A qualified accountant costs far more than their salary. Here is how outsourcing cuts the true cost of capacity.
The salary on a job advert is only part of the story. The true cost of an employee includes employer National Insurance, pension contributions, holiday and sick cover, software, desks, training and the risk of turnover.
The real cost of a hire
A qualified UK accountant on £45,000 can cost well over £55,000 once on-costs are added — and you carry that cost through quiet months as well as busy ones. Add recruitment fees and weeks of ramp-up, and a single hire is a significant commitment.
Turning fixed cost into variable
Outsourcing replaces that fixed cost with a variable one. You pay per job or per resource, with no on-costs and no idle time, and you scale with your workload. For variable or seasonal work, it is usually far cheaper than employing.
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