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.
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.
Bookkeeping & Ledger
Daily/weekly capture in Xero, QuickBooks, Sage or Odoo with reconciled control accounts.
Monthly Close
Accruals, prepayments, FX revaluation, intercompany and management reporting pack.
Outsourced Finance
Embedded controllers, AP/AR teams and CFO-on-demand for growth-stage companies.
Audit Preparation
PBC packs, lead schedules and auditor liaison — eliminating audit firefighting.
Inventory & Costing
Standard costing, BOM build-up and stock counts for manufacturers and traders.
Systems Implementation
Chart of accounts redesign, ERP cutover and bank-feed automation.
A method, not a moodboard.
Assess
We diagnose your current books, controls and systems — and quantify the clean-up cost.
Stabilise
We back-post, reconcile and bring you to a clean opening balance sheet within 4–6 weeks.
Operate
We run the monthly close on a documented calendar with named owners and SLAs.
Report
Board-ready management accounts, KPI dashboards and variance commentary every month.
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
Download: The Outliers Monthly Close Calendar
A 28-day expert-tested close calendar with owners, dependencies and SLAs for Nigerian finance teams.
Recent thinking from the desk.
The 5-day close: a playbook for Nigerian finance teams under pressure
Choosing between Xero, QuickBooks, Sage and Odoo in 2026
Bring your books to audit-ready in 60 days.
Leadership-led diagnostic. Fixed-fee remediation plan within a week.
