Outsourced operations finance

We close the operation's month: provider and fleet cost accruals, cash-on-delivery reconciliations, cost-per-order and contribution reports, all prepared on a fixed calendar.

• A month-end accrual schedule for provider, fleet and warehouse costs, supported by delivery data.
• A cost-allocation map that assigns operating costs to brand, zone and channel.
• A COD and remittance reconciliation, approved by your finance lead each month.
• A contribution-per-order report by brand, channel and zone.
• A close calendar with dates for each operating input, and a log of late items by function.

• The operating accruals complete on a fixed working day after month end.
• Delivery cost lands in the period it was incurred.
• Accrued provider cost is set beside invoiced provider cost, with the variance shown.
• COD cash in transit appears at month end as a single figure.
• Every cost line carries a brand and a zone, so contribution per order reads by brand, channel and zone.

Operations runs ahead of finance. Provider invoices are booked when paid, fleet costs are scattered across expense accounts, and cash from customers is in transit that no one has counted. The group closes on time, but its delivery margin is an estimate.

• Delivery costs are booked on payment, not on delivery.
• Fuel, rider pay, maintenance and provider charges sit in unrelated accounts.
• The close waits for operations to send figures.
• Contribution per order is unknown until the quarter is reviewed.
• The finance team has no time for operational analysis.

Groups with a delivery fleet, a logistics arm or heavy provider spend where finance staff are stretched on the main close and the operation's numbers arrive late or in rough form.

Qasim Abbas set the capital logic behind a blended last-mile fleet of about 1,000 vehicles at BaladiMart, part of Al Baladi Group, and has answered for treasury above USD 50M at group level. He knows what an operating business needs from its finance function, and we build yours to deliver it.

We work in the ledger you already run, including Xero, QuickBooks, Zoho Books, NetSuite or Oracle, with its bank feeds and operating systems. See how fees work.

How does delivery margin reach the board?

The board receives contribution per order by brand, channel and zone, COD cash in transit as a single figure, and accrued provider cost set beside invoiced provider cost with the variance shown.

Which costs do you accrue?

We accrue provider, fleet and warehouse costs from delivery data, and we assign operating costs to brand, zone and channel through the cost-allocation map.

Share your last operating close and a sample of provider invoices at a private briefing. We return what a contribution-per-order view needs from your data, and the accrual and allocation calendar that would produce it.