Outsource Your Bookkeeping!

By Steve Zimmerman,

The most strategic decision you make regarding how to staff
your accounting department may be to not staff it at all. Well, at least not
with employees of your organization. Outsourced accounting — having the
accounting done by an outside person or firm — isn’t new, but it is getting a
second look as nonprofits search for ways to cut office costs.

We’ve written here before about using accurate and timely
financial information to manage your organization well. But the question for
many executive directors is: how do I get that financial information? While a
good in-house bookkeeper is probably better than an outsourced bookkeeper, an
outsourced bookkeeper is much better than a bad in-house bookkeeper.(read more)

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