Dedicated accounting staff. Part of your practice.
Hire a dedicated full-time bookkeeper, accountant, audit professional or client manager for your Irish or UK practice. You choose the person and direct the work. Around People recruits, employs and supports them. See how the offshore staffing model works.
Book a callThe work is there. The local capacity is not.
Growth becomes a problem when partners and senior staff are pulled back into production, review queues lengthen and recruitment never catches up. Around People adds stable capacity at the point where the work is actually getting stuck.
Partners in production
Senior time is absorbed by work that should be completed before review.
Deadlines under pressure
Recurring work competes with year-end, audit and client demands.
Hiring stalls growth
New work is available, but the team cannot absorb another portfolio safely.
Clients need ownership
Delivery exists, but communication and accountability still sit with the partner.
Add capability at the level your firm needs.
Start with the work that needs an owner. We then match the experience, location and responsibility to the role.
Bookkeeping capacity
Bookkeeping, reconciliations, VAT support and clean month-end inputs. Built to release senior people from recurring processing.
View bookkeeper role →Accounting and audit delivery
Accounts production, management accounts, audit fieldwork, testing and working papers.
View accountant role →View senior auditor role →Client management
Client communication, review, portfolio planning and delivery leadership during Irish working hours.
View client manager role →Accounting and audit need different skills. We treat them that way.
The role is scoped around the work your firm needs completed, not a generic accounting job description.
Accounting delivery
- Bookkeeping and reconciliations
- Accounts production and working papers
- Management accounts preparation
- VAT support and recurring deadlines
Audit delivery
- Audit fieldwork
- Testing and evidence gathering
- Audit files and working papers
- Delivery under your firm’s direction and review
Your team member works inside your practice.
We built this way of working inside Around Finance, our own Irish accounting practice, before offering it through Around People. Read how we built the team.
You manage priorities, workflow, systems and technical review. In Colombo, an experienced local manager supports onboarding, attendance, workplace supervision, ongoing development and performance escalation. Around People manages the employment infrastructure around the person; your firm remains responsible for directing and reviewing the accounting work.
- Dedicated full-time team member
- Works in your systems and processes
- Payroll, HR, equipment and IT managed
- Formal reviews at three and six months
- Replacement support if the seat becomes vacant
Meet a shortlist, not a pile of CVs.
Define the seat
We map responsibilities, systems, client exposure and the level of review required.
Technical assessment and interviews
Every candidate completes an assessment appropriate to the role and is interviewed twice before reaching you.
You meet the shortlist
You meet no more than three candidates, usually one, and choose who joins.
We support the seat
We handle employment, onboarding, equipment, HR and ongoing performance support.
Clear terms before you make a decision.
To confirm the fit
Use the first three months to decide whether the placement is right for your firm.
To replace a vacant seat
If the role becomes vacant, we replace the team member within 30 days. There is no monthly charge while the seat is empty.
Before you add capacity.
The practical questions accounting and audit firms ask before bringing someone into their systems.
Can the team member work in our existing systems?
Yes. They work inside the systems, workflows and permissions your firm sets, just like another member of your team.
How is client data handled?
The team member uses managed equipment and accesses your systems through the permissions you control. Confidentiality and data protection arrangements are put in place before access begins.
What audit work can they support?
Audit professionals can support fieldwork, testing, evidence gathering, audit files and working papers under your firm’s direction and technical review.
Who is responsible for technical review and quality?
Your firm retains control of technical standards, review and sign-off. Around People is responsible for recruitment, employment infrastructure and ongoing support.
What happens if our team member leaves?
These are long-term placements. We ask you to plan for your team member to stay for at least 12 months. This is an expectation of continuity, rather than a contractual minimum term; the refund and notice terms on our pricing page still apply. If someone leaves, your monthly fee stops and we aim to provide a replacement of comparable ability within 30 days.
Practical guides for your practice.
Work through the questions that matter before adding someone to your team.
Free up partner review time
Identify what keeps files coming back and where the right role can help.
Read the review guide →
Hire for modern accounting work
Assess accounting judgement, AI skills and how a candidate checks their work.
Read the hiring guide →
Understand the employment arrangement
Separate the supplier agreement from the person’s employment status.
Read the employment guide →Explore all staffing guides
Compare costs, locations, onboarding and the first work to hand over.
Browse the guide library →Where is capacity holding your firm back?
Tell us what is sitting with the wrong people, which deadlines are under pressure and the level of ownership you need.
Book a callA practical 30-minute conversation. No obligation.