Services

Outsourced Accounting Packages with Controller Review Included

Complete monthly accounting. Controller-level oversight. Better financial decisions. Four outsourced accounting packages for U.S.-based founder-led companies between $1M and $20M in annual revenue. Accounting preparation is handled by our dedicated accounting team; Michael Belote performs the final review and advises you directly.

Packages

Pick the level of support your business needs today.

Monthly Accounting Essentials

Complete monthly accounting, closed on a calendar you can plan around.

  • Full monthly close with bank, card, and balance-sheet reconciliations
  • Accrual-basis financial statements: P&L, balance sheet, cash flow
  • AP and AR transaction processing and clean-up
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Accounting and Controller

Monthly accounting plus real controller oversight and forward-looking reporting.

  • Everything in Monthly Accounting Essentials
  • Controller review and sign-off on every close
  • 13-week cash forecast maintained and reviewed with you
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Outsourced Finance Department

A complete finance function — accounting, controller, and CFO-level guidance.

  • Everything in Accounting and Controller
  • Weekly engagement with Michael Belote as your finance lead
  • Treasury oversight, cash deployment planning, and burn management
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Controller Review Only

Keep your accounting team. Add the oversight layer they are missing.

  • Independent controller review of the monthly close
  • Reconciliation, accrual, and cut-off testing before financials are issued
  • Financial statement review with findings and corrections log
Package details
  • Not tax preparation — we do not file returns or provide tax advice
  • Not audit or attest services
  • Not CPA signoff on financial statements
Scope of work

What sits inside the engagements.

Bookkeeping & accounting operations

Transaction coding, reconciliations, AP/AR workflows, and QuickBooks support that keep records clean and current.

  • Transaction coding & reconciliations
  • AP/AR workflows
  • QuickBooks support

Monthly close & financial reporting

A disciplined close, reliable financial statements, and management reporting you can actually use.

  • Month-end close oversight
  • GAAP financial statements
  • Management reporting packs

Controller oversight

Review, controls, issue resolution, and accountability across the accounting process.

  • Close review & sign-off
  • Internal controls
  • Audit-ready support

Cash flow, budgets & forecasts

13-week cash forecasts, operating budgets, scenario models, and working-capital visibility.

  • 13-week cash forecasts
  • Annual operating budgets
  • Scenario & sensitivity analysis

Strategic CFO support

KPIs, margin analysis, and practical analysis that supports management decisions.

  • Board & investor materials
  • KPI design & dashboards
  • Margin & operational analysis

Cleanup, audit & due diligence

Historical cleanup, process improvement, audit preparation, transaction support, and special projects.

  • Historical cleanup
  • Audit readiness & PBC lists
  • Due diligence & special projects
The path

A practical path from clean books to better decisions.

1

Stabilize

Clean up the books, close process, and core accounting controls.

2

Build visibility

Deliver reports, KPIs, and cash information management can trust.

3

Operate forward

Use forecasts and analysis to plan, prioritize, and make decisions.

Who it's for

Built for the moment a business outgrows its books.

Founder-led companies

Growing businesses that need real finance leadership before a full-time CFO makes sense.

Management teams & investors

Executives and sponsors who want sharper reporting, better forecasts, and dependable analysis.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How is this different from a bookkeeper?

A bookkeeper records transactions. We run the full monthly accounting cycle and add controller-level oversight on top of it: reconciliations are reviewed, accruals and cut-off are applied, and the financial statements are examined by Michael Belote before they reach you. You get numbers that have been interrogated, plus the context to act on them — not just a categorized ledger.

Do you replace my CPA or tax preparer?

No. We are not a tax practice and we do not file returns or provide tax advice. We keep the books, close the month, and produce clean, reconciled financials — which typically makes your CPA's work faster and cheaper. We coordinate directly with your tax preparer at year end and hand over the support they need.

What size company is this for?

U.S.-based founder-led companies with roughly $1M to $20M in annual revenue. That is the range where transaction volume has outgrown a part-time bookkeeper but a full-time controller or CFO is still hard to justify. Below $1M the work is usually lighter than our engagement model; well above $20M you generally want in-house finance staff we can support.

How do you scope an engagement?

We start with the Financial Operations Diagnostic: a review of your current books, close process, systems, and reporting needs. From there we recommend one of four packages — Monthly Accounting Essentials, Accounting and Controller, Outsourced Finance Department, or Controller Review Only — based on transaction volume, entity count, and reporting complexity.

How long does onboarding take?

Most engagements are producing a normal monthly close within 30 to 60 days. The first weeks cover access to systems and banks, a review of the existing books, chart of accounts clean-up, and agreeing the close calendar and reporting package. If prior periods need catch-up or correction, we scope that separately so it does not delay current-month reporting.

Is my data secure with your team?

Our accounting team works inside your systems under named, permissioned accounts — not shared logins — with access limited to what each task requires. Nothing is delivered to you without Michael Belote's final review. Documents stay in your accounting and document platforms rather than being copied to local machines.

Not sure which level of support fits?

Book the Financial Operations Diagnostic. We'll review where your finances stand and recommend the right scope — no pressure, no template.