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Financial accounting
Books that close on time, statements you can hand to a bank or a board, and an accountant who will explain the numbers when they do not add up. Or, if you need an accountant for a defined period, one by the hour.
When this is the right fit
- Your books close late, or never quite close.
- A lender, grantor, board, or auditor is asking for statements you do not have.
- Your bookkeeper has left, or is one person covering three roles.
- You have outgrown a spreadsheet-based system.
- You need an accountant for a defined number of hours, such as a cleanup, a system migration, a leave backfill, or a public-sector financial management task.
What we deliver, and when
| Deliverable | Cadence |
|---|---|
| Bank, credit card, and loan reconciliations | Monthly |
| Balance sheet and income statement | Monthly |
| Management report with variances and notes | Monthly |
| Review with your lead accountant, in writing or on a video meeting if you prefer | Monthly |
| Tax return preparation and filing | Annually |
| Year-end close package for your auditor | Annually |
| Accounts payable, invoicing, and cash forecasting | Scoped per engagement |
Working with your auditor. We prepare the books, the management reports, the tax returns, and the year-end package. Audited, reviewed, and compiled financial statements are issued by an independent licensed CPA firm, and we work directly with yours so nothing falls between us. Advisory and CFO-level work is scoped separately.
Tools
QuickBooks Online most often, plus the payroll, bill-pay, and expense tools already connected to it. We work in your system. We do not make you migrate to ours.
How an engagement runs
- Books review. A fixed-scope review with a written summary of the current state and what it will take to put in order.
- Cleanup, if needed. Scoped and priced separately, with a finish date.
- Monthly rhythm begins. The same lead accountant every month: reconciliations first, then statements, then the management report.
- Quarterly check on whether the scope still fits what you need.
Accountants by the hour
For finance teams that need a qualified accountant for a defined number of hours rather than a monthly engagement.
- A named accountant at the level you need, who stays on your work for the duration. You approve any substitution.
- An hourly rate and a not-to-exceed ceiling in writing before the first hour is billed.
- A weekly timesheet with a one-paragraph summary and hours remaining against the ceiling.
- Work is remote by default, with on-site time in Northern Virginia, DC, and Maryland by arrangement.
Typical uses: year-end surge and the auditor’s request list; cleanup or catch-up before a financing, a grant report, or a sale; covering a departed or absent accountant until the replacement starts; an accounting system migration; financial management support on a public-sector engagement.
Attest work is performed by an independent CPA firm. Fractional CFO work is scoped separately.
Who does the work
A lead accountant you will have corresponded with before you sign, and who stays on your account. Client financial data lives in your own systems. Our access is named, role-limited, protected by multi-factor authentication, and removed the day an engagement ends.
Tell us what is not working.
Write to us. The person who would lead the work replies within one business day, by email, and we will not send a proposal unless you ask for one.