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Accounting & Bookkeeping Hiring Guide


Compare accounting professionals for accurate records, period-end accounting, and ongoing finance support. Accounting and bookkeeping services cover the financial record-keeping, accounting controls, and period-end processes businesses need to maintain reliable accounts. Freelance accountants, bookkeepers and virtual accounting professionals support general ledgers, adjusting entries, account reviews, month-end close and cloud accounting systems without requiring a full-time finance hire.

This page covers the broader accounting and bookkeeping function within Finance. It targets businesses looking for freelance accounting services, outsourced accounting support, small business accounting expertise, and remote accounting professionals rather than one narrow bookkeeping task.

What Does a Freelance Accounting & Bookkeeping Expert Do?


A freelance accounting and bookkeeping expert maintains, reviews, and improves the financial accounting records used to track a business’s financial position and activity.
Depending on the engagement, the work can include:
  • General ledger accounting: Maintain or review ledger accounts, account classifications, and supporting financial records.
  • Month-end close support: Complete period-end accounting tasks, review account balances and prepare records for monthly or quarterly close.
  • Journal entries and adjustments: Record accruals, prepayments, depreciation, corrections, and other adjusting journal entries where required.
  • Trial balance review: Check account balances, investigate unusual movements, and identify records that need correction before reporting.
  • Accounting cleanup: Correct misclassified transactions, duplicate entries, historical posting errors, and inconsistent accounting records.
  • Cloud accounting support: Work with accounting software such as QuickBooks Online, Xero, Sage, Zoho Books, Wave and other financial accounting systems.
  • Accounting process support: Improve recurring accounting workflows, supporting schedules, documentation and handover procedures.
  • Year-end readiness: Organise accounting records, schedules and supporting information for an external accountant, tax professional or auditor.
The required scope should be defined before hiring. A general accounting engagement should not automatically include tax filing, payroll, forecasting or specialist financial analysis unless those services are explicitly agreed.

Which Accounting & Bookkeeping Service Do You Need?


Choose the service that matches the main financial task rather than placing several unrelated accounting requirements into one brief.
  • For recurring transaction records and day-to-day books, hire a specialist in Bookkeeping.
  • For supplier bills, customer invoices, outstanding balances, and payment records, use Accounts Payable & Receivable.
  • For matching bank, credit card, or payment account balances against accounting records, use Bank Reconciliation.
  • For designing or restructuring account codes and ledger categories, use Chart of Accounts Setup.
  • For financial statements, management accounts or reporting from completed accounting records, use Financial Reporting.
If the primary requirement is employee pay, contractor payments or payroll administration, use Payroll & Invoicing. Tax returns, tax compliance, and tax-specific advice belong under Tax Services. Budgets, forecasts, financial models, and forward-looking analysis belong under Financial Planning & Analysis.

How to Hire Freelance Accounting & Bookkeeping Experts on Osdire


On Osdire, you can hire freelance accounting and bookkeeping experts by comparing freelancer profiles directly or by posting a project and receiving proposals.

Option 1: Browse accounting and bookkeeping freelancers

  1. Go to Hire Freelancers.
  2. Look for freelance accountants, bookkeeping professionals, or virtual accountants with experience relevant to your project.
  3. Check their accounting software experience, including QuickBooks, Xero, Sage, Zoho Books, or the system your business uses.
  4. Review experience with general ledger accounting, journal entries, month-end close, accounting cleanup or other work included in your scope.
  5. Confirm whether they understand the accounting basis, reporting period and business structure involved.
  6. Check qualifications when your project requires a certified, chartered or locally regulated accounting professional.
  7. Discuss the current condition of the accounts, number of entities, accounting periods and expected deliverables.
  8. Confirm access requirements, turnaround time, communication process and price.
  9. Hire the freelancer whose accounting experience and proposed scope best match the work.


Option 2: Post an accounting or bookkeeping project

  1. Post a Project Brief explaining the accounting support you need.
  2. State the accounting software and financial systems currently used.
  3. Identify the accounting periods, business entities and accounts included in the project.
  4. Explain whether the accounts are current, incomplete or require historical cleanup.
  5. List the required deliverables, such as ledger review, journal entries, month-end close support, corrections or accounting schedules.
  6. Include any known accounting errors, unreconciled balances or incomplete records.
  7. State whether the engagement is fixed-scope, hourly or ongoing.
  8. Include the deadline and approximate budget.
  9. Receive proposals from relevant accounting professionals.
  10. Compare experience, qualifications, accounting-system knowledge, proposed approach, deliverables and price.
  11. Discuss access, confidentiality and unresolved accounting issues with shortlisted freelancers.
  12. Hire the freelancer whose proposal best matches the project requirements.


How Much Does Freelance Accounting & Bookkeeping Cost?


Freelance accounting rates vary according to professional experience, accounting complexity, record condition, number of entities, software, transaction volume and whether the work is project-based or ongoing.
Typical planning ranges are:
  • Basic accounting task: $50 to $200 per project. Suitable for a limited ledger review, account correction, journal-entry task or clearly defined accounting requirement.
  • Standard accounting project: $200 to $750 per project. Suitable for account cleanup, period-end accounting, several ledger accounts or a defined accounting support project.
  • Advanced accounting project: $750 to $2,000+ per project. Suitable for complex records, several entities, extensive corrections, multi-period work or specialist accounting requirements.
  • Freelance accountant: $15 to $60+ per hour. Qualified, certified or specialised accountants often charge more.
  • Ongoing accounting support: $250 to $1,500+ per month. Monthly pricing depends on the workload, frequency of accounting updates, number of entities and level of professional responsibility.
Before comparing prices, confirm what the quote includes. Accounting cleanup, historic corrections, additional entities, specialist reporting, tax work and urgent deadlines can materially change the final cost.

What to Check Before Hiring an Accounting Freelancer


Use the project scope to evaluate freelancers rather than relying only on job titles.
Check:
  • Accounting experience: Relevant financial accounting, general ledger or small business accounting experience.
  • Software expertise: Practical experience with the accounting platform used by your business.
  • Accounting knowledge: Understanding of debits and credits, trial balances, journal entries, accruals, prepayments and period-end adjustments where relevant.
  • Qualifications: CPA, ACCA, ACA, CA, CIMA or other professional credentials when the work requires them.
  • Industry experience: Familiarity with your business model where accounting treatment or transaction flows are specialised.
  • Record cleanup skills: Ability to investigate accounting errors instead of simply continuing from incorrect balances.
  • Period-end experience: Knowledge of month-end, quarter-end or year-end accounting processes.
  • Data security: Appropriate handling of accounting records, financial documents and system access.
  • Deliverables: Clear agreement on which records, schedules, corrections or accounting outputs will be provided.
  • Scope control: Clear treatment of additional periods, entities or accounting problems discovered after work starts.
For regulated, statutory or tax work, verify that the freelancer is authorised or qualified to perform the required service in the relevant jurisdiction.

What to Include in an Accounting Project Brief


Give freelancers enough financial and operational context to scope the accounting work accurately.
Include:
  • Business type and industry
  • Country or accounting jurisdiction
  • Accounting software
  • Accounting basis where relevant
  • Financial periods involved
  • Number of business entities
  • Approximate transaction volume
  • Current condition of the accounts
  • General ledger issues
  • Known accounting errors
  • Outstanding journal entries
  • Month-end or year-end requirements
  • Required accounting schedules
  • Existing accountant or finance-team involvement
  • Required qualifications
  • Expected deliverables
  • One-time or ongoing scope
  • Deadline
  • Budget
Do not place banking passwords, payment credentials, access tokens or confidential financial records inside a public project description. Provide necessary access securely after hiring.

FAQ


Can I hire a freelance accountant for month-end close?

Yes. Freelance accountants can support month-end close by reviewing ledger balances, posting adjusting journal entries, recording accruals and prepayments, checking supporting
schedules and preparing accounts for period-end review. Define which entities, accounts and accounting periods are included before hiring.

Can a freelance accountant work with QuickBooks, Xero or Sage?

Yes. Many freelance accounting professionals specialise in cloud accounting software such as QuickBooks Online, Xero, Sage, Zoho Books and Wave. Check the freelancer’s experience with your exact system because accounting workflows, integrations and reporting features vary between platforms.

Can I hire a virtual accountant for ongoing accounting support?

Yes. A virtual accountant can provide remote accounting support on an hourly, weekly or monthly basis. Ongoing outsourced accounting services can include general ledger support, accounting adjustments, period-end tasks, accounting reviews and coordination with internal or external finance professionals.

Do freelance accountants prepare journal entries and accounting adjustments?

Yes. Freelance accountants with relevant financial accounting experience can prepare journal entries for accruals, prepayments, depreciation, corrections, reclassifications and other period-end adjustments. The exact entries should be supported by the appropriate accounting records and policies.

Do I need a certified accountant for every accounting project?

No. Routine accounting support does not always require a CPA, ACCA, ACA, CA or other certified professional. Professional qualifications become more important when the engagement involves statutory accounts, regulated services, formal assurance, complex accounting treatment or jurisdiction-specific professional requirements.

Can a freelance accountant work with my existing bookkeeper or tax accountant?

Yes. A freelance accountant can work alongside an existing bookkeeper, tax adviser, finance manager or external accounting firm. Define responsibilities clearly so transaction recording, accounting adjustments, reporting, tax work and final approvals are not duplicated between different professionals.

How to become a freelance accounting and bookkeeping expert on Osdire?


To become a freelance accounting and bookkeeping expert, build practical experience in financial accounting, general ledger management, journal entries, trial balance review, month-end close, accounting cleanup and cloud accounting software. Develop proficiency with platforms such as QuickBooks Online, Xero, Sage, Zoho Books or other accounting systems used by your target clients.

Build portfolio examples that demonstrate accounting processes without exposing confidential financial data. Relevant examples include anonymised general ledger reviews, accounting cleanup projects, period-end schedules, journal-entry workflows and accounting-system projects. Professional accounting qualifications can strengthen your profile when you plan to provide specialised or regulated services.

Then create your profile through Become a Freelancer, describe your accounting and bookkeeping expertise, list your accounting software, qualifications and industry experience, and add relevant portfolio examples that help buyers evaluate your skills.