Bookkeeper
Month-end close, reconciliation, cleanup engagements
View role →FOR US ACCOUNTING FIRMS · BACKGROUND-CHECKED · 5-DAY RISK-FREE TRIAL
⌬ CAPACITY FOR YOUR PRACTICE
Your bench, without the hire.
Most remote staffing sells a bookkeeper to a business. You are not that buyer. You need capacity to serve yourclients — people who work inside your ledger software, follow your close process, and pass through your review chain. That is a different problem, and it starts with a different question: what happens to your clients’ data.
So we answer that one first, below — before the pricing, before the roles.
⌬ YOUR CLIENTS’ DATA
§7216 is your obligation. Our job is to make it easy to meet.
Under IRC §7216, the consent obligation sits with the tax return preparer — your firm. No contractor can be “§7216 compliant” on your behalf, and any vendor who tells you otherwise is describing something that does not exist. What a vendor can do is make your side of it straightforward.
What your firm keeps
You obtain and retain client consent, you set its scope, and you keep the engagement and the sign-off. Bring your consent language to the requirements call and we work inside it.
What we contract for
Our engagement agreement covers confidentiality of your clients' data. The specialist works inside your systems under your access controls — not on copies held elsewhere.
Who carries the employment
LegelpTech Outsourcing Private Limited, an ISO 27001:2022 certified company, employs the specialist and handles payroll, HR and continuity.
If your firm has specific requirements on taxpayer-identifier handling or data residency, raise them on the first call. We would rather tell you what we do and do not do than discover the mismatch after placement.
⌬ AI-READY SCREENING
Six stages. About 1 in 12 applicants clears them.
The same standard every Zedtreeo specialist passes, applied to accounting work. A specialist who clears it is fluent in the tools your practice already runs — from day one, not three months in. Background verification is stage 5, applied to every placement rather than sold as an upgrade.
STAGE 01
Resume review
Experience against the role brief you wrote, not a generic profile.
STAGE 02
Skills assessment
Ledger work, reconciliation, close process — the actual job.
STAGE 03
Technical test
QuickBooks, Xero, Sage, NetSuite. Whichever stack your practice runs.
STAGE 04
Communication evaluation
Written and spoken. They will be emailing your clients.
STAGE 05
Background check
Every specialist, before placement. Not an upgrade tier.
STAGE 06
Trial project
Real work, reviewed, before anyone reaches your engagements.
⌬ WHAT YOU CAN STAFF
Roles that sit on your bench.
Hire one, or compose several as an AI-Augmented Team — three roles, one invoice, every specialist cleared through the same standard.
Staff Accountant
Work papers, adjusting entries, financial statement prep
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Organiser intake, data entry, preparer support
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Client payables, receivables, collections follow-up
View role →Payroll Specialist
Multi-client payroll runs, filings support
View role →QuickBooks Specialist
Migration, cleanup, ongoing client file management
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⌬ QUESTIONS FIRMS ASK
Frequently asked questions
How does §7216 work when we use offshore staff?
The obligation under IRC §7216 sits with your firm as the tax return preparer, not with us — a contractor cannot be '§7216 compliant' on your behalf. What we do is make it straightforward for you to meet it: our engagement agreement covers confidentiality of your clients' data, every specialist clears a background check before placement, and we are operated by LegelpTech Outsourcing Pvt Ltd, an ISO 27001:2022 certified company. Your firm still obtains and retains the consent. Bring your specific consent language to the requirements call and we will work inside it.
Are the staff background checked?
Yes, for every placement. The background check is stage 5 of the Zedtreeo 6-Stage Standard — it is part of the standard screening, not a premium add-on. About 1 in 12 applicants clears all six stages.
Do they work on our clients, or on us?
On your clients, inside your systems, under your review. A remote specialist is capacity added to your bench — they work in your practice management and ledger software, follow your close process, and their output goes through your review chain exactly as a junior's would. You keep the client relationship and the sign-off.
What happens during busy season?
Specialists are full-time and dedicated to your firm, so capacity is already in place before January rather than recruited during it. If you need to scale up for the season specifically, tell us in the requirements call — placement typically takes 5–10 days, so a December conversation covers a February crunch.
What does it cost compared to a US hire?
From $995/month for a full-time dedicated specialist, all-inclusive — no recruitment fee, no benefits load, no equipment cost, no payroll to run. Full-time means a 176-hour month: 22 working days at 8 hours, which works out to about $5.65 an hour. The US market equivalent for a bookkeeper runs near $4,500/month fully loaded, so the saving is roughly 78%. Rates scale by tier for accountants and technical roles.
What if the person is not right?
The first 5 days are a risk-free trial — if the fit is wrong, you pay nothing and we replace. After placement, replacement runs on a 48-hour SLA. You are not carrying the cost of a hiring mistake.
Who actually employs them?
LegelpTech Outsourcing Private Limited, an ISO 27001:2022 certified company, employs the specialists and handles payroll, HR and continuity. You contract for the capacity; we carry the employment.
Start with one specialist and five free days.
Tell us the role, the software your practice runs, and your consent requirements. We shortlist from specialists who have already cleared the standard — placement usually takes 5–10 days.