Accounting Services

Accounting Services – Manage Your Financial Operations With Ease

Transform your financial operations with Toptal’s Accounting Services. We work with you to deliver accurate bookkeeping, transparent reporting, and cost optimization strategies that streamline your accounting processes, reduce overhead expenses, and provide the financial insights needed for strategic decision-making.

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Clients Served

35,000+

Total Vetted Professionals

30,000+

Toptal Total Projects Delivered

85,000+

Years in Business

15+

TRUSTED BY LEADING BRANDS AND STARTUPS

Our Services

Toptal Accounting Services

From day-to-day accounting tasks to advanced financial strategy, our accounting services deliver the expertise you need to improve efficiency, ensure compliance, and unlock actionable insights for long-term success.

Bookkeeping

Streamline daily financial records with precision, ensuring accurate data
to support sound
decision-making.

Accounts Payable Management

Optimize vendor payment processes for accuracy and timeliness, reducing errors while strengthening supplier relationships.

Accounts Receivable Management

Accelerate collections with efficient processes that improve cash flow and minimize outstanding balances.

Payroll Administration

Simplify payroll operations with compliant, on-time processing that supports employee satisfaction and retention.

Financial Statement Preparation

Deliver accurate, timely statements that give leadership and stakeholders full visibility into financial health.

Regulatory Compliance

Mitigate risks and navigate ever-changing regulations with confidence, ensuring compliance and peace of mind.

Cash Flow Management

Gain control over liquidity with proactive forecasting and insights that help optimize business operations.

Budgeting and Forecasting

Plan with confidence using data-driven models that align resources with business objectives and growth goals.

Internal Controls

Strengthen financial integrity by implementing systems that safeguard assets and prevent costly errors.

Audit Support

Prepare confidently for audits with organized documentation and expert guidance through every stage.

Accounting Systems Implementation

Modernize workflows and boost efficiency by implementing advanced accounting technology that streamlines processes and empowers finance teams.

Financial Reporting

Provide stakeholders with clear, real-time reports that promote transparency and data-driven business decisions.

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PARTNERSHIP THAT WORKS

How We Deliver Accounting Services

Our accounting experts, with experience at leading companies, develop and deploy tailored solutions to meet your business needs and unique industry demands for sustainable results and long-term success.

Discover

A leader from our team works with you to understand your business challenges, pain points, and strategic goals to uncover new opportunities and identify the options to reach your objectives.

Define

Toptal leaders collaborate with your team to define your specific goals and service needs, evaluating multiple approaches and aligning requirements with your strategic objectives to define the best solution.

Develop

Once your service is defined and you have your talent or team on board, they will create your unique project timeline, process, and initial proposals, whether you’re streamlining your accounting function or building a forward-looking financial strategy.

Deploy

Toptal will get to work, tracking quality assurance, handling project management, and maintaining the delivery schedule.

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Matthew McNaghten

Business Strategy and Finance Consulting Practice Lead

As Toptal’s Business Strategy and Finance Consulting Practice Lead, Matt focuses on helping clients address critical issues and drive value across their enterprises. He brings 35 years of senior-level consulting experience, having held leadership roles at Cognizant, Accenture, IBM, and Deloitte.As Toptal’s Business Strategy and Finance Consulting Practice Lead, Matt focuses on helping clients address critical issues and drive value across their enterprises. He brings 35 years of senior-level consulting experience, having held leadership roles at Cognizant, Accenture, IBM, and Deloitte.

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CUSTOMIZED SOLUTIONS

Accounting Solutions That Deliver Value

Toptal delivers leading accounting services through its diverse talent network and flexible delivery models. We implement the right skills at each project phase, blending expertise from various roles for seamless execution.

End-to-End Delivery by Toptal
On-demand Talent and Teams

End-to-End Delivery by Toptal

Comprehensive project delivery, tailored to your specific requirements.

Business Strategy and Finance Consulting Practice Lead

Delivery Manager

CPA

Accounting Manager

Finance Consultant

Controller

Financial Analyst

Interim CFO

Matthew McNaghten

Business Strategy and Finance Consulting Practice Lead

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Experience

35+ Years

Rachael Karaffa

Delivery Manager

Rachael serves as a Delivery Manager at Toptal with a focus on leading diverse global teams in developing innovative solutions for our clients. She works across multiple disciplines, including technology, marketing, and management consulting. Rachael specializes in managing people and client relationships, process optimization, and driving teams toward optimal business outcomes.

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Experience

9+ Years

Cheryl Cheng, CPA, CFA

Verified Expert in Management Consulting

16+ Years

of Experience

CPA

Cheryl is a seasoned full-stack financial advisor who supported $5 billion in fundraising (debt/equity financing, venture/growth/PE financing), closed $20 billion in transactions (financial analysis, modeling, due diligence), and prepared companies for audit/IPO readiness. She held roles in advisory and audit practices at Tier-1 accounting firms and corporate development at a Fortune 500 company. Cheryl enjoys working with entrepreneurs and founders to grow their vision into a thriving business.

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Dominique Foster

Verified Expert in Management Consulting

12+ Years

of Experience

Accounting Manager

As a project and finance leader, Dominique has led and executed multibillion-dollar M&A transactions and business transformations for global Fortune 500 companies in various industries while working at Deloitte & Touché, Accenture, and now as an independent financial consultant. She is a distinguished entrepreneur and freelancer who enjoys advising clients on solving complex problems. Dominique also excels at seamlessly transforming matrixed organizations through organic and inorganic growth.

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Neil Portus | CFA, CMA

Verified Expert in Management Consulting

24+ Years

of Experience

Finance Consultant

Neil is a CFO for growth companies and a former equity analyst at Goldman Sachs in New York where he helped lead numerous transactions, including Zipcar’s $1.1 billion IPO. He was also an equity analyst at Barclays and Lehman Brothers and began his career at a boutique investment bank (M&A, restructuring, debt financings). Neil built his operational skills both as a startup founder and as the CFO of an East Africa-focused impact investment firm.

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Vincent Grandjean

Verified Expert in Management Consulting

26+ Years

of Experience

Controller

Vincent has experience as a management consultant, entrepreneur, and general manager. After his first assignments in Europe, he gained extensive knowledge of emerging markets in North Africa and the Middle East. His primary skills include market research, market entry strategy, business planning, organization restructuring, controlling, and performance management. Vincent has carried out projects in numerous contexts but specializes in consumer packaged goods (CPG) and industrial sectors.

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Jakub Rehor

Verified Expert in Management Consulting

29+ Years

of Experience

Financial Analyst

Jakub has worked as a McKinsey consultant and portfolio manager at Third Avenue, a legendary multibillion-dollar value fund, leading investments, advising on acquisitions, and performing valuations for companies across geographies and sectors. A Yale graduate, he possesses extensive expertise in assessment, strategy development, and investment analysis. Jakub loves to help his clients with valuation, operations, and strategy.

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Pedro Bustillo

Verified Expert in Management Consulting

26+ Years

of Experience

Interim CFO

Pedro is a senior manager with 26+ years of international business and finance experience. He has led finance operations for Fortune 500 companies (Gillette, P&G, and Ideal Standard) and private enterprises in the United States, Europe, Japan, and Latin America, and he has executed numerous business valuations, strategic plans, and end-to-end product pricing analyses. Pedro enjoys consulting and freelancing as a way to help each client take its business to a sustainable path of value creation.

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On-demand Talent and Teams

30,000+ vetted professionals, ready to deploy individually or in teams.

CPA

Accounting Manager

Financial Analyst

CFO

Financial Analyst

CFA

Finance Strategy Consultant

Payroll Consultant

Budgeting Consultant

Verified Expert in Management Consulting

17+ Years

of Experience

CPA

Germee is an established finance leader who has assisted startups and mid-sized clients in the UK, US, and Asia in securing over $128 million in funding. As an investment banker at ING Bank, she guided clients through the buying and selling of companies, including advising the world's second-largest geothermal firm, backed by her valuation models. Germee has added value for clients in construction, retail, and manufacturing with her data-driven financial strategies.

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Verified Expert in Management Consulting

28+ Years

of Experience

Accounting Manager

Neel is a finance leader and change agent with more than 28 years of experience and a track record of impact in Fortune 50 companies. He has driven transformations to the tune of $250 million, EBITDA uplift of $100 million+, and sustainable change by managing mandates in multinationals, SMEs, and startups. Neel is adept at navigating across countries, regions, and cultures, and he brings an entrepreneurial and creative mindset, drive, and passion to design and execute win-win solutions for his clients.

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Verified Expert in Management Consulting

16+ Years

of Experience

Financial Analyst

Francesco has 16+ years of experience in finance, consulting, business management, and sustainability. Throughout these years, he has worked on more than 20 projects as a consultant at Bain & Company and launched Uber operations in Turin, Italy. Lately, he has founded Tondo, an organization spreading circular economy concepts, and Tondo lab, a company driving the implementation of clean and circular innovations. Francesco is passionate about innovation and entrepreneurship.

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Verified Expert in Management Consulting

33+ Years of

of Experience

CFO

Julio has diversified experience as a finance VP for multinationals based in the US and Latin America in the financing, pharmaceutical, luxury goods, and personal care sectors and distribution channels, such as retail, wholesale, and travel retail. Julio's expertise includes financial planning and modeling, investment banking, commercial real estate, fundraising, business plan development, logistics, company valuation, and strategic and visionary leadership based on innovation and creativity.

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Verified Expert in Management Consulting

10+ Years

of Experience

Financial Analyst

Arvind is a consultant with more than 10 years of experience, including at KPMG Global Strategy Group, Goldman Sachs, and EY across the Middle East, America, India, and Europe. He has delivered 30+ projects, including growth strategies and business plans; M&A and financial analyses; pitch decks; and go-to-market, branding, and digital strategies. Arvind has a demonstrated track record in planning and delivering complex transformations ranging from $2 million to $1 billion. He holds an MBA from HEC Paris.

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Verified Expert in Management Consulting

35+ Years

of Experience

CFA

At Morgan Stanley, Carole advised eight founders through exits totaling more than $750 million and then founded her own practice to manage venture investments for family offices. A former tech CFO, she freelances to leverage her experience with capital raises, strategic pivots, and turnarounds. She enjoys helping innovators and entrepreneurs achieve financial success across many verticals, and has recently focused her efforts on fintech.

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Verified Expert in Management Consulting

18+ Years

of Experience

Finance Strategy Consultant

John is a highly commercial, entrepreneurial leader who speaks six languages. His proudest achievement was founding his own travel technology startup, CultureMee, which won global awards in business and leisure travel. He is also proud to have led a Europe-wide, cross-functional supply chain project, which drove a €40 million reduction in working capital in CRH Plc, one of the largest construction companies in the world.

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Verified Expert in Management Consulting

18+ Years

of Experience

Payroll Consultant

Thorsten is a corporate finance advisor and CFO with an international career in investment banking (Lehman Brothers, Banco Santander) and technology ventures. He partners with SMEs as well as PE/VC investors in the technology, media, and telecommunications; healthcare; consumer; and financial services sectors to solve strategic and financial challenges. He is also an expert financial modeler and speaks English, German, and French.

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Verified Expert in Management Consulting

13+ Years

of Experience

Budgeting Consultant

As a VC associate, Khaled has participated in over 10 startup investments including Kngine (acquired by Samsung). He enjoys freelancing to help a wide range of clients reach their maximum potential using his financial modeling and valuation skills. A former FP&A analyst with Vodafone, Khaled accumulated experience in investment banking, private equity ($1 billion AUM), and venture capital ($50 million fund) over the past 13 years.

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UNRIVALED EXPERTISE

Our Talent Has Worked With Top Companies

Having previously worked with these leading global companies, our talent brings valuable insights and expertise to deliver world-class outcomes.

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WHY ORGANIZATIONS CHOOSE US

Toptal in Action

Discover the cutting-edge benefits our clients enjoy from the global Toptal network.

Toptal helps restaurant chain restore financial stability and optimize processes, securing $1M grant.

Challenge: Mismanagement and insufficient staffing led to significant errors and a breakdown in financial reporting, severely impacting operational efficiency and decision-making.

Solution: Toptal reviewed 1.5 years of accounting entries, corrected errors, and ensured a smooth transition to a new general ledger system, thereby restoring accurate financial reporting. In parallel, the team revamped accounting functions, trained staff on advanced business process tools, and streamlined operations—significantly reducing error rates and improving productivity.

Outcome: Toptal’s interventions recovered $60,000 in unaccounted cash and secured a $1 million grant, preserving critical financial resources. The new accounting processes provided actionable insights, enabling strategic decisions that supported the successful expansion of the restaurant chain’s locations in spring 2024.

Toptal Ranked #1 Most Reliable Professional Services Company in America

Newsweek and Statista’s rankings were based on an independent survey of more than 2,400 decision-makers at Fortune 500s.

IBM — Newsweek's Most Reliable Companies in America 2026 ranking. Toptal is ranked #11, the highest-ranked professional services firm.

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Methodology for the Rankings

How likely the respondent is to recommend the selected company to others.

Measures the convenience of interaction with the company and efficiency of processes.

Measures the company’s cost-effectiveness and quality relative to price.

Measures whether the company consistently meets or exceeds expectations in quality and timeliness of deliverables.

Measures the company’s ability to consistently fulfill commitments and maintain customer trust.

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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS

Explore Insights From the Accounting Field

Read the latest articles and resources to keep you current on emerging trends in accounting, financial reporting, compliance management, and more.

How to Prepare a Cash Flow Statement: Building a Model That Actually Balances

When a cash flow statement doesn’t balance, it can cause frustration and waste time. In this article, a Toptal management consultant with experience at PwC describes how to prepare a statement that always tallies correctly.

Pierre-Alexandre Heurtebize

Verified Expert in Management Consulting

Pierre is a corporate finance, PE, and FP&A expert with extensive experience in complex financial modeling, translating entrepreneurs' ideas into robust business plans, and leading in-depth financial due diligence. He has assisted with more than 60 transactions globally, mainly in the retail, SaaS, and technology spaces.

Expertise

Cash Flow Consultant Financial Modeling Cash Management

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