This is how the four layers stack, and why you cannot skip one.
In a larger company these jobs belong to three people. Under ten million they usually belong to one tired person who keeps the books, a tax preparer, and no CFO at all, so we bring the missing layers with us. Day to day books stay current while the controller closes the month, reconciles every account, and files payroll and sales tax on time. The CFO reads that close and plans cash, tax, and funding on it, and each layer only works if the one below it is real. This is the company side of the work, and it only starts when the numbers underneath can hold.
The order of operations
This is how the work has to happen, and we do not sell a three step funnel because the order is load-bearing.
Start the Foundation CheckPersonal credit and tax transcripts, company fundability, a review of the QuickBooks Online file, and the compliance pulse. You get a written result that names the first thing to fix.
This is what we actually do first.
Catch up and reconcile every bank and card account, and fix payroll and sales tax posting. Outsourced bookkeeping lives here, under the controller, not beside it. The month closes with figures you can trust.
If this layer is weak, the CFO is guessing.
Weekly cash, the twelve month plan, tax planning all year, capital strategy, and the dashboards. This is the part owners think they are buying on day one. It becomes easy once steps one and two are real.
This is the part people think they are buying on day one.
Your finances as the owner come first, then the company, then compliance. The check is free, written, and the basis for everything we quote.
Open itTrue books, bills and payroll on time, and a controller who checks the numbers every month so the close can hold.
The ops layerCash, the plan, tax planning, and a funding file, built on a close that holds rather than on a guess.
The CFO workTell us how your month closes today. We will tell you whether the next step is the controller or the CFO work.
Books under the controller. CFO work on top.
What sits under the CFO work is the controller, and under that the day to day books and back office. We bring all three layers, so you do not have to hire anyone just to work with us.
No. A dashboard on unreconciled books is a picture of a guess. We will build the dashboard, but only once the close underneath it is reconciled and we have checked it ourselves.
You can book a free strategy session, or take the Foundation Check and send us the result. Either path gives us a real starting point instead of a guess.