Scrubbed
Outsourced accounting and finance services for businesses.
About Scrubbed
Scrubbed is a Philippines-based outsourced accounting firm that assigns dedicated teams of bookkeepers, controllers, and CFOs to handle a client's entire finance function. Day-to-day, their staff logs into your QuickBooks or Xero instance, posts transactions, reconciles accounts, closes the books monthly, and delivers financial statements. Controller-level staff layer on variance analysis and management reporting. CFO advisors join strategic planning calls. Tax preparation is handled in-house under CPA oversight. This fits Series A startups and mid-market companies in the 20-to-500 employee range that need senior finance output without the $150K-plus cost of a full-time CFO and controller. It also works for PE-backed portfolio companies needing standardized reporting across entities. It does not fit solo practitioners or small CPA firms looking for software to use inside their own practice. The core limitation is that you are hiring a service firm, not deploying a tool. You have no direct control over staffing assignments, and team turnover on the Scrubbed side creates knowledge gaps. Response times across time zones can delay urgent requests. There is no self-service dashboard where you can pull reports independently of their team.
Best for
Growing businesses wanting outsourced finance department without hiring full-time staff
Key Features
- Outsourced bookkeeping services
- Controller-level financial reporting
- CFO advisory and strategic planning
- Tax preparation and compliance
- Cloud-based financial management
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Assigns a dedicated bookkeeper, controller, and CFO advisor as a bundled team rather than requiring you to source each role separately
- Works inside your existing QuickBooks or Xero instance, so your data stays in your chosen system and you are not migrating to a proprietary platform
- Controller staff deliver monthly close packages with variance commentary, not just raw financials
- CFO advisory includes budget-to-actual reviews and board deck support, which most outsourced bookkeeping firms do not offer at this price tier
- Tax preparation and compliance handled by the same firm, reducing handoff friction between your bookkeeper and tax preparer
- CPA-supervised work with documented review processes, relevant for businesses subject to lender or investor reporting requirements
Cons
- All pricing is quote-only with no published tiers, so you cannot evaluate cost without a sales call and a scope negotiation
- Staff are based in the Philippines, and a 12-to-15 hour time difference with US clients means same-day turnaround on ad hoc requests is rarely realistic
- Team turnover on the Scrubbed side is a documented pain point in client reviews; institutional knowledge leaves with the staff member
- You have no self-service access to pull reports or run queries outside what their team chooses to deliver
- Not useful for accounting firms that want to offer outsourced bookkeeping under their own brand — Scrubbed does not offer white-label capacity
- Contracts are typically annual with limited flexibility to downscale scope mid-term if your transaction volume drops
Ledger Brief Take
This is a traditional outsourced accounting firm that happens to use cloud tools, not an AI-powered software solution practitioners can deploy themselves. Scrubbed essentially replaces your entire finance function with their team of humans, making it more of a service provider than a technology tool for accountants to use in their own practice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions accountants ask about Scrubbed.
How does Scrubbed price its services?
Scrubbed does not publish pricing. All engagements are scoped and quoted after an initial discovery call. Price is based on transaction volume, number of entities, and which service tiers you need — bookkeeping only, bookkeeping plus controller, or the full CFO advisory package. Budget several weeks for contracting.
Does Scrubbed work with QuickBooks and Xero, or do you have to use their own platform?
Scrubbed works inside QuickBooks Online and Xero. Their team accesses your existing account rather than migrating your data to a proprietary system. They also use Excel for reporting deliverables. They do not support QuickBooks Desktop or NetSuite.
How does Scrubbed compare to Bookkeeper360 or Bench?
Bench is a software-forward service that replaces QuickBooks with its own ledger, which creates exit risk. Bookkeeper360 stays inside QuickBooks but focuses on bookkeeping and payroll, not CFO advisory. Scrubbed targets higher-complexity clients and bundles controller and CFO layers, but costs more and requires a longer commitment than either.
Is Scrubbed appropriate for a CPA firm that wants to outsource client bookkeeping?
No. Scrubbed is structured to serve businesses as a direct outsourced finance department, not to provide white-label capacity to accounting firms. If you are a CPA firm looking to subcontract client bookkeeping under your own brand, look at firms like QXAS or Entigrity instead.
Where is Scrubbed's team based, and how does that affect turnaround time?
The delivery team is based in the Philippines. For US-based clients, the time difference is 12 to 15 hours depending on time zone. Routine monthly deliverables are unaffected, but urgent same-day requests — such as a lender asking for a cash flow statement by end of business — often cannot be fulfilled within the business day.
What happens to our financial data if we leave Scrubbed?
Because Scrubbed works inside your QuickBooks or Xero account, your historical data remains in your own system when you offboard. You do not lose access to your books. Any Excel-based reports Scrubbed produced should be requested in full before the contract ends, as those live on their internal systems.