Makosi Consulting

What Makosi Consulting does

Makosi Consulting is a private professional services firm that delivers tech-enabled, variable workforce solutions to public accounting and advisory firms globally. Founded in 2006 in South Africa and headquartered in New York (legal entity Makosi Audit and Tax), the company maintains Global Resource Centers in Johannesburg and an operationally extended delivery footprint into India and the Philippines, deploying approximately 1,250 finance professionals — predominantly CA(SA) Chartered Accountants — to clients across 16+ countries. Its core offering combines on-demand staffing, dedicated branded teams, and specialized Centers of Excellence across external audit, transaction advisory services (TAS), employee benefit plan (EBP) audits, internal audit, technical accounting, accounting advisory, IT audit, and not-for-profit audit work.

The technology underpinning the delivery model is the proprietary Luna platform, which supports talent matching, deployment, 4-hour scheduling increments, and dashboard analytics. This is augmented by the Workforce Insights Navigator (WIN) Lab analytics solution launched in October 2025, the EBP Eddy AI agent launched in May 2025 (positioned as the accounting industry's first AI agent for EBP audits), and an ISO 27001-certified data environment for EBP operations. Adjacent products include the Family First Career Support offering for parental leave coverage and the Makosi Ignite impact initiative that supports the future CA(SA) pipeline through partnerships with educational programs.

Revenue is generated across four streams: usage-based Variable Workforce Solutions billed in pay-as-you-go increments; subscription/multi-year Centers of Excellence contracts with fixed-fee pricing; managed-services Global Resource Centers for dedicated client-branded offshore teams; and professional services fees for ancillary offerings such as Family First. The go-to-market is sales-led and consultative, targeting enterprise and mid-market accounting and advisory firms via direct enterprise field sales, an inside sales motion enabled by Luna, content marketing (blog, white papers, case studies), industry event participation, and a $500-per-referral consultant program. Named customers span the Big Four (PwC, EY), national and mid-tier firms (Grant Thornton, Marcum, EisnerAmper, CBIZ Marks Paneth, PKF O'Connor Davies, PKF Texas, Price Bailey, Cooper Parry), and specialized EBP audit firms (CSC&H Group, Boyum & Barenscheer, GRF, Kahn Litwin Renza). The company is privately held with no disclosed external funding; ownership is founder-controlled, and Darren Isaacs (founder) shifted to Chief Product Officer in January 2024 as Scott Etheridge assumed the CEO role.

Name

Makosi Consulting

Legal name

Makosi Audit and Tax

Website

https://makosi.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Makosi Consulting provides tech-enabled, variable audit and advisory workforce solutions — delivering ~1,250 finance professionals, primarily CA(SA)s, to accounting and advisory firms across 16+ countries through its Luna platform, Global Resource Centers, Centers of Excellence, and WIN Lab analytics.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Accounting Workforce and Talent Solutions

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Human Resources Consulting Services (541612), Other Management Consulting Services (541618)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Risk, Compliance & Internal Controls Consulting (BPAHACAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Program & Project Management (PMO) Consulting (BPAHACAL)

Keywords

• Audit staffing services
• Accounting workforce solutions
• Employee benefit plan audits
• Transaction advisory services
• Variable workforce consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Variable Workforce Solutions: Makosi provides on-demand audit and advisory professionals to accounting firms on flexible terms. Revenue generated through consulting fees for deployed professionals, with scheduling available down to 4-hour increments. Firms pay for talent as needed, avoiding full-time employee costs while gaining access to vetted CA(SA) professionals.
2. Centers of Excellence (COE): Specialized, scalable teams delivering high-quality audit solutions for complex, process-driven work at predictable fixed fees. Provides consistent, fixed-fee support tailored to firm needs for specialized audit types or complete business processes.
3. Global Resource Centers: Dedicated full-time offshore teams operating out of South Africa, representing client brand. Revenue generated through ongoing service fees for team availability and delivery, offering instant global presence without client building international infrastructure.
4. Family First Career Support: Parental support service providing dedicated proxy professionals to manage workloads when employees need time for family. Additional service offering for existing client firms.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Makosi Consulting is a tech-enabled professional services firm that supplies on-demand audit, advisory, and accounting talent to public accounting and advisory firms globally. Its core offering combines Variable Workforce Solutions (deployed professionals available in 4-hour increments), Global Resource Centers (dedicated branded offshore teams), Centers of Excellence (fixed-fee specialized audit pods), and a proprietary Luna technology platform for matching, scheduling, and workforce analytics. Services are delivered virtually and on-site across more than 16 countries using a vetted global pool of Chartered Accountants holding the CA(SA) designation.

Product overview

Makosi Consulting offers a unified platform of tech-enabled talent solutions for accounting and advisory firms. The core offering consists of Variable Workforce Solutions (on-demand CA(SA) talent available in 4-hour increments), Global Resource Centers (dedicated branded teams in South Africa), and Centers of Excellence (specialized scalable teams). These are powered by the Workforce Insights Navigator (WIN) Lab analytics platform and supplemented by Family First Career Support for parental leave coverage. The company also provides eight specialized areas of expertise including External Audit, Transaction Advisory Services (TAS), Employee Benefit Plans (EBP), Internal Audit, Technical Accounting, Accounting Advisory, IT Audit, and Not-for-Profit Audit services. The portfolio enables firms to scale workforce dynamically during busy seasons while maintaining quality and reducing costs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Makosi Ignite: Makosi's global impact initiative focused on driving meaningful change in communities through four core pillars: Education, Health, Social Development, and Environment.
• WIN Lab (Workforce Insights Navigator)
• Family First Career Support
• Luna

Quantifiable outcome

• 23% cost savings compared to in-house FTEs for typical US-based firm
• +9 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Student Sponsorship Programme (SSP)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 March 2026SSP is dedicated to placing exceptional learners in leading high schools and supporting them throughout their academic journey. Its proven model combines academic excellence, leadership development, and structured mentorship. Through this partnership, Makosi Ignite supports learners from early high school, providing financial support, placement in high-performing partner schools, academic support, tutoring, leadership development, and structured mentorship from Makosi team members.
• Thuthuka Education Upliftment Fund (TEUF)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 March 2026Thuthuka is a SAICA-led initiative focused on expanding access to education for previously disadvantaged learners and strengthening South Africa's future pipeline of Chartered Accountants. Makosi has sponsored students through higher education and their journey toward qualifying as Chartered Accountants. This partnership supports long-term educational pathways that extend beyond school and into professional leadership.

Scale indicators15 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Toptal: Tech-enabled marketplace matching vetted freelance professionals (including finance/accounting talent) with enterprise clients. Shares Makosi's proprietary-platform-plus-curated-talent model, though Toptal is broader across technology and design and does not specialize in public-accounting workflows.
• Resources Global Professionals (RGP): Project-based professional services firm placing experienced consultants across finance, accounting, and internal audit functions. Closely comparable in on-demand/project model, accounting-audit subject-matter expertise, and enterprise buyer (CFO, controller, partner-level) profile.

Broad incumbents

• Robert Half: Global staffing and consulting firm with a dedicated Accountemps brand for accounting and finance talent. Competes with Makosi for interim accounting audit support at the staff and manager level, but operates a traditional staffing model rather than a tech-enabled CA(SA) pool.
• Huron Consulting Group: Public professional services firm serving healthcare, education, and commercial clients with finance/audit advisory talent. Overlaps with Makosi's Accounting Advisory and IT Audit practices and competes for the same Big Four and mid-market firm partnerships.
• BDO USA: Top-five US accounting firm with global delivery infrastructure and significant cross-border audit capacity. Functions as both a potential Makosi enterprise customer and an in-house alternative for firms weighing outsourced vs internal flexible resourcing.
• RSM US: Large mid-market-focused accounting and advisory firm with growing managed services and offshore capabilities. Competes with Makosi's COE and Global Resource Center offering for repeatable, fixed-fee audit and advisory work.
• CliftonLarsonAllen (CLA): Top-10 US accounting firm focused on mid-market, NFP, and benefits-plan audit work. Closely overlaps with Makosi's EBP and NFP audit expertise and is a candidate both as a customer and as a competing capacity provider.
• Adecco Group: Global staffing leader with dedicated finance and accounting practices (e.g., Adecco Financial Holdings/Lee Hecht Harrison). Competes with Makosi on accounting and finance talent placement, particularly for mid-market and enterprise buyers.

Regional players

• Wipfli: Top-20 US accounting and advisory firm with strong mid-market presence and outsourced managed services. Comparable buyer of variable audit capacity and a regional alternative to Makosi's offshore delivery model.

Emerging players

• Insight Global: Large US staffing and managed services provider with finance/accounting vertical. Comparable on enterprise go-to-market and managed-services/window-of-time talent model, though less specialized in public-accounting audit workflows than Makosi.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/406283
• Instagraminstagram.com/makosiaudit

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles19 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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