Sydney gets five to six more hours before your next morning.
The Gulf and Singapore. Most of the working day is shared.
Our standard close calendar
Five working days from month-end to management accounts, once bank feeds and supplier invoices are in. We adjust it to your reporting deadlines.
Working day 1
Bank and card reconciliations. Sales invoices complete.
Working day 2
Supplier invoices and statements. Payables cut-off.
Working day 3
Accruals, prepayments and payroll journals.
Working day 4
Balance sheet reconciliations, reviewed by a senior.
Working day 5
Management accounts pack in your inbox.
How the work runs
An operating model, not just extra hands.
- Inside your systems
- We work in your accounting software, drives and inboxes. Nothing is moved out of them.
- The tools you already pay for
- Bank feeds, invoice capture and approval workflows are set up and used wherever your software has them, so less is keyed by hand.
- You approve, we prepare
- Payment runs, write-offs and journals above your threshold wait for your sign-off. We never move money.
- Exceptions, not surprises
- Each week you get a short list of what is missing, unmatched or needs a decision, instead of finding it at month-end.
- The same close every month
- A written close checklist for your business, reviewed by a senior before the pack goes out.
- Capacity when you need it
- Year-end, audit preparation or a new entity: extra hours are agreed with you in advance.
What we take on
We work in the software you already use, such as Xero, QuickBooks, Sage or NetSuite, and in your spreadsheets where that is how it is done.
Bookkeeping
- Bank and card reconciliations
- Transaction coding
- VAT- and GST-ready records
- Fixed asset register
Payables
- Supplier invoice processing and approval routing
- Supplier statement reconciliations
- Payment runs prepared for your approval
Receivables
- Sales invoicing
- Cash allocation
- Aged debt reports
- Credit control by email
Month-end close
- Accruals and prepayments
- Balance sheet reconciliations
- Management accounts pack
Administration
- Document control and filing
- Data entry and records
- Supplier and customer onboarding
- Tender and bid paperwork
For accountancy practices
- Year-end working papers and management accounts for your review
- Overflow capacity in busy season
- White-label, under your name
Colombo already runs finance and operations work for global firms
1,600+
People employed in Sri Lanka by LSEG, the London Stock Exchange Group, which runs technology and operations work from Colombo.
Source: LSEG
10,000+
Members of CA Sri Lanka, the national institute of chartered accountants, after its November 2026 convocation.
Source: Sunday Times
How we charge
A fixed monthly fee based on your transaction volumes, or a dedicated accountant at a monthly rate. You have the price in writing before we start.
Your data and your money
We sign a non-disclosure agreement before we see anything, and work with the permissions you set in your own systems. We never move money: payment runs are prepared for you to approve and release.
How we start
A call
About your software, your monthly volumes and your reporting deadlines.
Scope and monthly price in writing
Under a non-disclosure agreement.
Access, with your permissions
We set up inside your systems. Nothing is moved out of them.
A first month alongside you
We run the first close next to your current process, then review it with you before taking it over.
Tell us what your month-end looks like.
Which software, roughly how many transactions, and when the numbers are due. We reply within one working day, Colombo time, or call +94 76 968 2624.