Beyond outsourcing

Building & Operating GCCs for Global Accounting Firms in India

Your own Global Capability Centre: your brand, your culture, your team. Miles builds it, runs it, and invests in the people inside it.

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Your firmU.S. · Canada · U.K. · AustraliaYour partners. Your clients. Your standards.
Your GCC · IndiaYour brand. Your team.Hired by you. On your systems. Reviewed by your partners.
One team · same systems · same bar for every hire
MilesBuild · Operate · ManageOpen-book economics · talent access · funded L&D · security
Miles partnerships and alumni span
AprioDeloittePwCKPMGEYMGI US
GCCs in India for firms across
United StatesCanadaUnited KingdomAustralia
01Why a GCC

The model the Big Four use at your firm's scale

Your own team in India, hired to your bar, working in your systems, reviewed by your partners. Miles builds them for firms that need thirty people, not three thousand

01 · The constraint−6.6%

U.S. accounting degrees awarded, 2023–24

Fewer graduates. More retirements. A busy season that gets harder to staff at home every year.

Source: AICPA 2025 Trends Report

02 · The opportunity$50,000+

Illustrative annual saving per GCC seat

Compare the fully loaded cost of the same role at home with an open-book India GCC seat.

Illustrative estimate. Actual savings vary by role, market and benefits.

03 · The catch

Know what you are buying

  1. 01Fixed fee: the provider’s price, not the underlying cost
  2. 02Bundled margin: salary and operating costs are not always visible
  3. 03Less control: hiring and compensation may sit with the provider
  4. 04Delivery model: the people doing the work may rotate across accounts
02Side by side

Outsourcing vs your own GCC

Same cities, same job titles. What differs is the structure, and the structure decides everything downstream

Line itemTraditional outsourcingYour own GCC, with Miles
Economics
how you pay
Fixed fee. Hidden margin. The less they pay your people, the more they keep.Open book. Every dollar of salary visible. Our fee stated, not buried.
Talent
who you get
Pay set to protect the margin. Higher churn, lower ceiling.You set the pay. You choose every hire.
Employer brand
who applies
None. The best people don't apply to an outsourcer's bench.The Miles name and a 1.2MM+ accounting community.
Integration
day to day
A third party, permanently outside your firm.Your extended office: your systems, your workflows, your standards.
Security
whose controls
Their systems. Their controls.Your VDI, your access controls, NDAs on every seat.
Ownership
where it ends up
Never yours.Yours when you're ready. Or stay managed. Your call.
Buildfor you

Entity · office · infrastructure · leadership. Every hire interviewed and chosen by you.

Operatewith you

Payroll · compliance · IT · L&D · security. Open-book throughout.

Manageto you

Stay managed, or take full ownership. The choice stays yours, on your timetable.

03Open-book cost-plus

Same role. Same standards. Potentially $50,000+ less a year.

Two ways to pay for the same seat in India. One shows you a number. The other shows you every line, with the salary set by you and paid at actuals

Traditional outsourcingWhat you see
Fixed fee: salary and margin hidden inside
Your GCC, with MilesWhat you see
Salary
Hiring · payroll
Rent · IT
L&D · CPA
Miles fee
Salary: Set by you, paid at actuals
Hiring · payroll: Visible operating cost
Rent · IT: Visible infrastructure cost
L&D · CPA: Budgeted per seat
Miles fee: A stated percentage
$50,000+

Illustrative annual saving against the same role fully loaded at home

Actual savings vary by role, location, compensation and benefits

Get the open-book cost model
04Case study

APRIO built a 50+ person India GCC in one tax season

The Aprio India GCC team at work
Aprio

Top 25 U.S. accounting firm

India GCC · Live

The outcome

0→50+

A dedicated India team, built to Aprio's standards and operating as an extension of the firm

Launch
3 months
Now expanding
5 service lines
  1. 01

    Aprio signs with Miles

    Hiring starts the same week. Aprio interviews every candidate.

  2. 02

    Tax team goes live

    Ahead of busy season, on Aprio's systems, inside Aprio's access controls.

  3. 03

    50+ people at full capacity

    Through the whole of busy season 2026.

  4. 04

    Expanding across the firm

    Tax, Audit, CAS, Advisory and Technology.

The GCC is expanding across Tax, Audit, CAS, Advisory and Technology

Explore the full case study
Network

Aprio Alliance

Member firms get their own India capability through Miles without standing it up alone

4 U.S. firms signed
Network

MGI US

Extending Build · Operate · Manage to MGI member firms across the U.S.

Network partnership
Professional network

Where Miles talent works

Firms represented across the Miles alumni and professional community

Deloitte
PwC
KPMG
EY
RSM
Baker Tilly
BDO
Grant Thornton
Crowe
Plante Moran
CohnReznick
EisnerAmper
Citrin Cooperman
Armanino
Wipfli
Withum
Sikich
PKF O'Connor Davies
Weaver
Aprio
1.2MM+

Accounting community

70,000+

CPA / CMA alumni

80%+

of CPAs in India are Miles alumni

20 of 30

top U.S. CPA firms work with Miles

Source: Miles internal records, September 2026

05Video series · 10 episodes

The GCC Playbook

Miles founder Varun Jain and Chief Growth Officer Rohan Singhai with CPA-firm leaders and India GCC heads: what worked, what they'd do differently and how they'd start again today

Featured · Full series

10 episodes with the leaders who've done it

Watch the series →
Featured · Full series

The India GCC Playbook

GCC leader conversation

Building an accounting GCC in India

Partner conversation

What firm leaders would do differently

Miles Masterclass · 4 sessions

AI agents for accounting workflows

Meet the leadership team

Build your India GCC with the people who run it

Meet Rohan for a focused conversation about your team, timeline and operating model

Varun Jain, Founder & CEO, Miles Education

Varun Jain

Founder & CEO, Miles Education

Your meeting host
Rohan Singhai, Chief Growth Officer, Miles Talent Hub

Rohan Singhai

Chief Growth Officer, Miles Talent Hub

Ashish Jalan, Managing Director, Miles GCC

Ashish Jalan

Managing Director, Miles GCC

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