50+
Clients served
Outsourced finance teams from Spain
A stable finance team. Remote, yet right beside you.
PQS International builds dedicated finance and accounting teams in Spain for mid-sized Dutch companies. Spanish finance professionals who work in fluent English, in your systems and in your time zone, at a lower cost than hiring in-house.
50+
Clients
28
Finance pros
GMT+1
Same time zone
GMT+1 · Amsterdam time
Your team in
Spain
Cost vs. in-house NL−30 to 40%
Working languagesNL · EN · ES
Team continuityFixed people
Trusted by 50+ clients
The problem
The Dutch finance talent shortage is structural
Qualified controllers and accountants are scarce, expensive and increasingly mobile. For growing companies, that turns the finance function into a recurring risk instead of a stable foundation.
Hard to hire
Vacancies for financials stay open for months. The best candidates receive multiple offers before you finish a first interview.
Expensive to keep
Salaries, recruitment fees and interim rates keep rising. A mid-sized finance department costs more every year while delivering the same work.
Continuity at risk
One resignation can stall month-end closing, reporting and audits. Knowledge leaves with people, and rebuilding it takes a year.
Our model
Your finance department, built and run in Spain
A dedicated team
Not a shared service desk. You get named professionals who work exclusively on your administration, know your systems and join your calls.
Same time zone, your language
Spain runs on GMT+1, just like Amsterdam. Your team works in Dutch and English during your business hours. No overnight hand-offs.
Fully managed from Spain
Recruitment, training, quality control and replacement are our responsibility. You manage output and priorities; we manage the people.
Why PQS
Built for companies that cannot afford surprises in finance
Part of PQS Group, with offices in the Netherlands and Spain. We combine Dutch reporting standards with Spanish operational depth.
01
A stable team
Low staff turnover in Spain and long-term contracts mean the people who close your books this year will close them next year too.
02
Guaranteed savings
A fixed monthly fee, typically 30 to 40 percent below the fully loaded cost of an equivalent in-house team, agreed before we start.
03
Remote, yet close
Same time zone, daily contact in your language, and regular on-site visits from our Amsterdam office. Distance you never notice.
04
More than bookkeeping
From accounts payable to management reporting and audit preparation, run by qualified accountants rather than data entry staff.
15
Outsourced teams
28
Finance professionals
3
Offices in Europe
Our story
Our first client became our co-founder
Before PQS International existed, Jacques Straathof was a client. As an international CFO he was looking for a stable, affordable accounting team, and found it at Javier Piqueras’ firm in Spain.
The first Dutch outsourcing contract started in 2021. It worked so well that the client became a partner: in 2024 the two founded PQS International, built on the working relationship they started in 2018.
That is the model to this day: Dutch financial leadership, Spanish operational excellence.
PQS in numbers
55+
Years of combined finance experience
2018
Founders working together since
15
Dedicated client teams
What your team does
One team for the full finance operation
Core of the work
Accounts payable & receivable
Your purchase-to-pay and order-to-cash cycles, run end to end by named people who know your suppliers and your customers.
General ledger & close
Journal entries, reconciliations and a month-end close that lands on the same date every month.
Management reporting
The reports and dashboards your board already reads, prepared in your format and your system.
VAT & compliance
Periodic VAT returns, intracommunity filings and documentation that stands up to an audit.
Budgeting & cash flow
Budget versus actual and rolling cash flow forecasts, maintained rather than rebuilt each quarter.
Audit preparation
Schedules, samples and answers ready before your auditor asks, so the audit stops eating your close.
How it works
From first call to a running team in eight weeks
1
Consult
A free conversation about your finance function, bottlenecks and goals.
2
Blueprint
We map your processes and systems, advise on how the finance function should be structured, and propose a team with a fixed monthly fee.
3
Transition
Your team is selected and trained on your administration, working alongside your current staff.
4
Steady state
The team runs your finance function day to day, with monthly reviews and agreed SLAs.
Founders
Dutch oversight, Spanish operations
Jacques Straathof
Founding partner · Amsterdam · your first point of contact
Javier Piqueras
Founding partner · Madrid · leads the Spanish operation
Offices
Amsterdam
Client management
+31 6 30098531
Madrid
Group office
+34 911 115 812
A Coruña
Finance operations
+34 981 267 342
FAQ
The questions every CFO asks us first
Anything else? We answer these in detail during the consult.
How do you guarantee quality at a distance?
Every client team works under a senior team lead in Spain and a Dutch engagement partner in Amsterdam. Work follows documented procedures with a four-eyes review on every close, and output is measured against SLAs you agree up front. You see the same dashboards we do.
Will we stay in control of our finance function?
Yes. The team works in your systems, under your chart of accounts and your priorities. You keep ownership of all data and processes; we supply and manage the people. Most clients speak with their team daily, exactly as they would with an in-house department.
Do your people know Dutch accounting and tax rules?
Our professionals are trained in Dutch GAAP and VAT requirements, and every engagement is supervised by Dutch-qualified specialists. Your reporting is reviewed in Amsterdam before it reaches you.
How is our data kept secure?
Work happens in your own environments over secured connections. No data is copied to local machines. Our offices operate under GDPR with ISO 27001-aligned controls, access on a least-privilege basis, and full audit logging. A processing agreement is standard.
What does it actually cost?
A fixed monthly fee based on team size and scope, agreed before we start. No hourly billing. For most clients this lands 30 to 40 percent below the fully loaded cost of an equivalent in-house team, including recruitment, training and replacement.
Ready for a finance team you can rely on?
A 30-minute conversation with Jacques Straathof. No pitch, just an honest assessment of whether outsourcing fits your finance function.
Book a free consult