About us
Boutique expertise. Real business impact.
The Tally Group was founded on a simple idea: founders and small businesses deserve the same calibre of financial talent that large corporations take for granted — without the cost of a full in-house team.
The firm
Who we are
Our accountants are based in Colombo, Sri Lanka — a city that has supplied accounting talent to the world's largest firms for decades — and work with Australian businesses first, alongside clients in New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada.
We don't think of ourselves as an outsourcing provider. Every client gets a named accountant who knows their file, a senior reviewer on every close, and a team that works the client's business hours. Books are closed and reported every month, and fees are fixed for twelve months at a time.
Why The Tally Group
Finance expertise without the enterprise price tag
Fully credentialed team
Every accountant on your file holds a recognised professional qualification — ACCA or CA.
Time-zone aligned delivery
Files are staffed to overlap your business hours, so questions are answered while your business is open.
Security in practice
Multi-factor authentication on every system, advisor-only Xero access and confidentiality agreements — never bank logins.
Built on Xero
Xero is our platform of choice, and the team works in it daily; QuickBooks and MYOB histories can be migrated across.
Our team
Credentialed professionals on every account
Trained on Australian bookkeeping and payroll requirements first, with New Zealand, UK, US and Canadian coverage.
Senior accountants
Reporting and review leads. ACCA, CA.
Bookkeeping specialists
Day-to-day coding, reconciliation and payroll preparation in Xero.
Financial analysts
FP&A, forecasting and management reporting.
Payroll managers
Payroll preparation and reconciliation.
Our commitments
What every client can hold us to
- A dedicated account manager — one consistent contact
- Transparent, fixed pricing on flat monthly retainers
- Onboarding within five business days
- A proactive approach that surfaces issues early
- Responses within one business day, in your timezone
The name
Why Tally
Tally is the trading name of The Tally Group. The name refers to the oldest instrument of bookkeeping: four strokes and a fifth drawn across them — a count completed, checked and closed. That fifth stroke appears in our mark, and it describes the service: each month counted, verified and signed off.