ARDAFISPARTNERS

Outsourced accounting for US CPA firms

Your outsourced accounts & finance team, built on precision.

Bookkeeping, payroll, and tax-prep support for US CPA firms and solo practitioners — so you can take on more clients without hiring in-house.

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QuickBooks Certified

ProAdvisor Program

Xero Certified

Certified Advisor

ACCA Qualified

Chartered Certified Accountants

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Built for US practices

Working to your firm's calendar, deadlines, and review standards.

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The firm

Small by design. Senior on every file.

Every engagement is run by one of three ACCA-qualified partners — not handed down to a junior pool.

About the partners→

10+

Years combined industry experience

10

Accounting & tax platforms supported

1

Business day response time

What we do

Nine service lines. One accountable team.

Pick a single service or hand off the full workload — every engagement runs inside the software your firm already uses.

How work moves

Automation-assisted. Partner-reviewed. Your sign-off.

  1. 1

    Source data

    Bank feeds, bills, payroll exports

  2. 2

    Automated matching

    Rules-based categorization & reconciliation

  3. 3

    Partner review

    Every file checked by a named partner

  4. 4

    Your sign-off

    Review-ready for your CPA or EA

You stay the licensed professional of record. We prepare — your licensed CPA or EA reviews, signs, and retains full professional responsibility and the client relationship.

What you receive

Review-ready work, not raw data entry

Every engagement ends in something your CPA can review and sign off quickly — reconciled books, a documented close, and reports your clients can actually read.

Financial dashboard with charts open on a laptop

Monthly close pack

P&L, balance sheet, cash-flow, and variance notes — delivered on a fixed calendar you agree with us.

Bank reconciliation

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Sample
09/02Stripe payout4,218.40
09/05Gusto payroll−12,960.00
09/11Office lease−3,150.00
09/18Client deposit8,400.00
Unreconciled difference$0.00

Auto-matched · partner reviewed

Reconciled to the penny

Bank, card, and merchant accounts matched line by line, with exceptions flagged for you.

Month-end close

4 of 5 complete

Sample
  • Bank & card reconciliations
  • AP / AR aging reviewed
  • Accruals & prepaids posted
  • Payroll journal tied out
  • Variance notes for CPA review

A documented close

A checklist built around your firm's standards, so review is fast and nothing is skipped.

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1 day

Response time

A named partner

Every engagement is owned by one partner — not a rotating offshore queue.

Management report

Revenue, trailing six months

Sample

Gross margin

41.8%

Net income

+12.4%

Cash runway

7.5 mo

Reports clients understand

Management reporting and KPIs for advisory-tier clients, ready to send under your firm's name.

Industries we support

Built for the clients your firm already serves

Our partners bring hands-on experience across these client types — so the books arrive already speaking the right language.

01

Real Estate

Property management accounting, rent-roll reconciliation, and owner reporting for real estate clients your firm serves.

02

Ecommerce & Retail

Multi-channel sales, inventory, and settlement reconciliation for online and brick-and-mortar retail clients.

03

Freelancers & Gig Economy

Simplified bookkeeping and quarterly-estimate-ready records for 1099 and self-employed clients.

04

Small Business & SME

Full-cycle bookkeeping and advisory support for the small and mid-sized businesses that make up most of your client base.

Why firms outsource

In-house hire vs. outsourced support

Move the sliders to see what handing off your own client load could cost over a year.

Your numbers

One in-house hire, year-round

$45,000–$55,000

Salary, taxes, and benefits — plus 4–8 weeks to hire and train.

Ardafis per-client bookkeeping

$17,280–$33,600

8 clients × $180–$350 per month × 12 months.

An estimated $11,400–$37,720 less per year than one in-house hire.

Illustrative estimate using our published per-client range and general US salary figures — not a quote. Your actual cost depends on each client's volume and complexity.

In-house hire

  • Cost

    $45,000–$55,000 a year in salary, taxes, and benefits

  • Ramp-up

    4–8 weeks to hire and train

  • Busy season

    Fixed capacity year-round

  • Coverage

    Single point of failure if staff leaves

Ardafis Partners

  • Cost

    Pay only for the clients, hours, or returns you hand off

  • Ramp-up

    Days to onboard on your existing software

  • Busy season

    Scale up for tax season, scale down after

  • Coverage

    Team-backed continuity across engagements

General US market figures for illustration — your actual savings depend on workload and current staffing.

How it works

Your first 30 days, mapped out

No long procurement cycle and no dedicated-staff contract. You see real work on real files within weeks — and decide from there.

  1. 1

    Days 1–3

    Discovery & NDA

    A call with a partner to map your workflow and software. A mutual NDA is signed before any data is shared.

  2. 2

    Week 1

    Scoped access & consent

    Access is granted client-by-client inside your own platforms, and we help you put IRC §7216 consent in place where tax data is involved.

  3. 3

    Weeks 2–3

    Pilot delivery

    We deliver the first one or two clients end-to-end — reconciliations, close pack, or review-ready returns — for your CPA to check.

  4. 4

    Day 30

    Review & scale

    We walk through the quality bar together, adjust the checklist to your standards, and expand only when you're satisfied.

Platforms

We work inside your stack

No migration needed to bring us on — we log in to the software your firm and your clients already run.

Sage
Odoo
Gusto
Shopify / A2X
Bill.com
Drake Tax
UltraTax

Engagement models

Pay for the work, not a headcount

No dedicated-staff lock-in to get started — scale up as the relationship proves out.

Most firms start here

Per-Client Bookkeeping

$180–$350/ month

Flat monthly bookkeeping for one of your clients — you keep the relationship, we do the work.

Scope a client

Per-Return (Tax Season)

$35–$220/ return

Simple individual returns from $35, business returns (1120S/1065) from $120.

Hourly Support

$12–$22/ hour

Flexible hourly bookkeeping ($12–$18) or tax prep & review ($18–$22) for overflow work.

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Who we are

A partner-led team that already speaks your workflow

Ardafis Partners was founded by ACCA-qualified accountants with hands-on experience across US accounting practice, ecommerce bookkeeping, and automation. One of our partners has worked directly inside a US accounting firm — so we already know your software, your workflows, and your busy-season pressure points.

Meet the partners
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Now expanding

Extending our practice to the Gulf region

Alongside our work with US CPA firms, we're bringing outsourced accounting to real estate, retail, freelance, and SME clients across the Gulf.

See Gulf region services →

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