Practice · Accounting & Bookkeeping

Books that survive the audit, the lender and the board.

Cloud-based bookkeeping, IFRS-compliant monthly close and a fully outsourced finance function — staffed by qualified accountants, supervised by senior consultants.

T+5
Average monthly close after period end
100%
IFRS / CAMA compliant deliverables
60+
Active outsourced finance engagements
01 · What we do

Sub-practices.
One accountable senior consultant.

Every Outliers engagement is leadership-led. You get one named senior consultant, one accountable team and one model that travels across the full scope of the practice.

01

Bookkeeping & Ledger

Daily/weekly capture in Xero, QuickBooks, Sage or Odoo with reconciled control accounts.

02

Monthly Close

Accruals, prepayments, FX revaluation, intercompany and management reporting pack.

03

Outsourced Finance

Embedded controllers, AP/AR teams and CFO-on-demand for growth-stage companies.

04

Audit Preparation

PBC packs, lead schedules and auditor liaison — eliminating audit firefighting.

05

Inventory & Costing

Standard costing, BOM build-up and stock counts for manufacturers and traders.

06

Systems Implementation

Chart of accounts redesign, ERP cutover and bank-feed automation.

02 · How we work

A method, not a moodboard.

01

Assess

We diagnose your current books, controls and systems — and quantify the clean-up cost.

02

Stabilise

We back-post, reconcile and bring you to a clean opening balance sheet within 4–6 weeks.

03

Operate

We run the monthly close on a documented calendar with named owners and SLAs.

04

Report

Board-ready management accounts, KPI dashboards and variance commentary every month.

03 · Who we serve

Built for boards that own the number.

  • Founders raising a Series A who need audit-ready books in 60 days
  • Subsidiaries of multinationals consolidating to IFRS
  • NGOs reporting to bilateral donors with restricted-fund accounting
  • Manufacturers running standard costing and inventory controls
  • Family offices consolidating multi-entity portfolios
  • Listed-company subsidiaries on a quarterly reporting cadence
Gated download

Download: The Outliers Monthly Close Calendar

A 28-day expert-tested close calendar with owners, dependencies and SLAs for Nigerian finance teams.

04 · Related insights

Recent thinking from the desk.

All insights
IFRS

IFRS 18 Presentation and Disclosure: what changes for Nigerian filers in 2027

8 min
Close

The 5-day close: a playbook for Nigerian finance teams under pressure

6 min
Systems

Choosing between Xero, QuickBooks, Sage and Odoo in 2026

10 min

Bring your books to audit-ready in 60 days.

Leadership-led diagnostic. Fixed-fee remediation plan within a week.