Virtual bookkeeper vs employee
Hire a bookkeeper or use a virtual one? Here's how the numbers and the day-to-day compare.
What's included
Need more bookkeeping capacity? You can employ a bookkeeper or use a virtual one. They deliver the same clean books, but the cost, cover and commitment are very different. Here's the comparison.
Cost
Employee: salary plus employer NI, pension, holiday and software. Virtual: pay per job or per resource, no on-costs.
Cover
Employee: you cover holidays and sickness. Virtual: cover is included and the books stay current.
Flexibility
Employee: fixed cost year-round. Virtual: scale with client volumes.
Management
Employee: you recruit, train and manage. Virtual: we manage and review the work.
Speed
Employee: weeks to hire. Virtual: start in days.
Why practices hand this to us
You keep the client and the relationship. We do the production work — inside your software, reviewed before it reaches you.
The upside
- A virtual bookkeeper wins for variable volumes and fast starts.
- An employee can suit steady, high-volume in-house work.
- Cover and management are our problem, not yours.
- Job-based, hourly or a dedicated resource — you choose.
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