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
Outliers Academy

Explore programmes and request training.

Build internal capability alongside advisory support with structured programmes for professionals and teams.

Bring your books to audit-ready in 60 days.

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