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Vision
That a small company should have access to the same rigour and the same quality of information as a large one. That is why we work digitally and remotely: the quality of the support can't depend on the company being in a district capital.
A close relationship
and accounts explained
clearly
Um Vez Dois grew out of a simple conviction: business owners deserve more than reports that arrive late and explanations they can't follow. Founded in 2023 by Marisa Santos and Carla Gaspar, within the SMARTIDIOM Group, it has offices in Leiria and Pombal and works remotely with clients all over the country.
Founded in2023, within the SMARTIDIOM Group
Ownership100% Portuguese, owned by women
WherePombal, Leiria and across Portugal
Um vez dois: the simplest sum we do
Our name is a multiplication: in Portuguese, “um vez dois” means one times two. This is how we read it.
“Um” (one) is you
Whoever runs a company nearly always decides alone. One business owner, one company, one decision at a time.
“Vez” (times) is our work
We don't add paper to your day. We multiply what you can see in your numbers. That is the sign we carry in our logo.
“Dois” (two) is us, at your side
Two founders, two offices and, in every decision, two heads instead of one: yours and ours.
You decide with someone beside you
That is the result of the sum. The rest is detail, and we take care of that.
Two people, the same restlessness
An accountant who saw information reaching clients too late. A business owner who knew what it is to decide without information. Um Vez Dois is what came of the two joining forces around the same purpose.
What we decided to be
Three ideas that guide what we take on and what we turn down
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Mission
Turning numbers into decisions. We combine accounting rigour with digital tools so that you get the information in time, understand it and can use it. Because accounts that nobody explains, or that arrive too late, are no use to the person running the business.
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Values
Clarity, anticipation, rigour, closeness and responsibility. There are five of them and they are further down, each with what it means in practice.
What we do differently
None of this is extraordinary. It's just what should be normal and rarely is.
01 · With us
We explain before we deliver
Your numbers arrive with a reading: what changed, why, and what it means for the decisions ahead of you. If you didn't understand, the failing is ours.
02 · With us
We talk before the decision
The tax and financial effect of hiring, investing or restructuring is worked out before you sign the document. After that, all that's left is to record it.
03 · With us
We work remotely, on purpose
The files are in the cloud, meetings happen by video call or at the Leiria and Pombal offices, and the team is spread across several regions. For you, it means distance stops being a criterion for choosing your accountant.
04 · With us
We serve companies and accounting firms
As well as companies, we work for other accounting firms, as extra capacity at peak times and during absences. Anyone chosen by fellow professionals has to have their work in order.
Five values that show in the work
They aren't words for a poster. Each one translates into something we do, and that you can hold us to.
If you didn't understand, the failing is ours
We explain before we deliver: your numbers arrive with a reading of what changed, why, and what it means for you.
First the conversation, then the signature
The effect of hiring, investing or restructuring is worked out before you sign the document; after that, all that's left is to record it.
Mistakes get caught in-house
Every year we study what changes in the law and we review each other's work, so that the mistake is caught by us and not in your tax return.
Remote, but never distant
You talk to someone who knows your company, by name, without going through a front desk.
Every decision touches people
We look at the company's results and also at the effect of its decisions on those who depend on it: the people who work there, the people who supply it, the people who buy from it.
Management
Two founders, two halves of the same job. Marisa looks after the numbers, tax and accounting. Carla looks after leadership, culture and business strategy.
Marisa SantosFounding and managing partner
Marisa Santos
Founding and managing partner · Accounting and tax
Founding and managing partner. Certified Accountant and member no. 90474 of the Portuguese Order of Certified Accountants (OCC) since 3 April 2013. She graduated in Accounting and Auditing from ISCAC. She completed a postgraduate qualification in Taxation in 2015 and a master's degree in Corporate Finance in 2019, at the Universidade de Leiria e Oeste. She has been a certified trainer since 2011 and is chief financial officer of Grupo Preceram, a family-owned Portuguese industrial group based in Pombal, which manufactures building materials (ceramic brick, plasterboard, expanded clay and mineral insulation) through the companies Preceram, Gyptec, Nexclay and Volcalis. She specialised in Employment Law, International Tax Law and tax inspections. She set up Um Vez Dois after working with business owners whose information was reaching them too late. Her big why: giving the people who decide the financial knowledge to decide calmly.
- Certified Accountant no. 90474 (OCC)
- Master's degree in Corporate Finance
- Postgraduate qualification in Taxation
Carla GasparFounding partner
Carla Gaspar
Founding partner · Leadership, culture and business strategy
Founding partner. At Um Vez Dois she is responsible for leadership, culture and business strategy. She founded SMARTIDIOM in 2012 and is now CEO of the SMARTIDIOM Group, which brings together four Portuguese companies that are owned by women and 100% Portuguese-owned, Um Vez Dois among them. She knows from the inside the decisions of someone who runs a company, because she makes them every day: hiring, investing, growing. She brings to Um Vez Dois the view of someone who sits on the client's side and the process discipline of a company with triple ISO certification (ISO 9001, ISO 17100 and ISO 18587). She graduated in Translation and Interpreting from ESTG in Leiria, holds an MBA in Corporate Happiness from ISLA Leiria and is a coach certified by the Association for Coaching. Her big why: building businesses that last and that treat the people who work there well.
- CEO and founder of the SMARTIDIOM Group
- Triple ISO certification at SMARTIDIOM: 9001, 17100 and 18587
- MBA in Corporate Happiness and certified coach