Your books and your people, run by one team.
We take over bookkeeping, payroll, compliance and HR for international companies. You stop coordinating an accountant, a payroll bureau and an HR consultant, and deal with one account lead instead.
- Finance and HR in one engagementOne contract, one scope, one invoice.
- A named account leadEvery request goes to someone who knows your business.
- Hours that overlap yoursEurope, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and the Americas.
Three ways to run a back office. Only one has a single point of contact.
Most growing companies end up with an accountant, a payroll provider and an HR consultant who never talk to each other. Here is what changes when they’re one team.
| Hire in-house | Separate vendors | Emerald Paragon | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who you contact | Whoever you hired for each function | A different provider for each function | One account lead for everything |
| Finance and HR | Usually two or more hires | Two or three contracts to manage | Both, under one engagement |
| A new hire joins | HR and payroll coordinate internally | You relay details between vendors | Contract, onboarding and payroll set up by the same team |
| Someone leaves | Knowledge leaves with them | Depends on each vendor | Continuity sits with the team, not one person |
| A new country | Hire locally or find new advisers | Find and onboard another vendor | Added to your existing scope [confirm jurisdictions] |
Ten services. Each one ends in something you receive.
No vague “support”. For every service you know what lands in your inbox and how often. Take one line or both.
Finance & accounting
CadenceA reconciled ledger, ready for decisions.
P&L, balance sheet, cash flow and a written commentary.
The payroll run, payslips and statutory deductions.
A filing calendar you can see, and every return on time.
Invoicing, payables and receivables run as a routine.
HR & people operations
CadenceAn employee handbook and policies written for your team.
Role design, shortlists, offers and onboarding.
Contracts, records and joiner–leaver processes kept consistent.
Goals, KPIs and review cycles people actually complete.
Guidance on the difficult conversations and decisions.
For companies that have outgrown spreadsheets but don’t need a full finance team.
Different businesses break in different places. These are the ones we’re set up for, and what each usually needs first.
- SaaS & technology startupsLean teams scaling fast across borders.
- E-commerce brandsMulti-currency sales and inventory-linked bookkeeping.
- Professional services firmsClient billing, payroll and compliance handled cleanly.
- AgenciesContractor-heavy teams with variable monthly costs.
- Nonprofits & NGOsDonor-fund-aware reporting and grant compliance.
- Remote-first companiesDistributed hiring, contracts and multi-country payroll.
From first call to fully handed over in four steps.
Nothing changes hands until opening balances reconcile and go-live is confirmed. You always know which step you’re on and what comes out of it.
- 01
Discovery call
[Week 1]- Finance & people functions mapped
- Operations gap analysis
- Priorities and roadmap agreed
- 02
Scoped proposal
[Week 2]- Scoped service agreement
- Fee and cadence set out
- Deliverables & SLAs agreed
- 03
Onboarding & handover
[Weeks 3–6]- Records, systems & access transferred
- Opening balances reconciled
- Go-live confirmed before handover
- 04
Ongoing operations
Every month after- Monthly bookkeeping & reporting
- Payroll and HR support
- Direct access to your team
Wherever your team is, our working day overlaps it.
Clients across five regions. Here’s how a standard nine-to-five in each lines up against our team’s hours.
- Payroll & compliance regimes
- [list the jurisdictions you file and run payroll in]
- Software we work in
- [the ledgers and HR systems you support]
What buyers ask before the first call.
Something else on your mind? Ask it on the call, or write to [email protected].
Can you take over from our current accountant or HR provider?
Yes. Onboarding transfers your records, systems and access, and we reconcile opening balances before anything goes live. Your current provider stays in place until handover is confirmed.
Who will we actually deal with?
A dedicated account lead. Every finance and HR request goes to them, and they coordinate the specialists behind them. You never have to work out who handles what.
How is pricing structured?
[Pricing model, e.g. a fixed monthly fee set in the scoped proposal]
Which countries can you run payroll in?
[Confirmed jurisdictions] If you’re expanding somewhere new, raise it on the discovery call and we’ll scope it.
Do we have to take both finance and HR?
No. Many clients start with one line and add the other later. The account lead and the reporting stay the same either way.
Tell us what’s eating your week.
Describe where things stand today. We’ll come back with questions, not a sales pitch.