Core services

Finance Essentials

Bookkeeping and accounting, with reconciled transactions and reports you can review.

The service

How we can help

We organize financial records, reconcile accounts, and prepare reports. Depending on your package, support can also cover billing, payables, payroll, and related administration.

You might need help if…

  • You have a backlog of unreconciled transactions or missing records.
  • Outstanding invoices are piling up without an organized follow-up.
  • Billing, payables, and vendor paperwork take time away from operating.
  • Payroll and related HR administration need an agreed owner.
  • Loan activity (money borrowed or money lent) is not tracked carefully.
What we handle

The work inside Finance Essentials

Keep the books current

Agreed bookkeeping and accounting, prepared on a steady rhythm so the numbers can be understood and reviewed.

  • Full bookkeeping and maintenance of the client books
  • Accounting and reconciliations within the agreed scope
  • Financial reporting that is meaningful for decisions
  • Financial meetings on an agreed rhythm: quarterly, monthly or weekly depending on the package

Manage money moving in and out

A clear picture of what is owed, what is due, and what needs action, so nothing quietly slips.

  • Billing and invoicing (add-on with Accounting Plus and Accounting Pro)
  • Accounts receivable tracking, follow-up, and recovery (tracking from Accounting Plus, client follow-up in Accounting Pro)
  • Accounts payable administration, bill tracking, and payment coordination (included in Accounting Pro, add-on for Accounting Core and Accounting Plus)
  • Vendor management and related financial administration (basic from Accounting Plus, full in Accounting Pro)

Resolve historical gaps

When the records have drifted, we help bring them up to date and follow up on what billing was missed. Cleanup of at least the current year is required to start and is billed separately.

  • Cleanup of historical client books
  • Identification of past-due invoices and amounts needing follow-up
  • Billing follow-through tied to what the cleanup uncovered

Support employer obligations

Payroll and the routine administration around it, handled discreetly within the agreed engagement. Payroll is included in Accounting Pro and available as an add-on with Accounting Core and Accounting Plus.

  • Payroll processing
  • Agreed HR administration
  • Tax-related support and 1099 preparation (from Accounting Plus), within the scope you approve

Track lending activity

Careful administration of loans, both money the business has received and money it has extended. Available as an add-on with any package.

  • Administration of loans received
  • Administration of loans made to other businesses or individuals
  • Accurate tracking of principal, interest, amortization, origination points, and balances
Packages and pricing

Choose a starting point, then we tailor it

Finance Essentials comes in three packages, and each includes everything in the one before it. A fourth option is built around you. The monthly ranges below are reference points to help you plan.

Accounting Core

$250–$2,500

per month

Dependable books, reviewed every quarter.

  • Standard bookkeeping
  • Accounting and reconciliations
  • Quarterly financial reports
  • A quarterly financial meeting
  • Answers to standard questions
Discuss Accounting Core

Accounting Plus

$600–$3,500

per month

Everything in Core, plus weekly receivables visibility and monthly statements.

  • Accounts receivable tracking
  • Weekly AR aging report
  • Monthly financial statements
  • Monthly financial meetings
  • Basic vendor management (W-9 and 1099 payment tracking)
  • 1099 preparation
Discuss Accounting Plus

Accounting Pro

$1,500–$7,000

per month

Everything in Plus, plus payroll, payables and weekly meetings.

  • Payroll processing
  • Vendor payments and accounts payable tracking
  • Full vendor management
  • Client and vendor communication
  • Weekly meetings on receivables and billing
  • Quarterly profit and loss projections
Discuss Accounting Pro

Tailored

Priced after we talk

A package built around your business when the three others do not quite fit.

  • Any mix of services from the three packages
  • Add-ons chosen to fit
  • Several entities or higher volumes
  • Scope and fee agreed in writing
  • Reviewed with you after the first 90 days
Discuss a tailored package

These ranges are reference points, not quotes. We tailor each package to what your business needs, so your price depends on your transaction volume, your type of business and the ongoing work you want us to carry.

To get started, we clean up your books for at least the current year. Cleanup is billed separately from the monthly package, and earlier years can be added.

Not sure which package fits? Tell us what is getting in the way and we will shape one around it.

Tell us about your business
The approach

Getting started

  1. 1

    Understand the current financial workflow, tools, and pressure points.

  2. 2

    Agree priorities, scope, and who does what, including the client’s participation.

  3. 3

    Complete the required cleanup of at least the current year, then organize records for the ongoing work.

  4. 4

    Carry out the agreed financial work on a steady cadence.

  5. 5

    Review results together and adjust priorities.

Common questions

Before you choose

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Need both areas covered? Business Essentials combines Finance and Admin.