Outsourced accounting and finance

Your full-service finance team.

CPA-led accounting, controllership, FP&A and CFO guidance, run on our own software, for one monthly fee.

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Deepika Bajaj, CPAUS-based · leads every engagement

18 years in accounting, controllership and FP&A

$2B commercial real estate investment firm, 60+ entities: ran its accounting and finance

40 to 15 days reporting cycle cut across a 55-fund portfolio

All in one place

Every system. One set of numbers.

Your accounting system, bank, payroll, sales and marketing data come together in one monthly report, and each figure shows which system it came from.

  • AccountingQuickBooks, NetSuite, Xero
  • Bank and cashBalances and transactions
  • Payroll and HRHeadcount and pay
  • SalesDeals, bookings and billing
  • MarketingAd spend and leads
  • Budget and forecastKept in Outlane

Your monthly reportOne source

  • Revenue, profit and cash against budgetAccounting · Bank
  • Payroll cost and headcount by teamPayroll
  • Bookings, deals won and pipelineSales
  • Marketing spend and cost per leadMarketing
  • Forecast for the rest of the yearBudget

Checked by your team before it reaches you.

Every month

What you get, every month.

Checked as it comes in. AI runs 79 checks on every import, so problems are fixed during the month.

  1. Flash reportDay 3Early revenue, cash and profit, before the close is done.
  2. Books closedBy day 7Reconciled and signed off by the controller.
  3. Management reportDay 10Actual vs budget, what changed, and the forecast updated.
  4. Review callDays 12–15Your numbers, your questions, next steps.

Business days after month-end. The first two months take a little longer while we set up.

The summary page of a sample Outlane management report for Corvane Industries, a fictional company: revenue, net income, cash and net income against budget, then the month's highlights, with Ask Lane in the corner

Sample report

See the report your leadership team gets.

The monthly report for a fictional five-company group. Open it the way a CEO does, or ask Lane about it.

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Before you hire your next accountant, talk to us.

One hire gives you one person’s skills. With Outlane you get the whole team, from the books to the board, for one monthly fee.

Hiring in-house

  • An accountant, a controller and an FP&A lead: $25,000+ a month in salaries alone
  • Months to recruit, then training
  • The close stops when someone is out
  • Software bought and set up separately

Outlane

  • Accounting, controller, FP&A and CFO guidance: from $5,000 a month
  • Started within weeks, on your current system
  • A team covers every close
  • Outlane software included

Your team

Everyone a finance department needs.

Accounting team

Does the day-to-day work

  • Bookkeeping and reconciliations
  • Month-end entries and accruals
  • A month-end close on a set calendar

Controller

Reviews every close

  • Accuracy before anything is reported
  • Clean books for your CPA and auditors
  • Policies, controls and clean-up

FP&A

Plans ahead

  • Annual budget
  • Cash forecast, kept current
  • Budget vs actual and forecasts

CFO guidance

Helps you decide

  • A monthly review of the numbers
  • Hiring, pricing and growth decisions
  • Board, lender and investor reporting

Run on Outlane

A team with its own finance software.

We run your finances on Outlane, our own platform. Every number in a report links to the entries behind it.

See the Outlane software
  • Ask Lane. Answers about your numbers in seconds.
  • Reports in days. Management report and board deck after close.
  • Always on. Sign in to see your reports, forecast and close status.
  • Read-only. Outlane never changes your ledger.

Who it’s for

Growing companies that need more than bookkeeping.

From single companies to groups with several entities, locations or properties.

  • You have a bookkeeper, but no one senior over the numbers.
  • Your accounting firm is slow, hard to reach, or the numbers don’t add up.
  • A lender, investor or board wants budgets and forecasts.
  • You’re about to hire a controller or finance manager.

How it works

Three steps, priced up front.

1

Consultation

A call about your business, your books and what you need. You get a quote.

2

Clean-up and setup

We bring the books up to date and connect Outlane. One fixed fee.

3

Your monthly team

Close, reports, budget tracking, cash forecast and a review call every month.

Priced by the number of companies, transaction volume and scope.

FAQ

Common questions

Do we have to change accounting systems?

No. We work in your QuickBooks Online, NetSuite or Xero. Outlane reads from it and never writes back.

We already have an accounting firm. How does switching work?

Your first close with us is your next month-end. In week one we get access to your accounting system, bank and payroll, review the last three months of books, and tell you whether they need clean-up first. At month-end we run the close alongside your current firm and compare the numbers; your first flash report arrives on day 3. Then we take over and you give your firm notice. About an hour of your time. Sign by the 20th to start at the coming month-end.

We already have a bookkeeper. Can you work with them?

Yes. Many clients keep their bookkeeper and add our controller review, FP&A and CFO guidance on top.

Is the software extra?

No. Outlane is included in every engagement. You sign in to see your reports, forecast and close status whenever you like.

How is the monthly fee set?

By the number of companies, transaction volume and what you need from us. We quote a fixed monthly fee after the first call, starting at $5,000 a month.

What if our books need cleaning up first?

We quote clean-up and setup as a one-time fixed fee, separate from the monthly fee, so you know the cost up front.

Who is accountable for our numbers?

Deepika Bajaj, CPA, leads every engagement. You know who does your accounting and who reviews it.

Deepika Bajaj, CPA, founder of Outlane

Who’s accountable

You know who’s responsible for your numbers.

Every engagement is led by Deepika Bajaj, CPA, who ran accounting and finance for a $2B commercial real estate investment firm across more than 60 entities.

  • 18 years in accounting, controllership and FP&A
  • 40 to 15 days reporting cycle cut across a 55-fund portfolio
  • 2 to 13 finance team built from the ground up
  • NetSuite, Ramp, Concur, MRI finance systems she has implemented

Deepika Bajaj, CPAFounder, Outlane

Book a consultation

Talk to us before you hire.

A call with Deepika Bajaj, CPA, about how your close and reporting run today. No prep needed.

  • 20 minutes on Google Meet
  • The link arrives by email
  • A quote after the call

Not ready for a call? Email deepika@outlane.ai

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