How To Find The Right Bookkeeper For Your Business

1st September 2023
Paul Cain

Whether you’re looking for your first bookkeeper or a new one, it’s a big decision. After all, you are handing over your sensitive and confidential financial information to someone else.

Finding the right bookkeeper can be tricky, but Paul Cain from Cain & Co gives his advice on how to get it right.

Recommendation

Ask others who they use and if they would they recommend them. Ask questions about the service based on what you are looking for – communication, response times, range of services, experience, price.

Qualifications and experience

Quite often, business owners will leave their bookkeeping to a spouse, relative or friend – but it’s really a job for a professional, who has training, qualifications, experience and updates their skills and knowledge.

What you need

Bookkeepers differ in what they offer – some will simply settle your books every month, quarter and year, whilst others, like Cain & Co, will work with you on the business development and future financial planning side too.

Accountant v Bookkeeper

You may only speak to your accountant once a year to finalise your returns. If your business is making a loss or has financial issues, you might not know the scale of it for a whole year…a bookkeeper will spot it as it’s happening, so you can take action to avoid a longer-term problem from affecting your business.

Bookkeeping done badly can be expensive, time-consuming and worrying to put right. Make the right decision carefully at the start for it to be a brilliant business asset.

Cain & Co
cainandbeer.com | takecontrol@cainandco.co.uk
01795 602303

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