We are not a traditional accounting firm. We are a practice built around one idea: that businesses everywhere deserve CFO-quality financial management — without the overhead of a full-time in-house team.
Global Accounts Partner was founded to solve a problem we saw consistently across small and growing businesses: the gap between what their finances needed and what they could realistically afford. A full-time CPA costs $85,000 a year. A CFO costs $300,000. Most businesses between $500K and $10M in revenue need both — but cannot justify either. We built a practice that fills that gap.
Today we manage the complete finance function for 500+ businesses across the USA, Canada, the UK, Australia, and beyond — from daily bookkeeping and bank reconciliation to virtual CFO advisory and investor-ready financial reporting. Every engagement is anchored by our CPA-qualified practice lead and delivered by a network of specialist accounting consultants, each vetted for the specific standards and industries they serve.
The idea for Global Accounts Partner started from a straightforward observation: the businesses that needed good financial management the most were the ones least able to afford it.
Our founder had spent 10+ working in accounting and financial advisory, and kept encountering the same situation. A business owner would come in for help — a cash flow problem, a funding application, a tax question — and the underlying issue was always the same: nobody had been managing the finances properly.
Not because the owner was careless. Because they were doing everything themselves and bookkeeping was the thing that kept slipping. We built a practice that fills that gap with a model that works the way modern business works — remotely, flexibly, and with specialists matched to each specific need.
What has not changed since day one
Most accounting firms are staffed by generalists. We built Global Accounts Partner differently. Every client engagement is managed by a specialist — an accounting professional with deep experience in the specific service, industry, and accounting standard that applies to your business.
An e-commerce business in the USA gets a bookkeeper with specific experience in Shopify/Amazon reconciliation and US sales tax nexus — not a generalist who will "figure it out" on your time.
A UK firm gets an accountant qualified in FRS 102 and familiar with PAYE and VAT — not someone applying US GAAP rules to a UK entity. We match the expert to the country's standards.
A SaaS company raising capital gets a virtual CFO who has built investor-grade models for VC due diligence before — ensuring your reporting meets institutional standards.
Every deliverable is reviewed by a CPA-qualified team member before it reaches you. Our quality standard applies across our entire network, regardless of the specialist assigned.
Every specialist in our network goes through a structured assessment before being assigned to client work. We match backgrounds to requirements, not just availability.
| Criteria | Global Accounts Partner Standard |
|---|---|
| Academic Qualification | Minimum: CPA, CA, ACCA, CMA, or equivalent professional accounting qualification in their jurisdiction. |
| Software Mastery | Active QuickBooks ProAdvisor, Xero Certified Advisor, or platform-specific equivalent for the assigned client software. |
| Regulatory Testing | Passed assessment on the specific accounting standard applicable to the engagement: US GAAP, IFRS, ASPE, or FRS 102. |
| Documented Experience | Minimum 3 years documented experience in the industry or sector of the assigned client business. |
| Multi-Stage Review | First three deliverables for any client reviewed by the practice lead before dispatch — followed by ongoing spot-check. |
| Data Security Integrity | Signed NDA and data handling agreement. Encrypted file transfer protocols. No third-party data sharing. |
Our clients see their account manager and their CPA-reviewed deliverables. The infrastructure that produces those results is our ongoing responsibility.
We believe clients should know exactly how their finances are being managed. These are the operational commitments that govern every GAP engagement.
Before we begin any work, you are assigned a dedicated account manager. That is the person you email. That is the person who signs off your monthly reports. That is the person who knows your business, your software, your vendors, and your compliance obligations. You are never passed to a call centre or a rotating support queue.
No report, reconciliation, or financial statement leaves our practice without a quality review. For ongoing clients, this is performed by a CPA-qualified reviewer. For new clients in the first three months, every deliverable is reviewed by the practice lead personally. You will never receive a set of accounts that has not been checked by a qualified professional.
If something in your engagement is going to affect a delivery date — a missing bank statement, a data access issue, a complexity in the reconciliation — we communicate that before the deadline, not on the day. Our clients have told us this single commitment, consistently delivered, is the thing they value most about working with us.
If a client comes to us with requirements that are outside the expertise of our current network — a highly specialist jurisdiction, an unusual accounting structure, a niche industry — we say so. We will recommend a specialist or refer the client to a firm better suited. Overpromising is not something we do. It is better for the client and for us if the fit is right before the engagement starts.
All client data is held under a signed confidentiality agreement. Our consultants operate under NDA. File transfers use encrypted channels. We do not reference client businesses in any external communication without written consent. The standard we hold is professional, because the same professional obligations apply to our practice lead.
The accounting standard that governs your financial reporting depends on where your business is incorporated, who your stakeholders are, and what external parties — lenders, investors, tax authorities — need from your accounts. We operate across four major standards and have active client engagements in each.
| Accounting Standard | Jurisdiction | Applicability | Key Compliance Rules Applied |
|---|---|---|---|
| US GAAP (FASB) | United States | All US businesses — required for external reporting | ASC 606 revenue recognition · ASC 842 leases · LIFO/FIFO inventory |
| IFRS (IASB) | UK, Australia, Canada, EU, 140+ countries | Publicly accountable entities and multinationals | IFRS 15 revenue · IFRS 16 leases · IAS 7 cash flow |
| ASPE (CPA Canada) | Canada | Private Canadian companies not publicly accountable | Simplified from IFRS · Section 3856 financial instruments |
| FRS 102 | United Kingdom | UK small and medium-sized entities | Reduced disclosure regime · UK GAAP post-Brexit |
We serve clients across the USA, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and — through IFRS-reporting entities — businesses in Europe, Asia, and beyond. If your business operates across multiple jurisdictions, we apply the correct standard to each entity and produce consolidated group reporting in the parent entity's standard.
We do not publish values that sound good on a website. We publish commitments that bind our practice. Here is what each one means in operational terms.
Financial records that are wrong, even when they are early, cause decisions to be made on bad information. We will not rush a deliverable to meet a deadline if accuracy is at risk. A clean set of accounts delivered on day 12 is worth more to your business than an inaccurate one on day 10.
No accounting practice knows everything. When we encounter something outside our expertise—an unusual accounting treatment or specialist jurisdiction—we say so immediately. We do not guess on client work; we find the right answer, even if it means consulting external specialists.
Knowledge about your business lives in documented systems, not just in one person's head. If an account manager leaves our network, your engagement continues without interruption. Your data and institutional knowledge are held by GAP, ensuring long-term security.
We do not discuss client businesses with others or reference work in marketing without written consent. The confidentiality standard we hold is professional, not just contractual—we handle sensitive information with the extreme care it deserves.
Every engagement starts with a written scope and a fixed monthly fee. If the scope changes—more entities or new services—we discuss the fee adjustment before the work begins. You will never open a GAP invoice and see a charge you did not expect.
The following certifications and memberships are held by our practice lead and applied across our consultant network. All certifications listed are active and verified.
| Professional Certification | Accountability & Standards | Held By |
|---|---|---|
| Chartered Accountant (CA) | Professional accounting qualification awarded by ICAI / ICAEW / CA ANZ. Requires rigorous examination, 3+ years supervised experience, and mandatory annual CPD. | Practice Lead |
| Certified Public Accountant (CPA) | US professional accounting qualification. Requires examination, ethics training, and ongoing CPD. Authorises the signing of US GAAP financial reports. | Practice Lead |
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Intuit QuickBooks Online ProAdvisor
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Active certification in QuickBooks Online — verified by Intuit as the standard platform for US and Canadian SME reporting. | Practice + Network |
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Xero Certified Advisor
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Active certification in Xero — verified by Xero for UK and Australian cloud accounting compliance. | Practice + Network |
| Enrolled Agent (EA) | Federally licensed by the IRS to represent taxpayers. Authorises US federal tax representation at the highest non-attorney level. | Practice Lead |
| Data Privacy Standards | Aligned with GDPR and HIPAA protocols. All engagements are under professional confidentiality obligations, not just contractual ones. | All Engagements |
We are not the right solution for every business. Here is an honest assessment of where our model excels and where you might need something different.
| Business Case | GAP Is Likely the Right Fit | You May Need Something Different |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue Size | ✓$500K to $50M+ annual revenue — complex enough to need real specialist finance, but not yet justifying a full in-house team. | !Under $200K revenue — simple bookkeeping software and basic local tax filing is likely sufficient. |
| Geography | ✓USA, Canada, UK, Australia, and any IFRS-reporting jurisdiction globally. Ideal for cross-border operations. | !Highly specialised local compliance (e.g. complex state-specific US tax structures requiring physical registered presence). |
| Financial Needs | ✓Investor-ready financials, clean audit-ready reconciliations, and strategic CFO-level advisory on a flexible basis. | !Daily on-site accountancy, physical document handling, or direct audit conduct (we support audits but do not conduct them). |
| Investment | ✓$325 to $5,000 / month — providing high-level professional oversight at a fraction of the cost of a domestic employee. | !If your budget is under $200/month, the professional standard of oversight we provide cannot be achieved. |
If you are not sure whether GAP is the right fit for your business, the most efficient way to find out is a 30-minute consultation. We will give you an honest answer — including if we think you should look elsewhere.
Book a 30-Minute ConsultationThe most efficient way to understand whether Global Accounts Partner is right for your business is a 30-minute conversation.
You will speak directly with a member of our senior leadership team — people who have built and managed finance functions for businesses just like yours. No sales pitch, just an honest assessment.