FAQs

Outsized helps financial-services firms, consulting firms with a financial services-related offering, and investors into financial services build and execute agile workforce models at scale.

We do this by matching clients with independent consultants, subject-matter experts, interims, and fractionals who combine consulting rigour with financial-services execution experience.

Our platform is trusted by banks, insurers, fintechs, big brand consultancies and boutique firms, as well as PE/VC investors to deliver on projects across transformation, risk, compliance, finance, data, and digital initiatives.

Every professional on Outsized is human-vetted and quality-assured — many come from MBB, Big 4, or senior FS industry roles.

This enables our clients to access top independent talent quickly, compliantly, and cost-effectively, without compromising on delivery quality.

We offer the following products and services:

• Talent-on-Demand: We match you to individual or multiple requirements for independent consultants, contractors and subject-matter experts. Quickly close capability or capacity gaps for your projects and core functions. Onboard talent in days, not weeks or months.
• Bench: Bench by Outsized consists of continuously updated talent pools across top skill areas. We curate, update, and manage the talent pools, ensuring depth, quality and availability for the skills you need. See it as your ‘workforce-in-a-box’, enabling you to deploy the skills you need, as and when you need them. Bench Core constists comes pre-loaded with three talent pools in high-demand skills areas, plus Rare Finds, Available Now, and independents you’ve worked with through Outsized. Need more? Bench Enterprise gives you up to 5 additional custom curated talent pools and a dedicated Bench Manager to ensure total talent agility.
• Contract-to-Hire: Speed up and de-risk hiring for both you and the talent. Employers and candidates get to know each other during the explicit ‘try-before-you-buy’ period, ensuring a great match for both parties. Escape a lenghty and broken permanent recruitment process, and confirm suitability through on-the-job performance instead of through protracted interviews.
• Contracting-as-a-Service: An end-to-end service helping you to contract, pay, and manage your independent talent. We reduce the complexity, time and resources risk associated with onboarding individuals who don’t sit on your payroll, and we ensure that they get a great experience.

Outsized isn’t a generic freelance marketplace – it’s a curated platform built specifically for financial-services clients, VC & PE financial services investors, and consulting firms with a strong financial services advisor offering that demand quality and reliability.

Our whole business was set up with this in mind, and that flows through everything we do. Here’s what makes us different:

• Founded and led by former management consultants and FS leaders, we understand the delivery environments and the need for precise expertise. We are not recruiters – we have walked in your shoes as leaders, investors, and hiring managers.
• Our network includes 60,000+ independent professionals, from ex-MBB and Big 4 consultants to FS domain specialists with deep execution experience and fractional specialists.
• Human curation first, algorithms second: every consultant is individually vetted for experience, references, and fit.
• Quality over quantity: clients receive curated shortlists, not long lists of profiles. It’s quality and outcomes that should be outsized, not the pile of CVs you have to go through.
• Shared values: integrity, passion, and accountability – we really do take pride in doing things the right way.

In short, we combine consulting-grade quality with the speed and flexibility of a modern independent-talent model.

Yes, you can view testimonials from our clients on Trustpilot (trustpilot.com/review/outsized.com). We have also featured testimonials on the Client page on our website.

There is a Case Studies section under the main Client page on our website.

Outsized was built by ex-management consultants and senior industry leaders, and our entire proposition is built around providing highly skilled independent talent for discerning clients. In other words, it’s in our DNA!

In practical terms, we ensure the quality and expertise of our independent talent in the following ways:

• A targetted strategy to attract only top talent to the platform. Pros want to hang out with, and be associated with, other pros
• Vetting of each and every application before they are approved to the platform
• Quality-assurance of each talent being put on a client shortlist
• Client feedback on talent quality and relevance after completing the contract

In the rare case of a mismatch of skills and expectations, Outsized replaces the talent free of charge, no questions asked. Or actually, we do ask questions, but just so we can learn and improve!

To find and hire talent through Outsized this is how it works:

1. Share your need: Use post a project, call or text us the details of your project or contract role needs. This should include information about the ideal profile and skills, budget, and duration of the contract.
2. Review and select: You will receive a shortlist of vetted talent within days. Review your options and carry out interviews if relevant, then pick your top choice or choices.

Get your work done: Relax, as we get your independent ready for action and handle all the logistics and contract admin.

Yes, and often more so. Most independent consultants and financial-services experts on Outsized are independent by choice, not circumstance. Many built their careers at top consulting firms (McKinsey, BCG, Bain, Big 4, or leading boutiques) or held senior roles in banking, insurance, fintech, or investment before choosing the flexibility and variety of independent work.

They value autonomy, challenge, and the ability to deliver high-impact results across clients, without corporate constraints. When you hire through Outsized, you’re accessing proven, independent talent who bring the same rigour, quality, and accountability as they did in leading global institutions.

Not at all. Many professionals on the Outsized platform chose independence because they enjoy solving real problems, not managing bureaucracy. Our consultants combine strategic thinking with hands-on execution, bringing both experience and energy to each engagement.

While most have backgrounds from MBB, Big 4, or senior financial-services roles, we also work with standout independents earlier in their careers who’ve already built strong track records in business analytics, data, AI, transformation, risk, and growth projects to name a few. Whether defining a strategy or delivering it on the ground, Outsized independents roll up their sleeves to deliver measurable results for banks, insurers, fintechs, and consulting firms.

No, not when you hire through Outsized. Every professional on our platform is vetted for quality, expertise, and delivery track record, often combining experience from top consulting firms and financial-services institutions. We handle screening, matching, and contracting so you can focus on outcomes, not admin. The result: the flexibility of independent talent, with the reliability of a trusted consulting partner. In the very unlikely event that you are not happy with the performance, we replace your talent free of charge.

Outsized plays an important role in the pre-project stages, from supporting the scoping or contract role description, to matching, shortlisting and contracting your resources. After the contracting phase, we do not engage in project execution, leaving that to the expertise of the indpendent and clients. We do check in from time to time though, just to make sure everyone is happy.

Outsized charges an uplift on top of the independent’s rate. For building and managing the Entrprise and Pro versions of Bench there is a separate setup and subscription fee. The amount depends on how many skill areas are included. See www.outsized.com/bench

For contracting-as-a-service the uplift is typically lower than for a normal assignment, given that we do not provide the matching service (you already have the talent, and we manage onboarding, contracting and payments).

Please get in touch with us for more information and to discuss your needs when it comes to building and executing your agile workforce needs.

For a standard talent-on-demand or contract-to-hire requirement we do not charge any upfront search fee or other costs (exception being if we are carrying out background checks).

For the Enterprise and Pro versions of Bench we charge an annual or monthly fee for the build-up and maintenance the different talent pools.

A new client will sign a Master Services Agreement (MSA), outlining all the key terms and conditions between you and Outsized.

For each individual contract under the MSA there will be a separate Statement of Work or similar, outlining the details for that particular assignment.

You can choose if you’d want the independent to be contracted directly or be subcontracted through Outsized. Most common in most geographies is that the independent is subcontracted via Outsized, and that we manage payments.

Yes, we often help clients find international talent, for example for clients in the Middle East or Southeast Asia. Our talent network is global, with particular depth across Asia-Pacific (including India), Africa, and the Middle East. This helps us to match your requirmements to the best global independent talent.

This depends on a number of things, such as whether it is a remote or on-site contract, and whether a visa (and if so what type) the talent requires. Please get in touch with us to discuss your particular use case for more specific information.