Your outsourced finance team. Clear, capable, connected.

An outsourced accounting team handles the financial processes your business needs without the cost of building a full in-house department. Leading Edge supports South African SMEs with cloud accounting, reconciliations, routine compliance, payroll, monthly reporting and company administration.

Our Small Business Starter option begins at R1,950 per month for qualifying sole proprietors and newly trading businesses. Comprehensive monthly retainers start at R2,950 and generally range up to R12,950, depending on transaction volumes, VAT registration, employee numbers, reporting requirements and overall complexity.

Your monthly retainer includes your Xero or QuickBooks subscription, cloud accounting and reconciliations, routine SARS compliance, payroll for employees and directors where applicable, monthly financial reporting, and ongoing support from the Leading Edge team. Your proposal clearly sets out the services and entities covered.

We work with Xero and QuickBooks for cloud accounting. Leading Edge is a Xero Gold Partner. We also use Hubdoc for paperless document capture, PaySpace for cloud payroll, Syft Analytics for financial reporting and insights, Google Workspace for collaboration, and ClickUp to manage our internal workflow.

Email is our primary communication channel, giving you and our team a clear record of requests, questions and decisions. WhatsApp is available for urgent matters such as time-sensitive payments or compliance issues. We can use shared Google Drive folders for the organised exchange of supporting documents, while requests and follow-up items are tracked internally through ClickUp so responsibilities, deadlines and responses remain visible.

Yes. We manage the transition by communicating with your current accountant, collecting the necessary records, reviewing your accounting and compliance position, and transferring the relevant system and SARS access. We aim to make the change organised and straightforward.

We first assess what is outstanding and identify the work required to bring your accounting and compliance up to date. Historical, catch-up or corrective work is assessed and quoted separately from the ongoing monthly retainer.

Yes. Our cloud-based systems allow us to support South African businesses nationwide. Records, reports and communication can be managed securely online while you retain access to real people who understand your business.

Yes. Payroll for employees and directors is included in all our monthly retainers where applicable. Your fee takes the number of employees and the complexity of the payroll into account, and includes payroll processing and the related routine submissions.

We help retainer clients remain compliant by filing annual CIPC returns and submitting the annual Compensation Fund Return of Earnings, where applicable. These annual submissions are not included in the monthly retainer. The relevant statutory fee or assessment remains payable by the client, and Leading Edge charges a small administration fee for preparing, managing and submitting the return.

Routine SARS compliance applicable to your business can form part of your Leading Edge retainer. Complex tax consulting, tax structuring, residency, international tax and strategic advisory services are provided and billed separately through Sentier Consulting, our specialist tax and advisory business.

Request a short introductory call and tell us a little about your business. We will reply by email with suggested times for a 10-minute conversation, learn about your current systems and requirements, and then provide a clear proposal setting out the recommended scope, monthly fee and onboarding process.