To send out (work, for example) to an outside provider or manufacturer in order to cut costs.

Outsourced information technology (IT) management

• online applications
• file sharing services
• backups and data vaulting
• managed virus protection

Any business that uses computers and technology resources has a requirement (and a responsibility) to properly manage those resources. Many small business owners do not completely understand the critical nature of their business technology because it has never experienced a severe failure. If they haven't lost their data because of a bad backup tape, then they may not understand the impact the loss would have to their business.

Your position and relationship with your client allows you to discuss such potential impacts to the business, and how they might be mitigated. Implementing anti- virus protections, or automatic backup services can be key business continuity and recovery solutions for you to offer your client. Consider how valuable your advice would be if your client did have a network crash, yet all their data was safe and sound in a secure site? How about using j2 services to provide failover for the telephone services? The office is still operating if it can receive faxes and voicemails. And the online system provides access to all your messages - any time, anywhere.

Outsourced processing support

• bookkeeping and online accounting
• client write-up and after-the-fact bookkeeping
• income tax preparation
• EDGARizing your SEC filings (get more information about EDGAR filing support NOW!)

Using technology to improve the efficiency of your service can have a significant positive impact to your bottom line.  But engaging new clients may become difficult if you are unable to find the skilled workforce you need in order to keep up with market demands.  In many cases, your clients probably outsourced their accounting or bookkeeping functions to you because they, too, find it difficult to hire and keep good workers.

Skilled workers and highly trained professionals are where you need them, when you need them.
e-Accounting provides technology solutions to enable business process outsourcing.  Now, we can offer you the actual service as well as the enabling technology!  By working with the e-Accounting Advisor Provider Network, you can engage the clients your business wants without the concern of having adequate personnel available to do the job.  Our trained bookkeepers and accountants are available to assist with serving almost any client requirement.  From daily bookkeeping to a full range of compliance work, this allied network of outsource providers can coordinate the workflow and the personnel necessary to ensure that your clients' needs are being met.

You engage the client, you deliver the value.  The provider network works in the background, managing the mechanical work that your practice finds unprofitable and time consuming.  With our specialized outsource groups and extremely competitive rates, we can offer your practice the ability to meet all aspects of the client business requirement without hiring new permanent staff.  We can offer on-demand hourly-billed services, or contract rates for full-time availability or committed volumes.  In many cases, we can save you 50% off the market rate for hiring personnel with similar capabilities.  This savings translates directly to higher profitability for your practice.

e-Accounting keeps it all under control.  Our enabling technologies help businesses work closer together in a strictly controlled, secure environment.  All member providers utilize exclusively this platform to ensure that the client data is secure and well-managed, and to keep all applications and data available to the accountant and client business at all times.

Facilitate the relationship

• manage the engagement
• manage the workflow
• manage the process
• manage the data
• manage the outcome

The e-Accounting outsource model has been created to deliver significant value to the professional accountant, or top-level provider.  Understanding that the value of the business relationship is held by this trusted advisor, all supporting services must first deliver value to the accountant.  The outsource support model that has been created through the alliance between e-Accounting and the Advisor Provider Network offers the accounting professional a virtual partner to the practice, allowing for increased processing capacity and improved client services without impacting the internal operations of the firm, and provided in a completely non-competitive manner.

Tiered delivery

• Website services and client portal
• eFileShare for source document management
• ASP Solution for online application and financial data management

e-Accounting has developed the technology and the systems that are critical in providing the security and confidentiality required to safely engage in an outsourced service model.  By securing the data in domestic data centers and providing online access to it, e-Accounting allows both the accountant and the outsourcer to enjoy a harmonious relationship without concerns of data possession or unauthorized duplication.

Adoption

• Client Business
  • ease of deployment
  • familiarity with applications
  • existing data
  • orientation to specific business model or requirement
  • trust
• Practitioner
  • ease of deployment
  • familiarity with applications
  • existing data
  • security and confidentiality
  • quality assurance and controls
  • non-competitive orientation
  • adherence to standards and conventions

e-Accounting has been working closely with accountants and their clients since 1997.  We understand the issues that you face when introducing new ideas to your clients.  And we fully understand the responsibility; the level of trust and integrity that your client relationship is built upon.  That's why e-Accounting helps hundreds of accountants work closer and more securely with their clients and outsourcers by applying security and policy standards that help protect all involved.  The technology facilitates the outsource process, but truly understanding the model facilitates applying the RIGHT technology.  e-Accounting understands the model.

No two client businesses are exactly alike.  No two practitioners are exactly alike.  That's why e-Accounting offers a range of services and solutions to help you address SPECIFIC problems and REAL LIFE situations.  We offer the fundamental tools you need to practice your profession and serve your clients - well.

If your business is experiencing "growing pains" and you need help processing data or performing outsourced accounting and bookkeeping services - Contact an e-Accounting representative today for more information.  We can help you meet the demands your market and your growing business.

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