Qualified accountants working inside your systems, managed from Berlin and Amsterdam, delivered from Colombo. Month-end close. AP/AR. DATEV prep. Working capital control.
Guaranteed month-end close in under 7 working days. Every month. Without exception.
Finance as a ServiceWeekly cash position. AP/AR under control. Working capital visibility every Monday morning.
Embedded Finance HireA named accountant inside your team and systems, reporting to you. Live in 3–4 weeks.
The previous hire couldn't keep pace. Month-end close takes twelve days and still isn't clean. Your tax advisor is chasing inputs you don't have.
A qualified accountant in Berlin or Amsterdam costs €65,000–€90,000 fully loaded, takes three to six months to recruit, and leaves you exposed the moment they resign.
You need the capacity and quality of a senior internal team, without the cost, the management overhead, or the key-person risk of building one.
That is exactly what Serana Partners delivers.
See our model →Decisions made on stale data. Lender reports missed. Board packs produced over the weekend.
You don't know your cash position until mid-month. AR ages unmonitored. AP runs on gut feel.
Invoices pile up. DATEV prep is manual. The tax advisor is waiting on data only you can produce.
€80k+ loaded cost. 3–6 months to hire. High key-person risk. And you still have to manage them.
We work best where finance complexity is growing faster than the team can handle, and where building a full internal function isn't the right answer yet.
€5M–€50M revenue, 30–300 FTE. Finance complexity outpacing the team. Operating in DE, NL, BE, FR, or across Europe.
Thin margins, high AP/AR volume, inventory tracking, European VAT complexity. Pre-bookkeeping and controlling done right.
2–6 operating entities. Intercompany eliminations. Consolidated reporting. Standardised close across the group.
With the deepest reach into the country's finance talent, you don't settle for whoever's available. You get the best possible candidate for the role. Every search, every time.
Largest finance talent pool in Sri Lanka
Best-fit candidate, every search
Finance & accounting specialists
Lift the load entirely with a productised package, or grow your in-house capacity with an embedded senior hire. Pick the model that fits where you are today.
Productised packages run end-to-end by our EU-overseen team inside your systems. You get the output and the cadence, without recruiting, managing, or covering for anyone.
Tell us what's broken. 30 minutes. No commitment.
Most providers take months to mobilise. Here is exactly what the first four weeks look like.
We learn your finance setup, systems, and pain points. You receive a scoped questionnaire. No commitment.
We map your processes, set up secure access to your tools, and assign your named team. You keep full control.
We run a close alongside your existing process. You verify everything before we take over. Zero disruption.
Your Serana team delivers to the agreed SLA. Your European manager is your single point of contact, same timezone, same language.
The engagement arc
We assess your finance function, gaps, risks, and priorities, across systems, close process, AP/AR workflow, and reporting cadence.
1–2 weeksFix what's broken. Establish a reliable close, a clean reporting cadence, and working capital visibility. Quick wins first.
Automate repetitive tasks, build dashboards, and create processes that scale with your business, DATEV connections, Salesforce integration, reporting automation.
What sets us apart from in-house hiring, Big-4 firms, and freelance bookkeepers, and how we compare on the criteria that actually matter to a CFO.
We work inside Salesforce, DATEV, Exact, SAP, Payhawk, and Netsuite. Your data never leaves your systems. No platform switching. Ever.
Your primary contact is in Berlin or Amsterdam, German or Dutch speaker, available during your business hours.
Wir sprechen Ihr Deutsch.Intercompany eliminations, consolidated group reporting, entity-by-entity P&L. Most outsourcers stop at single-entity. We go further.
Built for holdco complexity.No employer taxes. No holiday cover. No recruitment fees. No key-person risk. One monthly fee, all in.
€65k/yr in-house → ~€40k/yr Serana.We flag discrepancies, missed invoices, and VAT misclassifications before you ask. We drive action, not just reporting.
Above-market compensation for our Colombo team. Structured career paths. ACCA sponsorship. Good work, well rewarded.
The honest comparison
| Serana | In-house | Big-4 | Freelance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cost | ~40% below EU FTE | €80k–€150k loaded | Premium day rates | Low rate, high churn |
| Time to start | 3–4 weeks | 3–6 months | Weeks, staff rotation | Fast, slow to integrate |
| Seniority | ACCA/CIMA, pre-vetted | Local talent pool | Juniors do the work | Variable, unvetted |
| Inside your systems | Yes, always | Yes | Their dashboards | Depends on person |
| Multi-entity | Yes, intercompany, consolidation | Costly at scale | Premium rates | Rarely |
| Key-person risk | Team model, no SPOF | High | Rotation standard | Extreme |
| Flexibility | Scale quarterly, no overhead | Slow and expensive | Very expensive | Easy, unpredictable |
"Our finance team had completely turned over. Month-end was broken, DATEV prep was two months behind, and the audit was in six weeks. Serana stabilised everything in three weeks. By month two, close was running on day 6."
"We needed someone who could work inside our Salesforce setup from day one. The team was up and running in two weeks. Now we have weekly cash visibility and a board pack that goes out on working day 5."
Strategic leadership and client operations. Registered HQ. Dutch legal and GDPR framework.
European business development and client management. German-speaking. DACH market focus.
ACCA and CIMA qualified accountants working inside your systems, on your schedule, in English.
Every engagement is scoped after we understand your finance function. Here is what most single-entity scaleup engagements look like.
Pre-bookkeeping, monthly close, DATEV prep. Single entity.
AP/AR management, bank reconciliation, weekly cash report.
Close + management accounts + board pack. Quarterly.
Consolidated group reporting. 2–6 entities.
Named senior accountant. Full-time. Inside your team.
Indicative pricing only. Final fee is scoped after discovery, volume, complexity, and entity count all affect scope. No quote until we've completed a diagnostic.
We never give a final fee before understanding your finance function. Volume, complexity, and systems all affect scope.
Flat monthly fee based on agreed scope. No junior resources billed at senior rates. No surprise invoices.
Scale up or down quarterly. No redundancy risk. No re-hiring cycle. Adjusts to your business in real time.
Every engagement starts with a written scope. Deliverables, cadence, and SLAs agreed before work begins.
DATEV setup, German language, time to start, contract terms, the questions every CFO asks before signing.
Tell us what's broken. We'll tell you how we'd fix it, and what it would cost.
30 minutes. No commitment. We learn your situation and tell you honestly whether we're the right fit.
Book now →1–2 weeks. A hands-on assessment of your finance function with a written action plan and a scoped proposal.
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