Setting Up Finance & Accounts Departments

Finance department structures designed correctly from the start, chart of accounts to approval workflows, so it doesn’t need a rebuild eighteen months later.

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What’s included

Finance department structures designed correctly from the start

Chart of accounts

Approval workflows

No rebuild needed eighteen months later

How we work

We design the structure around how your business actually operates, not a generic template.

We map your business model, transaction volumes and reporting needs first, then design the chart of accounts, policies, approval workflows and team structure to match.

Once the structure is in place, we configure it in your accounting system, train your team to run it and support the first month-end closes until the function runs smoothly on its own.

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Our approach to accounting & finance

The financial infrastructure, people, processes and reporting, that lets management make decisions with confidence, built to hold up under IFRS standards and to scale as the business grows rather than needing a rebuild later.

What you can expect

Every engagement ends with recommendations management can act on immediately. Where the work has ongoing implications, we follow up to confirm they’ve actually been put into practice. Where standards are involved, we hold our own work to them fully, so what we deliver stands up under scrutiny from auditors, regulators and investors alike.

Frequently
Asked Questions

Can’t find what you’re looking for? Our team is happy to help.

What is included when setting up a finance department?

When should a business review its finance function?

Can the setup account for Saudi compliance needs?

Can you help improve an existing finance department?

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Why It Matters

Businesses in the Kingdom don’t need a firm that only knows the rules, they need one that knows how those rules apply to their specific situation, and can say so clearly. That’s the standard we hold every engagement to.

Saudi Arabia’s regulatory environment moves quickly, ZATCA requirements, e-invoicing mandates, Zakat assessments and Vision 2030-driven reform all shift on their own timelines, and falling behind any one of them carries real financial and reputational cost. Staying ahead of that isn’t optional for a business that wants to keep growing without interruption.

That’s the gap Zento exists to close: minimising regulatory risk, keeping compliance current, and freeing management to spend their time on the business itself rather than on keeping up with the paperwork behind it.