We provide accounting maintenance services (the outsourcing of the accounts function) according to the full Russian accounting standards and transform the Russian accounts report to full IFRS reporting standards.

We work with the "1-C Accounting" software; we use the "Bank-client" operating system and make online tax submissions via "Takskom".

We employ high trained professionals who submit to annual training and advancement as per their professional development programs.

The maintenance of different internal Accounts department functions
If you have no wish to maintain a full range of internal accounting functions, we suggest you outsource specific roles:

• Formation of accounting and tax reports;
• Payroll calculations;
• Creation and submission of tax reports and off-budget funds;
• Accounting of Russian and foreign currency transactions;
• Cash operation accounting;

Please contact our specialists for full details.

Accounting, tax and statistical reports represented by the taxpayer who is temporarily not carrying out financial and economic activity

According to legislation all companies have to submit “zero reports” to the tax authorities, even if they are inactive.

Our experts will assume responsibility for this function and prepare and submit the reports on time, saving you time and worry.

establishment of rules and protocols for the correct accounting practices for the enterprise.

The main goal of the establishment of correct accounting process is organizing the department in the most efficient manner. Thus, stability and minimum expenditure are ensured.

The establishment of the correct and proper financial record keeping is a single service and carried out in the case of the creation or reorganization of an enterprise; if cardinal legislative changes occur or if a restoration of the accounts has been applicable.

to achieve the most beneficial position for the company within a legal tax framework.

Our experts render the following services:

• consultations on tax issues;
• the analysis of the operating accounting policies, completion and (or) development of accounting policies;
• preparation of the tax reports for legal entities and individuals;
• representation of client interests in relations to the authorities:
  • maintenance of cameral and exit tax audits;
  • preparation of claims against actions by the tax authorities;
  • preparation of legal complaints against Judicial and higher tax authorities;
• consultation on taxes and fees of legal entities and individuals:
  • consultation on questions of applying the legislation on taxes, collecting and other obligatory payments;
  • tax planning;
  • check of correctness of conducting tax accounting and drawing up the tax reports;
  • tax consultation during actions of tax control;
  • representation during pre-judicial settlement of tax dispute.

Tax audit is a check which purpose is confirmation of the reliability of the tax declarations which are handed over by the enterprise in compliance of legislative accounting and tax accounting requirements.

Tax expertise - the type of examination which is carried out for the purpose of the definition of the degree of compliance of tax and book accounting data and also the timeliness of the fulfillment of duties on payment of taxes and fees.

Within a tax audit and expertise our experts carry out the following functions:

• perform a tax audit of the payment of taxes and fees, identify tax risks, prepare the report and make practical recommendations to decrease tax risks;
• the analysis of the tax account system and the development of our recommendations;
• carrying out Tax due diligence.

Это декларация, которая подается в налоговую инспекцию по месту регистрации чтобы отчитаться о своих доходах и расходах.

If a company has not been compliant with the maintenance of full accounts records, it may be necessary retrospectively provide accounting records as per the legislative requirement.

We will help to put your documentation in order, develop correct accounting policies and we will protect the enterprise from undesirable consequences when checking with the fiscal bodies.

The procedure for the restoration of accounts reports begins with an express audit (1 through 5 days depending on the size of the enterprise). Upon its completion, we will provide substantiated summary on:

• what risks the company has when checked by the tax authorities, in the given situation;
• where there are critical errors and whether urgent restoration of the accounts reports are needed.

As the Accounts Report post-Audit will not coincide with the original incorrect Report, our company’s specialists will make and submit the revised Accounts Report for the restored period. After the creation of the new Report and in coordination with you, the Report will be submitted to the tax authorities.

An essential duty of any employer, irrespective of the company’s organization and legal form, or the number of staff employed is the correct documentary registration of personnel procedures. Absence of the documents required by the labor legislation, and also their wrong execution may lead to involvement of the employer before the responsible Administration. It is important to maintain HR records according to Russian Federation legal requirements.

Within the service " Maintaining HR records " we offer you several types of cooperation:

1. Fixed payment subscription service dependent on the number of Company employees;

2. On demand document preparation at the fixed expert hourly rates.

In the case where a company has just started its operation with no HR recordkeeping or the personnel records are not kept in a proper manner, it is proposed to set up HR administration from the ground up.

This requires knowledge of the current labor legislation, HR administration basics, preparation of a number of statutory HR documents as per the company’s founding documents and only after that - to hire employees.

In order to carry out this task promptly, properly, excluding all possible mistakes and possibility of spending time to correct them, we propose to use our knowledge and expertise.

All documentation is developed and processed by our specialists in compliance with labor legislation and is tailored to your company’s specifics, allowing you:
- to minimize labor resources, time and material expenditures
- to deal with legally correct documents
- to ensure compliance with the labor legislation

Audit of HR documentation is a complex review of HR documents for legal compliance.
In the framework of this service, we offer two types of HR audit:

1. Comprehensive audit – a review of all HR documents.

2. 2. Selective audit – a review of all employee-specific HR documents or a review of selected documents in respect of all employees (for instance, employment and dismissal documents and employment agreements).

The results of the completed audit will be incorporated into a report listing the identified violations and a recommendation on how to address these.

HR consulting – advising in the matters of applying the labor legislation and HR record maintenance.
Within the scope of this service, we offer the following types of consulting services:

• Consulting on emerging issues within a legal framework and identifying specific legalities including in the event of labor dispute;

• Assisting in documenting complicated cases;

• Consulting with the company’s HR employee responsible for HR functions regarding HR record maintenance and upkeep;

• Providing or developing templates and draft HR documents to be used in the company.

Restoring of HR documents – the re-issue of documents and/or bringing the HR documents in line with legislation.

Within this service we perform:

• Preparation of the missing documents identified in the Audit;

• Correcting improper documents identified in the Audit, in line with legislation.

As part of the “Development of local company standards”, we prepare companies to the following standards (without limitation):

• Internal Code of Labor Conduct (including, if required, the list of employee’s positions with irregular hours);
• Regulations on protection of employees’ personal data;
• Regulations on commercial secrets and the listing of information which constitutes commercial and trade secrets;
• Regulations on labor remuneration and incentives to employees;
• Regulations on business travel of employees;
• Provisions on business trips for employees whose regular work is of a mobile nature and the list of works, professions, positions of employees working on travelling jobs;
• Provisions on labor protection.

Other such standard roles may be documented at the client’s request. In addition, we are ready to carry out work to adapt corporate policies to meet the requirements of the RF legislation.

Depending on the client’s need, the local standard acts are in Russian or in Russian and English.

Meridian stands out for providing quality Recruitment services. We are ready to help your company in recruiting in the following fields:

• Accounting (Chief Accountants, Deputy Chief Accountants);
• Finance (Financial Analyst, assistants in financial departments);
• Law (Heads of Legal services, lawyers, legal assistants);
• HR recordkeeping (HR specialists, assistants);
• Administrative personnel (personal assistants, secretaries, office managers, administrators, translators, messengers).

Within the scope of these services, we provide:

• Candidate search;
• Initial candidate interview including evaluation of the candidate’s professional level, and in required, testing for English proficiency
• Psychological assessment of the candidate
• Providing contacts of the successful candidates, arranging interviews with the client

Business development - development of all stages of the new and operating business in the Russian market, both for local, and foreign companies.

Services in «business development»:

• Research of perspective segments of business;
• Involvement of partners;
• Entry into the Russian market;
• Customer acquisition;
• Attraction of additional financing.

a set of measures for development of prospects and profiles for further development of the company. Includes the definition of the Company’s mission, an analysis of its internal and external environment, determining the company's potential, detection of its competitive advantages and shortcomings.

Within strategic consulting, the following services are rendered:

• consultations concerning an entry into the Russian market;
• development of business expansion strategy;
• research of the commodity market and services;
• analysis of the international markets;
• maintenance and legal support of business activities;
• preparation of marketing reports.

Administrative consulting - the activity directed on increasing the company’s efficiency

Within the service "administrative consulting" we offer:

• Operational consulting, preparation of the consolidated administrative reports of the company/holding under the Russian and international standards;
• Development and deployment of forms of the administrative reporting necessary for effective management of the enterprise in the interests of its shareholders

Financial consultation - the creation of a financial strategy for financial accounting and reporting for external and internal users.

Financial consultation includes:

• The service of a "Finance director" (on a regular basis):
  • Preparation of budgets;
  • Function of treasury (control of payment discipline);
  • Preparation of the business plan and financial model;
  • Budget tracking;
  • Calculation of efficiency of various activities of the company;
  • Transformation of accounting reports from the RAS standard into GAAP and MSFO;
  • Audit of financial statements;
  • Consolidation of finance on certain kinds of activity;
• Analysis of financial and economic activity of the enterprise;
• Strategic financial planning;
• Budgeting;
• Drawing up the consolidated administrative reporting under the Russian and international standards;
• Business assessment.

All services can be provided in Russian and English.

• assistance in registration of work permits to the foreign personnel

• assistance in extension of working visas

• assistance in migration registration of foreign citizens on the legal or actual address of the employer

• assistance in registration of invitations for working and business visas

• notices from the employer for competent authorities

• consultations on all aspects of legalization and adaptation of the foreign personnel

• migratory audit

Migratory audit - complex analysis of compliance with Russian migratory legislation for the correct registration of foreign company workers, and also other categories of the foreign citizens who arrived to the Russian Federation at the company’s invitation.

Result of the service "migratory audit"

The independent expert opinion following a check on the condition of documentation of each foreign citizen:

• Calculation of risks of the employer in case of inspection of the migration authorities
• Options for actions to decrease/eliminate these risks
• Recommendations about the reduction of documents in compliance with standards of the legislation of the Russian Federation

• seminars on legalization of the foreign personnel

Seminars on legalization of the foreign personnel. Our experts will hold seminars on legalization of the foreign personnel, detail the last changes in the legislation, provide detailed answers to all your questions.

Seminars can be held in a format:

• Webinar
• Internal meeting both at our office, and in the field

1) Consultations on registration of permits for temporary residence at the Russian Federation

2) Consultations on registration of residence permits in the Russian Federation

3) Consultations on acquiring Russian Federation citizenship

4) Invitations to private and business visas in the Russian Federation

5) Notices of existence of other citizenships for Russian Federation citizens

6) Assistance and consultation on registration of entry visas for citizens of the Russian Federation

7) Consultation on deportation from the Russian Federation and closing of entry into the Russian Federation

8) Assistance in registration of visas to the CIS countries

Аудит информационных технологий - комплекс мероприятий, направленных на получение объективных данных о текущем состоянии информационной системы заказчика, сетевой и серверной инфраструктуры, безопасности хранения данных, и выработки рекомендаций по повышению ее эффективности.

В рамках услуги аудита ИТ:

1)Экспертная оценка - оценка адекватности финансирования проектных решений и/или инвестиций в закупку оборудования и ИТ-услуг

2)Аудит бизнес-процессов - аудит информационных технологий и систем, критичных для выполнения конкретного бизнес-процесса компании с заданными критериями качества и эффективности

3)Комплексный ауди т- аудит, при котором осуществляется определение и анализ взаимосвязей бизнес-процессов, их требований, информационных и смежных технологий, совокупности программно-аппаратных средств с целью сравнения адекватности ИТ потребностям бизнеса компании

Стратегический ИТ консалтинг - определение возможностей IT-сферы компании, позволяющих получить конкурентные преимущества, и координация развития IT-ресурсов для достижения компанией своих стратегических целей

В рамках стратегического ИТ-консалтинга:

• Стратегическое планирование
• Разработка и масштабирование ИТ-архитектуры
• Управление инвестициями в ИТ
• Стратегии сорсинга в сфере ИТ
• Управление проектами

Внедрение автоматизированных информационных систем - проведение обследования, написание ТЗ, подбор платформы и полный цикл внедрения и поддержки информационных системм класса CRM, ERP, ECM. Исходя из требуемого функционала и задач по интеграции подберем необходимую и достаточную платформу (как лицензируемую, так и open source) исходя из потребностей Бизнеса и задач по развитию.

В рамках услуги «внедрение автоматизированных информационных систем»:

• CRM
• ERP
• ECM
• Портальные решения
• Итеграция

Колл-центр - подбор программно-аппартаного решения под побребности Бизнеса исходя из текщих задач и целей развития отдела маркетинга и продаж.

В рамках услуги Колл-центр:

• Разработка архитектуры и нагрузочных требований
• Подбор оборудования
• Инсталляция и настройка
• Постгарантийное обслуживание
• Интеграция в внешними системами

Информационная безопасность – создание систем по защите информации персональных данных

В рамках услуги «информационная безопасность» :

• Методологии и рекомендации
• Поставка активного оборудования
• Настройка систем безопасности