The N+1 Theory suggests that there is always one more of everything. Most of the time, this is true. But there are also cases where in the +1 in the theory could provide better results. Simply take the case of finance and accounting, where the old methodologies employed by companies such as manually inputting the numbers and figures for each of the employees’ corporate finances could be definitely exceeded by its +1, which is to engage in finance and accounting outsourcing. By doing so, your company will be saved from the troubles of committing mistakes in calculating employee salaries and deductibles.

Finance and accounting processes may be one of the processes that get delegated to an outsourcing solutions provider. Accounting outsourcing has been moving forward this 2011, both in terms of developments in solutions being offered in the finance and accounting outsourcing industry, as well as in the destinations being tapped by finance and accounting solutions providers.

Large businesses are seen to take lesser chances in outsourcing their finance and accounting outsourcing since they see that the risks are high especially if they do decide to outsource to a service provider that offers services at a low price. Also, industry experts are banking on the idea that large enterprises are hesitant to outsource their finance and accounting operations because the company’s loyalty to their staff is firm. These were the top reasons stated in the survey by Ovum conducted among Chief Finance Officers of big firms. But despite these reasons, there are still those companies, mostly small and medium-sized enterprises, which consider outsourcing as they can see or have experienced delegating tasks to a service provider as a positive approach for their business.

Companies are continuously looking at outsourcing non core functions in order to address constraints on budget and increasingly limited resources. With recent current events including unrest in the middle East and now the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, affecting the global economy including oil prices and the energy market, some companies such as telecommunications companies may now opt to outsource functions such as finance and accounting outsourcing of accounts payables and accounts receivable collections in order to ease financial burdens.

Managing a company’s HR and finance and accounting processes can be strenuous for a company’s administration personnel, which is why outsourcing such tasks are becoming more popular. Aside from saving a lot of effort, payroll and accounting outsourcing have been shown to help a company’s budget. More companies are opening their doors to payroll and finance and accounting outsourcing and this may be due to the fact that outsourcing may bring in more benefits to a company than they could have imagined. The Internal Revenue Service of the United States government sanctions those employers that have committed errors in their payroll filing. In order to avoid being sanctioned, companies are turning to solutions providers to handle their company’s payroll and accounting processes.

Reading the Indian mainstream news yesterday about India Inc.’s strategy to expand operations in Eastern Europe and hire multilinguals to serve the European finance and accounting sector does not surprise me anymore. In my April article, I talked about how Europe is becoming more comfortable with outsourcing not just to its neighboring countries but also to Asia particularly to the Philippines. The following month, I wrote an article on Philippine Outsourcing re-focusing its efforts to the European market instead in anticipation of US political and trade condition changes.

With the Philippines continually betting on revenues and jobs from the global outsourcing market, forecasting a growth rate for this year of 20 to 30 percent, the country then needs to refocus its promotion direction to new markets like Europe especially with its main client, the United States’ increasing protectionist moves.