Everything in writing. Nothing hidden.
The parts of this that usually go wrong are not technical. They are about who knew what, and when.
The price does not change midway
The written scope and fee are fixed. If extra work comes up we tell you the cost first and wait for you to agree.
Your records stay private
An NDA is signed before we see anything. Only the named people on your account get access.
One person you can call
No call centre and no ticket queue. One named person knows your business and answers.
You can leave whenever you want
No minimum term. Your books, documents and software access come back to you in usable form.
Measured against the alternatives, not in the abstract.
Every one of these is a real option and some of them are the right one. Here is where each stops working.
Against hiring someone
One accountant has nobody checking the work, no cover when they are ill, and takes everything they learned with them when they resign. The cost comparison is on the Bangladesh page and it is closer than most owners expect once festival bonuses, provident fund and a desk are counted.
Against a local bookkeeper
Cheaper, often good, and structurally the same problem: one person, working alone, unchecked. Ask who reviews the month before it reaches you. If the answer is nobody, the price difference is buying you something.
Against a chartered accountancy firm
They can sign your audit and we cannot, and for that work you should use them. But the sign-off is an annual event and your books are a monthly problem. We do the monthly work properly and hand the audit firm something they can sign without a three-week reconstruction.
Against a large outsourcing firm
They staff a function: a lead, analysts, compliance specialists, an account manager. If you are big enough to need those layers, that is the right answer and we will say so. If you are not, they are overhead, and you end up talking to someone who has never opened your ledger. Here you deal with the person who runs your close.
On price
You will not be quoted for this work before a meeting. The few firms here that publish any price at all are billing foreign clients in dollars, or pricing a different service. Ours is on the site before you call, and in the engagement letter before any work starts.
On what we will not take
Statutory audit, assurance, tax filing and legal opinions are licensed work and we refer them out. A firm that says yes to all of it is telling you something.
How the work starts.
You can stop after any step.
A first conversation
Fifteen minutes. What you do, where the books stand, what is actually hurting. We say honestly whether we can help.
A look at your books
No charge. We tell you what we find, including the parts you will not enjoy hearing.
A written price
Scope and fee in writing before any work starts. You can stop here.
The monthly routine
Entries, reconciliation, close, and the pack on a fixed date. Reviewed together as often as you want it.
Work done in Dhaka, to the standard set in the US practice.
The claim that a firm beats a single hire only means something if you can see the shape of it.
Founder, in the United States
Nineteen years in finance and operations, and more than a hundred engagements, before any of this came to Dhaka. Sets the standard the work is done to, and sits on the monthly call for CFO clients. The practice was built serving American businesses; the process came with it.
Accounting manager, in Dhaka
Runs the close and reviews the work before it reaches you. This is the person who decides the month is finished, and the one who answers when you ask why a number moved.
Operations, in Dhaka
The recurring work: entries, reconciliation, the documents and the chasing. Done here rather than by you, and checked before it counts.
Nothing reaches you unchecked
Whoever prepares the month is not the person who signs it off. That is the ordinary arrangement inside a finance team and the thing a single hire structurally cannot give you, however good they are. It is also why a resignation here does not stop your books.
What we do not do.
Finsightic is not a chartered accountancy firm. Statutory audit and assurance are ICAB licensed work and we do not do them. We do not file your VAT or income tax returns with the NBR, we do not make your RJSC filings, and we do not give legal opinions. What we do is keep the records all of that is built from: a VAT return that is a filing job rather than a reconstruction, TDS deducted and scheduled month by month, provident fund and gratuity accounted for rather than guessed at, and a ledger your auditor can work from without a three week scramble. We refer the licensed work to ICAB registered firms and hand over books that are ready for it.
Full HR services are outside our scope too. We would rather say no than take work we cannot do properly, and you should be wary of anyone who says yes to all of it.
Before you call.
Who will we actually deal with?
One named person who knows your business and answers. The work is done in Dhaka. The process and the review standard come from the US practice.
Who checks the work?
Whoever prepares your month is not the person who signs it off. A second person reviews before anything reaches you. That is ordinary inside a finance team, and it is the thing one hire structurally cannot give you however good they are.
What is in the engagement letter?
The scope, the price, the dates you will receive things, and what is not included. All of it before work starts. Nothing about the fee is left to be settled later.
What happens if we leave?
No minimum term. Your books, your documents and your software access come back to you in usable form. Being difficult to leave is not a retention strategy we are interested in.
More general questions are answered on the contact page.
Start with a look at your books.
Fifteen minutes, no charge. We say honestly whether we can help, and what it would cost.