In a recent Harvard Business Review report the number of people who say they can’t concentrate at their desk has increased by 16% since 2008, and the number of those who don’t have access to quiet places to do focused work is up by 13%. Office space design today seems to come with noises and other distractions that break concentration or inhibit …
Why Offshoring Australian compliance is no panacea for Accounting firms with poor systems and processes
Offshoring not always profitable Offshoring work overseas (labour hire of offshore staff) frequently misses the practice efficiencies that Accounting firm owners are looking for. In the absence of having the right systems in places to take advantage of an offshore labour force, the back-office tasks performed offshore don’t necessarily have a positive effect on profitability, despite a lower labour cost. …
Australian Accounting firm: Which outsourcing model can work best for your business?
Outsourcing your Australian compliance work to overseas is an important undertaking. If done properly, it can greatly improve the way you do accounting business and give you a more competitive advantage. With the time, money, and resources you will invest, you need to ensure that you get your money’s worth. Let’s quick go through the checklist below to choose the …
Australian Tax Compliance offshore: Cracks in the offshore full time labour model
Australian accountants are looking to a 6-12 month business slowdown, and possibly longer, and are starting to cut fixed costs. Those fixed costs which can easily be released are the offshore full time labour force, which usually require 1-3 months notification to let the staff be returned to the offshore labour firm. Those firms will still need resources for ad-hoc …
Forex Risks: It’s time for Australian accounting firms with offshore labour resources to look at the fine print
The Australian dollar is diving down. Australian SME’s need to not only manage supply chains in a difficult time, but also manage the foreign exchange issues. Since the beginning of 2020, many offshore markets such as Vietnam, India and Philippines are observing a big down in foreign exchange rate with Australian dollar. For example, Philippine peso has gone down from …
Offshoring is Bloody hard
We spoke to an accounting firm and they were talking to us about their experience in the Philippines. They were talking to the Odyssey as they were having a person going on maternity leave and wanted something initially temporary in place, but it might grow to be full time. They’d hear about the Odyssey at a conference last year from …
Millennials and their impact on Australian Accounting firms… and the fixed offshore resource model
Millennials (also known as the Millennial Generation or Generation Y) are the demographic generation following Generation X. There are no precise dates for when the generation starts and ends; most researchers and commentators use birth years ranging from the early 1980s to the early 2000s. The Millennials seem to be making a lot of people worried. With blog postings like …