FINANCE OPERATIONS / PAYROLL

Payroll Outsourcing & Managed Payroll Services

From employee data to clear payroll outputs.

Build capacity across your payroll process with Finex. Our payroll outsourcing services connect payroll inputs, processing, review, approval and reporting within your systems and controls.

PAYROLL CAPACITY WITH CONTROL

Keep payroll moving. Keep the detail visible.

Growing employee numbers, payroll changes and review requirements can pull your finance team away from the work that needs their judgement.

Finex payroll processing services give repeatable activities a defined owner, with review points and escalation routes built into the delivery model. Connect payroll with your wider Accounting & Bookkeeping and Management Accounting requirements as your organisation develops.

01

Clear ownership

Know who handles each payroll activity and where exceptions go.

 
02

Consistent routines

Document payroll inputs, review steps and approval handovers.

 
03

Visible payroll information

Keep payroll totals, changes and reporting requirements in view.

 
04

Flexible capacity

Shape the service around your pay cycles, entities and internal team.

 
OUR CORE PAYROLL SERVICES

Support at each stage of your payroll process.

Choose the activities you need. Keep responsibilities clearly defined.

01

Accounts Payable Outsourcing

Streamline your accounts payable process with accurate and efficient invoice management.

✓ Invoice processing
and matching
✓ Supplier
reconciliation
✓ Payment
approval
✓ AP ageing and
reporting

Our accounts payable outsourcing service helps businesses streamline invoice processing, supplier management and payment workflows while maintaining accuracy and financial control.

  • Invoice processing and verification
  • Purchase order matching
  • Supplier statement reconciliation
  • Payment preparation and approval support
  • AP ageing and reporting
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02

Accounts Receivable Outsourcing

Improve collections and maintain healthy cash flow with professional receivables management.

✓ Customer invoicing
and mailing
✓ Payment
collection
✓ AR ageing and
reporting
✓ Customer account
reconciliation

Our accounts receivable service helps businesses improve cash collection, reduce outstanding balances and maintain accurate customer accounts.

  • Customer invoicing
  • Payment allocation
  • Outstanding balance follow-up
  • Customer account reconciliation
  • AR ageing analysis
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03

Invoicing & Billing Support

Simplify your billing operations with reliable invoicing and payment support.

✓ Invoice creation
and processing
✓ Billing data
management
✓ Payment
tracking
✓ Billing
reconciliation

Our invoicing and billing support gives businesses a reliable process for generating invoices, managing billing information and tracking payments.

  • Invoice generation
  • Billing data processing
  • Invoice distribution
  • Payment tracking
  • Billing reconciliation
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04

Bank & Balance Sheet Reconciliations

Give your accounts greater accuracy and control through regular reconciliation services.

✓ Bank and cash
reconciliation
✓ Control account
reconciliation
✓ Intercompany
reconciliation
✓ Balance sheet
review

Accurate reconciliations help identify discrepancies, maintain clean financial records and strengthen financial controls.

  • Bank account reconciliation
  • Balance sheet reconciliation
  • Intercompany reconciliation
  • Control account reviews
  • Exception reporting
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05

Expense Processing

Reduce administrative workload while retaining your approval controls.

✓ Expense entry and
categorisation
✓ Receipt and
document checks
✓ Approval workflow
support
✓ Expense reporting
and review

Our expense processing solution reduces manual administration and provides a structured workflow for reviewing and managing business expenses.

  • Expense data entry
  • Receipt verification
  • Expense categorisation
  • Approval workflow support
  • Expense reporting
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06

Management Reporting

Turn financial information into clear, actionable insights for better decision-making.

✓ Monthly management
reports
✓ Financial analysis
and insights
✓ KPI monitoring
and reporting
✓ Management
dashboards

Management reporting provides clear financial visibility so leadership teams can understand performance and make informed business decisions.

  • Monthly management reporting
  • Profit and loss analysis
  • Budget versus actual reporting
  • KPI monitoring
  • Management dashboards
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A CONNECTED PAYROLL PROCESS

Your payroll workflow, from employee data to reporting.

Agree the checks, handovers and decision points before work begins. Exceptions are routed for review at the relevant stage.

Employee Data

Payroll Inputs

Payroll Processing

Review & Reconciliation

Client Approval

Payroll Outputs

Reporting

A CONTROLLED TRANSITION

How payroll outsourcing works.

01

Understand

Review payroll volumes, entities, employee data, pay cycles, systems and current controls.

02

Design

Agree the scope, responsibilities, access, review points, reporting and approval routes.

03

Transition

Document workflows, transfer knowledge and establish structured onboarding.

04

Operate

Perform agreed payroll activities with exceptions routed to the right people.

05

Review & Scale

Review delivery together and adapt capacity as payroll requirements change.

REVIEW AND RECONCILIATION

Make payroll information easier to review.

Payroll review connects employee changes, payroll outputs and accounting information before approval. Finex can support structured review and reconciliation around your agreed procedures.

Payroll totals

Review agreed payroll totals and supporting schedules.

Payroll-to-ledger

Connect payroll information with accounting records.

Exceptions

Highlight differences and route them for review.
 

Approval records

Keep the review and approval handover visible.
 
FLEXIBLE ENGAGEMENT

Choose the payroll model that fits your business.

01 / PAYROLL MODEL

Defined Payroll Support

Outsource a defined payroll activity, such as payroll preparation, reporting or reconciliation, while your team retains the wider process.

For a specific payroll workload or process gap.

02 / PAYROLL MODEL

Dedicated Payroll Professional

Add dedicated payroll capacity that works alongside your finance team and follows your agreed payroll procedures.

For consistent, ongoing payroll support.

03 / PAYROLL MODEL

Managed Payroll Services

Bring agreed payroll activities together under a coordinated delivery model with documented reviews, handovers and reporting.

For a scalable outsourced payroll operating model.
WHO WE SUPPORT

Flexible accounting support for different organisations.

Growing Businesses

Keep accounting processes under control as transaction volumes, teams and business complexity increase.

Corporate Finance Teams

Move routine accounting activities into a structured offshore model while allowing internal finance professionals to focus on reporting, analysis and business partnering.

Private Equity & Portfolio Companies

Build more consistent accounting processes and scalable finance capacity across portfolio businesses.

Property Management Companies

Support high-volume accounting activity, reconciliations, ledger maintenance and multi-entity finance processes.

Scale With Your Business

Create more consistent accounting processes across multiple locations, entities or operating units.

Build Toward a Wider Finance Function

Extend delivery capacity with offshore accounting professionals supporting bookkeeping and accounting workloads.

 
 
THE BUSINESS CASE

Why Outsource Accounting & Bookkeeping?

Good outsourcing should make the work easier to manage—not just move it elsewhere.

Increase Accounting Capacity

Add resources without having to recruit every accounting role internally.

Improve Process Consistency

Create structured routines around bookkeeping, reconciliations and period-end accounting.

Support Faster Month-End

Maintain accounting records throughout the month rather than leaving problems until reporting deadlines.

Free Your Senior Finance Team

Move repeatable accounting work away from controllers, finance managers and senior team members so they can focus on higher-value responsibilities.

Scale With Your Business

Increase resources as transaction volumes, entities and reporting requirements change.

Build Toward a Wider Finance Function

Extend from bookkeeping and accounting into management reporting, FP&A, finance operations and Virtual CFO support.

 
A CONTROLLED TRANSITION

How accounting outsourcing works.

01

Understand

We review your current accounting processes, workload, systems, reporting requirements and internal team structure.

02

Design

We define the processes, roles and responsibilities that will sit with the Finex team.

03

Transition

Processes, documentation, system access and knowledge are transferred through structured onboarding.

04

Operate

Your offshore accounting team performs the agreed activities within your established accounting environment.

05

Scale

Processes and capacity can evolve as your organisation and finance requirements grow.

 

ACCOUNTING SUPPORT THAT CAN GROW WITH YOU

Accounting Support That Can Grow With You

You don’t need to outsource everything at once.

Start where you need support today and expand your outsourced finance function as your business grows.

TECHNOLOGY & COMPLIANCE

Integrated with the platforms you use

Our teams work across leading cloud accounting and practice-management platforms.

xero
Sage

150+

Accounting Professionals

15+

Years Experience

4+

UK Clients Supported

100+

Global Offices

60%+

Staff Cost Savings

95%+

Client Retention

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Finance operations outsourcing, explained.

It is the use of a specialist external team for defined day-to-day finance processes, such as accounts payable, accounts receivable, invoicing, credit control, reconciliations and expense processing.

You can outsource one process or several. Typical areas include AP, AR, invoicing, credit control, bank reconciliations, expense processing and related finance back-office work.

Finance outsourcing may include a broader set of operational processes. Accounting outsourcing often focuses on records, bookkeeping, month-end and reporting. The two can work together in one finance function.

Yes. You can start with accounts payable outsourcing and expand the scope later if you need additional support.

Yes. An offshore finance team can support invoicing, payment allocation, ageing analysis, customer account reconciliation and agreed follow-up activities.

Yes. Finex can structure delivery around your existing systems, processes and reporting environment, subject to the requirements of the engagement.

No. Start with one process, several connected activities, dedicated professionals or a managed finance operation.

The model can expand with transaction volumes, additional processes or a larger team. The right scope and timing are agreed with you.

AP, AR and reconciliations can sit within a wider Global Business Services model, where people, processes, technology and governance are organised for consistent delivery.

START WITH WHAT YOU NEED

Ready to build a more
efficient finance operation?

From accounts payable and receivable to reconciliations, credit control or a complete offshore finance team, we can shape support around your business.