Industry hiring guide
Boost your accounting or bookkeeping practice with virtual assistants who handle data entry, invoicing, and reporting. Free up your team for client work while we manage the back-office details securely and efficiently.
Industry context
Cherry Assistant help accounting firms and bookkeepers manage routine tasks with accuracy and discretion, so you can focus on client relationships and higher-value advisory work.
How Cherry Assistant helps
Our virtual assistants are experienced in accounting workflows and familiar with popular bookkeeping and financial software. They assist with data entry, transaction categorization, invoice processing, expense tracking, and preparing financial reports.
Confidentiality is a must in accounting. Our assistants follow strict protocols to ensure sensitive financial data is handled securely and in line with industry regulations. You can delegate routine work with confidence, knowing your client data is safe.
With Cherry Assistant, you get flexible, reliable support during tax season, audits, or whenever your workload spikes. Our VAs adapt to your systems and processes, making it easy to scale support up or down as your firm grows.
Client Stories
Hear what Cherry Assistant clients have to say about working with our remote virtual assistants and offshore talent from South Africa and the Philippines.
Wall of Love
Helping scale Whiskey Winsday and focus on bringing in revenue
Jessie Lizak
Reveting
We've been able to cut expenses on employees and contractors by more than 60%
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Trevor Sookraj
Divisional
My inbox has been at zero and I'm booking new clients
Billy Howell
Owex Labs
I've been able to take myself out of the day to day business
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Michael Haeri
Major Maids Home Cleaning
Helping scale Whiskey Winsday and focus on bringing in revenue
Jessie Lizak
Reveting
We've been able to cut expenses on employees and contractors by more than 60%
Trevor Sookraj
Divisional
My inbox has been at zero and I'm booking new clients
Billy Howell
Owex Labs
I've been able to take myself out of the day to day business
Michael Haeri
Major Maids Home Cleaning
Helping scale Whiskey Winsday and focus on bringing in revenue
Jessie Lizak
Reveting
We've been able to cut expenses on employees and contractors by more than 60%
Trevor Sookraj
Divisional
My inbox has been at zero and I'm booking new clients
Billy Howell
Owex Labs
I've been able to take myself out of the day to day business
Michael Haeri
Major Maids Home Cleaning
Common role paths
Each use case below shows the kind of work Cherry Assistant can support in this industry, along with example role types that commonly sit underneath it.
Task coverage
Use these examples to pressure-test where a recurring offshore hire can take work off the founder, manager, or internal operations team.
INDUSTRY RESOURCES
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If you know the industry but want help deciding the role, support lane, and market fit, Cherry Assistant can map the shortlist with you.
See for yourself
Our virtual assistants speak fluent English, are college-educated, and have 5+ years experience in your industry and role.
3 easy steps to hire offshore talent from Cherry Assistant.
Our expert recruiters chat with you to understand your business and hiring needs to hire the perfect candidate.
We only hire the top 1% candidate out of thousands of candidates for each job. Every candidate goes through interviews, reference checks, and practical evaluations.
Meet your final candidates, choose the best fit, and we support onboarding and execution through the first month.
Pricing
Explore pricing for standard and senior virtual assistants, then decide whether you need managed support or a direct-placement path.
Perfect for light support
10 hours per week of vetted talent.
Perfect for recurring tasks
20 hours per week of vetted talent.
Perfect for dedicated roles
40 hours per week of vetted talent.
Perfect for early-stage executives
20 hours per week of senior-level talent.
Perfect for strategic operators
40 hours per week of senior-level talent.
Alternative option
Do not need our help with management and onboarding? Pay a one-time headhunting fee and bring vetted talent onto your team directly.
Custom
Need multi-role hiring, mixed pricing lanes, or a phased rollout plan? We can scope a custom structure around your team and timeline.
Frequently Asked Questions
Not seeing what you are looking for? Read our full FAQ.
Cherry Assistant is an offshore staffing and recruiting agency based in the US. We help businesses in the US and the UK hire global remote talent in South Africa and the Philippines.
We can find an equivalent person in South Africa or the Philippines for just about any remote role in the US.
A virtual assistant is a general term for an offshore professional who provides administrative, technical, or creative assistance to clients remotely.
All virtual assistants are remote workers, but not all remote workers are virtual assistants. Virtual assistants usually fill support roles.
Most clients are matched with a virtual assistant in about one to two weeks. We handle sourcing, vetting, and onboarding.
No long-term contract is required. You can work month-to-month and pause or stop any time.