Some businesses already have a CFO or need to build up their accounting team. In these cases, we can take on the entire bookkeeping and accounting function for the business by bringing in our trained and hand-selected expert bookkeepers, accountants, accounting managers, or controllers. Whether your business needs full time or part time support, our services and team are flexible to support your needs.
We can build your books from the ground up or work with what you already have in place, including developing and maintaining your general ledger, managing payroll, performing accounts payable and receivable functions, completing bank reconciliations, and closing the month accurately and on time. We follow GAAP accounting, and are also experienced n IFRS for clients who have global operations.
One of the biggest benefits we provide to a growing operation is ensuring there are established and consistent month end close procedures your team can follow to ensure timely and accurate reporting. Without these procedures, financial information is unreliable and should not be used to make business decisions. We've been brought in to help too many businesses that have taken short cuts in their close procedures, only to find out months later that their cash flow was not what they thought and now they are struggling to make payroll or pay vendors. Our process is thorough and will get your reporting on track to ensure decisions are made on solid information.
Our managers and controllers can provide additional financial and accounting management services including: budgeting and forecasting, cash management, analysis and modeling, helping secure financing, and supporting your business through year-end financial audits.
"But I already have a bookkeeper and a CPA"
That is fantastic. We often collaborate with clients' bookkeepers and CPAs - the services we provide are complementary, but different to what these valuable team members do for you.
CPAs or CPA firms advise the company on tax planning, prepare tax returns, and in some cases, certify financial statements. They might also conduct year-end financial audits. All of these services are essential to a business. We often supply the information to the CPA that allows them to complete the tax returns and conduct financial audits. During an audit, we are on site working closely to facilitate the needs of the auditors, answer their questions, and ensure your company receives a clean audit.
Bookkeepers record daily transactions including posting debits and credits, producing invoices, maintaining the general ledger, completing payroll.
Accounting is a high level process that makes sense of the information entered into the accounting system, and produces financial reports and models with that information. Accounting is more subjective than bookkeeping and includes preparing adjusting entries, preparing company financial statements, and analyzing costs of operations, among others.
Smaller businesses may not need an accounting team; a bookkeeper with a solid foundational knowledge of accounting might be sufficient. We often work with smaller business in these situations - providing higher level financial analysis and support to supplement their work.
As a business grows, it will need to add additional billing support, additional accounts receivable to ensure cash is collected in a timely manner, and more regular higher level financial analysis and reporting. Some times a businesses doesn't need full time support, but needs more than what a bookkeeper can provide. We can help by providing part time accountants or accounting supervisors that fit the financial needs of the company.
Get in touch with us today to develop a customized plan to ensure your accounting is rock solid.