GCO Partners

GCO Partners is a Talent-as-a-Service (TaaS) provider that builds managed remote teams from Africa's professional talent for global businesses. Founded in 2021 and headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, the firm employs 51-200 people and draws its talent base from across the continent. It works with clients in audit, accounting, finance, legal and operations, including partnerships with UK firms, and expanded internationally in 2024.

Its flagship offering is Managed Remote Teams, in which distributed professionals function as extensions of client operations rather than as transactional outsourcing. The company also runs structured ACCA trainee development pipelines for audit, accounting and finance functions, and delivers fully managed finance and audit pods designed for scale, succession and continuity. Delivery is organised around the SOURCE | INTEGRATE | MANAGE framework, its proprietary operating model for embedding and running remote teams.

For professionals, the model offers international exposure without relocation and career development through ACCA training; GCO Partners is an ACCA Platinum Approved Employer. The firm is ISO 9001 certified and applies quality management systems to its delivery. Formerly known as Gold City Offshoring, it rebranded to GCO Partners to reflect its positioning as a growth partner.