Recruitment agencies, freelance platforms, offshore staffing firms and finance-specialist managed providers all place accounting staff from the Philippines. They differ in who employs the staff and who manages them after the start date. OFP is a finance-specialist provider: it employs the professionals full-time and keeps managing HR, payroll, equipment, performance and replacement.
Five Types of Provider
Every provider type below can put a finance professional in the Philippines to work on your files. What separates them is what happens after the start date: who employs the professional, who directs the work and who replaces them when they leave.
| Provider type | Who employs | Who directs the work | Who replaces a leaver | Finance and accounting only |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freelance platform | No one: the professional contracts with you | You | You, by hiring again | No |
| Recruitment or direct hire | You | You | You | Varies |
| General BPO | The provider | The provider, on agreed processes | The provider | No |
| Offshore staffing | The provider | You | The provider | Varies |
| Managed finance team | The provider | The provider's senior accountant, on the scope you agree | The provider | Yes |
Named Providers Serving Australia
These are providers Australian firms meet when they ask which companies offer dedicated accounting staff in the Philippines. The facts are only what each provider states on its own site, linked in the first column.
| Provider | Head office | Markets named | Model, as described | Finance and accounting only |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outsourced Finance Philippines (OFP) | Makati City, Philippines | Australia, New Zealand | Managed finance team | Yes |
| TOA Global | not stated | Australia | Offshore staffing | Yes |
| Cloudstaff | not stated | Australia | Offshore staffing | No |
| Remote Staff | not stated | Australia, United Kingdom, United States, Canada | Offshore staffing | No |
| Beepo | Clark, Philippines (main office) | Australia | Offshore staffing | No |
| DV Philippines | Makati City, Philippines | Australia, United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Europe, Singapore | General BPO | No |
| Deployed | not stated | Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom | Offshore staffing | No |
Facts as each provider states them on the linked page, checked November 2026. "Not stated" means the provider's own site does not say. No prices, ratings or client figures are compared.
Providers whose own site names no Australian or New Zealand market, or whose site could not be reached when the table was checked, are left out.
How to Choose
- Who employs the professional, and who runs payroll, leave and Philippine labour compliance
- Who directs the day-to-day work, and whether you want to
- Whether the professional works only on your files
- Who replaces a professional who leaves, and how the work is handed over
- Whether the provider works only in finance and accounting
- Which software the team works in: Xero, MYOB or QuickBooks Online
- How many working hours overlap with AEST or NZST
- What stays with your firm: review, sign-off and lodgement through your registered agent
The buyer's guide to offshore finance models covers what to look for in an offshore accounting provider in more depth, and TOA Global and Cloudstaff are compared one by one.
Where OFP Fits
OFP is a managed finance team provider that works only in finance and accounting, for Australian and New Zealand businesses and accounting firms. In the default Managed Finance Team, a senior accountant is your single point of contact and OFP runs the team behind them; in a Dedicated Finance Professional engagement, you direct the work yourself. In both, OFP recruits, employs, pays and replaces the professionals: see what a fully managed team includes and who owns what in each model.
For Australian firms, outsourced accounting services for Australia sets out the roles and the indicative costs. Ready to compare a role? Start your team.