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Xero / MYOB Specialist

Qualified bookkeepers and accountants living in your ledger — reconciliations, payroll, AP/AR, BAS prep and management reporting.

Our rate

$1,875/mo

$11.72/hr · $865/fortnight

Local equivalent

$6,250/mo

$39.06/hr · $2,885/fortnight

Typical saving

70%

Before super, payroll tax and on-costs

Roles we place

BookkeeperAccountantAP/AR OfficerPayroll OfficerManagement Accountant

What changes in month one

  • Month-end close in days, not weeks
  • Debtor days pulled down with disciplined AR
  • Clean, audit-ready records
  • Cashflow reporting your board can read

Team shapes that work

Bookkeeper

1 bookkeeper

Under 500 transactions/month

Finance pod

1 accountant + 1 AP/AR

Growing SMEs

Finance function

Accountant + payroll + AP/AR + lead

Multi-entity groups

Tools they'll live in

XeroMYOBQuickBooksNetSuiteDextExcelPower BI

The real numbers

A salary is not a cost. Super is just the start.

Advertise $75,000 and you'll pay well past it. Superannuation, payroll tax, workers comp, leave loading, recruitment and a laptop all land on top.

1 person

Local hire

Australia
Base salary
$6,250
Superannuation (12%)
$750
Payroll tax (4.85%)
$339
Workers comp (1.5%)
$94
Leave loading (2.5%)
$156
Recruitment, amortised
$1,000
Desk, laptop, software
$250

True cost /mo

$8,840

29% of that is on-costs, not salary — superannuation alone adds $750.

Alternate Outsourcing

Offshore team
All-in fee
$1,875
Superannuation — not applicable
Payroll tax — not applicable
Workers comp — included
Leave and backfill — included
Recruitment and vetting — included
Desk, laptop, software — included

True cost /mo

$1,875

You keep $6,965 per mo — about 79% less than hiring locally, with no super, no payroll tax and no leave liability sitting on your books.

Cost my team

Indicative only. Based on a 160-hour month, superannuation guarantee at 12%, payroll tax at 4.85% and workers compensation at 1.5%. Payroll tax thresholds and rates vary by state; recruitment and equipment costs are amortised over a year. Your actual figures are confirmed on a call.