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Guides for Australian owners
Practical starting points for deciding what to hand over, what to budget and how to get your team ready.
Choosing your first offshore role
Start with the work, not a job title. List the tasks that repeat every week and the ones that keep your best people away from customers.
- Choose tasks with clear inputs and a clear finish point.
- Separate routine processing from decisions that need your approval.
- Group related tasks into a role with a realistic workload.
- Decide who in your business will give direction and review the work.
Bookkeeping support, recruitment resourcing, inbox management and roster administration are useful places to start. The right fit depends on your systems and the work available.
Setting a sensible budget
As a guide, budget 20% to 30% of what the same role costs onshore. For a role with a $100,000 onshore salary, a 25% planning estimate is $25,000 a year.
This is a starting estimate, not a quote. The role, skills and working hours matter. Compare what is included as well as the salary, including recruitment, local employment, payroll and leave management.
Getting ready for day one
- Write down the regular tasks and what good work looks like.
- Prepare individual logins and agree which systems the person can access.
- Share examples, templates and the approvals they must follow.
- Set a regular check-in and a clear way to ask questions.
- Review the first pieces of work together before adding more responsibility.
A little preparation gives your new team member a clearer start and makes it easier for your onshore team to hand over work.
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