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Pricing
Every engagement is priced from a written scope after a records review. These are the starting points, plus the specific things that raise or lower a quote so nothing is a surprise.
Service levels
$495/monthstarting point, set by written scope
Routine monthly bookkeeping, reconciliations, standard financial statements, and tax ready books for a straightforward business.
$1,250/monthstarting point, set by written scope
Operational reporting, job and service profitability, cash flow support, and payables or receivables work when it is in scope.
$3,500/monthstarting point, set by written scope
For businesses asking our team to operate a substantial part of the finance function.
Displayed prices are starting points subject to a written scope. Software, payroll, and payment processing charges are separate. Cleanup of prior periods is quoted as a fixed project rather than a monthly fee.
What moves the price
01
The number of bank, card, and payment transactions each month, and how many accounts they run through.
02
Job costing, retainage, progress billing, deferred revenue, inventory, and multi state activity each add real work to a close.
03
Each legal entity is its own set of books. Intercompany activity adds reconciliation on top of that.
04
Standard statements cost less than job level margin, cash forecasting, budget comparison, and lender ready packages.
05
Reconciliation and close is one thing. Running payables, receivables, collections, and approvals is another.
06
If prior periods are not reliable, cleanup comes first as a separate fixed price project.
For comparison
$185,000
midpoint salary for a US corporate controller, in a range of $152,000 to $213,250
$161,700
median pay for a US financial manager, before benefits and payroll taxes
6%
projected decline in bookkeeping clerk employment from 2024 to 2034, from a base of 1,613,400 jobs
Salary figures exclude payroll taxes, benefits, software, recruiting, and management time.
How we price
Hourly billing punishes you for asking questions and rewards us for being slow. Both are the wrong incentive, so we do not use it.
Ongoing work is a fixed monthly fee for a written scope. Cleanup is a fixed project price. If the business changes enough that the scope no longer fits, we say so and re quote in writing rather than letting the service quietly degrade.
You will know the price before the work starts, and you will know what is not included.
What is never in the price
Nobody should learn the price on the invoice.
You get a written scope with the fee, the exclusions, the deliverable dates, and the conditions that would change it. If our team cannot do the work well at a price that works for you, we will say that too.
Questions
Because a fixed number quoted before seeing the records is a guess, and guesses get corrected later at your expense. A short records review turns the starting point into a real price.
No. Ongoing engagements are month to month with a written scope and a notice period. Cleanup projects run to a defined completion.
No. Cleanup is a separate fixed price project, because it is finite work with a different shape than a monthly close.
Yes, and most clients do. Financial Clarity first, then reporting, cash flow, or controller oversight when the business needs it.
We will tell you plainly. If a business genuinely needs only a few hours of quarterly work, our team is not the right fit and we would rather say so than sell you something.
Next step
A 30 minute call and a short records review is all it takes to turn a starting point into a firm price.
Free. About 6 minutes. 25 questions. No contact details required.