Accounting & Bookkeeping

Books that are closed,
reconciled and quiet

If the ledger is wrong, the model is fiction. We keep the books the reporting above them depends on.

Fixed monthly fee | Books closed by day 8 | 30 days notice

Selected clients across the US, GCC and Europe

What it covers

The ledger, the ledger's edges, and the year end

Bookkeeping is not just recording what happened. It is deciding the period something belongs to, and being able to prove it later.

Monthly bookkeeping


  • Transactions categorised against a chart of accounts built for reporting
  • Bank, card and processor accounts reconciled in full
  • Accruals, prepayments and deferred revenue posted properly
  • Fixed assets and depreciation schedules maintained
  • P&L, balance sheet and cash statement issued monthly

Payables, receivables, payroll


  • AP entered, approved and scheduled to protect cash
  • AR raised, aged and chased before it becomes a problem
  • Aged debtor and creditor reports every month
  • Payroll processed or reviewed, with the journal posted
  • Sales tax and filing data prepared for your tax preparer

Cleanup and year end


  • Catch-up work when the books are months behind
  • Chart of accounts rebuilt when it was never designed
  • Historic misposting found, corrected and documented
  • Year-end close with a clean trial balance
  • The file your auditor or tax preparer actually asks for
Cadence

The close, on a date you can plan around

A bookkeeping month that runs to a calendar rather than to whoever chases hardest.

  1. Weekly
    01
    Assess

    Post

    Transactions categorised and queries raised while the context is still fresh, not four weeks later.

    A current ledger
  2. Days 1 to 5
    02

    Reconcile

    Every bank, card and processor account reconciled, with accruals and cut-off applied to the right period.

    Accounts that tie
  3. Days 6 to 8
    03
    Restate

    Close

    Balance sheet reviewed line by line, adjustments documented, and the 3 statements issued.

    A closed month
  4. Quarterly
    04
    Maintain

    Review

    Chart of accounts, volumes and support schedules reviewed so the file stays fit for the year end.

    No year-end panic
A completed month-end close checklist
The close

A checklist someone signs, not a habit someone remembers

Every close runs the same list: reconcile, accrue, review, sign. Nothing leaves until the last box is ticked.

Case studies

A cleanup, and a steady month

Most bookkeeping engagements start as one of these 2: fixing what was left behind, or never letting it happen again.

Scope

Exactly where bookkeeping starts and stops

Stated plainly on both sides, because the boundary matters more than the brochure.

Included every month
Categorisation and reconciliationEvery account, in full, with unexplained differences raised rather than plugged.
3 statementsP&L, balance sheet and cash, issued on the same date each month.
AP and AR managementEntered, aged and reported, with payment runs scheduled against cash.
A documented audit trailEvery adjustment carries its reasoning, so the year end is a review rather than an investigation.
Handled by others
Audit opinionsWe prepare the file and the support schedules. We are not your auditor and issue no opinion.
Tax returnsWe prepare the data your tax preparer needs. We do not file federal, state or sales tax returns.
Forecasting and board reportingBookkeeping is history. The forward view sits with financial models and FP&A.
Decisions on the numbersJudgement calls belong to a fractional CFO or controller, priced as a separate retainer.

Need the forward view as well? Models, forecasting and FP&A are priced separately.

See financial models & FP&A

Need someone accountable for the decisions? Fractional CFO and controller retainers run monthly, in 3 tiers.

See retainers
Pricing

Priced on transaction volume, not on guesswork

Bookkeeping cost tracks how much actually moves through the business.

Monthly bookkeeping | fixed fee
Volume 1

Early stage

$350/ month

Up to roughly 100 transactions a month across two or three accounts. Pre-revenue or early revenue, single entity.

  • Monthly categorisation and reconciliation
  • 3 statements issued monthly
  • AP and AR tracked
  • Year-end file prepared
Volume 2Most common

Operating

$950/ month

Up to roughly 400 transactions a month, multiple bank and processor accounts, revenue running through billing software.

  • Everything in Volume 1
  • Revenue reconciled from billing and processors to the ledger
  • Accruals, prepayments and deferred revenue
  • Aged debtor and creditor reporting
  • Payroll journal posted and reviewed
Volume 3

Complex

from$2,450/ month

High volume, multiple entities, multi-currency, or payer and reimbursement structures where timing is the hard part.

  • Everything in Volume 2
  • Multi-entity bookkeeping with intercompany
  • Multi-currency posting and revaluation
  • Class, department or project level reporting
  • Audit-ready support schedules maintained monthly

Every price for this service is published in full on the pricing page, alongside every other fee we charge.

See bookkeeping prices
Catch-up and cleanup | one-time
from$0.50/ transaction

Priced on the transactions actually in the backlog, so the fee is a count rather than an estimate.

Rate follows the records Fixed in writing before we start Cadence begins from a reconciled base

Monthly volumes are reviewed quarterly and adjusted with 30 days notice, so a fee never changes without warning.

Questions

Asked before every handover

Which software do you work in?

Yours. We work in the ledger you already use rather than migrating you for our convenience. If a migration is genuinely needed, we quote it separately.

Our books are months behind. Is that a problem?

It is the most common way engagements start. Catch-up is quoted as a one-time fixed fee, then the monthly cadence begins from a clean base.

Do you file our taxes?

No. We prepare the data and schedules your tax preparer needs, and work alongside them. Filing stays with a licensed preparer.

Can you work with our existing accountant?

Yes, and often we do. We keep the books to the standard they ask for, which usually shortens their work and their bill.

How is the fee set?

On transaction volume and the number of accounts, reviewed quarterly. If your volume moves into another band we tell you rather than quietly billing more.

Do we need the CFO retainer too?

Not to start. Bookkeeping answers what happened. Take the retainer when you need someone accountable for what to do about it.

How much of our time does this take?

Under an hour a month once we are set up: forwarding what arrives and answering the occasional question.

What happens when we move on?

You keep the ledger, the reconciliations and the working file, and the software stays in your name rather than ours.

Are you our accountants?

No. We are not a CPA firm. We keep the books to a standard your accountant can sign off from, but we do not file or audit returns.

Contact

Get the ledger
off your desk

Book a call and get a fixed monthly fee within 24 hours. Tell us honestly how far behind the books are; it changes the quote, not the answer.

What happens next
  • 1

    Free consultation

    A short call on your software, your volume and how current the books are.

  • 2

    Volume band and fee

    A recommended band with the monthly fee stated, plus any catch-up quoted separately.

  • 3

    Access and cleanup

    Read access granted, opening balances agreed, and any backlog brought current.

  • 4

    First close

    Your first month closed on day 8, with statements issued and reconciled.