ACCOUNTING & CONTROLLER SUPPORT
Books you can trust, and a close you can count on.
Bookkeeping cleanup, reconciliations, and monthly close, reviewed with controller-level oversight, so your numbers hold up when a lender, a partner, an investor, or tax CPA asks.
Signs your books need attention
When the books stop matching the business.
WHEN FOUNDERS BRING ME IN
Months behind
Catch-up bookkeeping for the months that got away, brought current and reconciled.
Bank and books disagree
Every account tied to its statement, with each difference found and explained.
A system change
Moving from QuickBooks Desktop to Online, or to Xero? We confirm the numbers carried over.
An account structure that doesn’t fit
A chart of accounts built for taxes, rebuilt so your reports answer real questions.
A CPA or lender needs clean books
Year-end and financing requests move faster when the books are organized and explainable.
Sales that don’t match deposits
Payouts arrive net of fees and refunds, so deposits never equal sales. I set up each channel so revenue, fees, and cash all tie out.
Bookkeeping, with a controller’s review.
THE DIFFERENCE
Most bookkeeping records what happened. Controller-level support also checks that it’s right, ties it out, and tells you what it means. You get accurate day-to-day books and the oversight of an accounting leader, without a full-time hire.
Best for: businesses whose books need cleanup, a rebuild, or a reliable monthly rhythm, including those moving between accounting systems.
Typical bookkeeping
Categorizes transactions
Reconciles when time allows
Reports what happened
You only hear from them when something is wrong
With controller support
Finds and fixes errors before they reach your reports
Reconciles every account, every month
Delivers a full report of changes and trends, and what they mean
Stays in touch, so you always know where things stand
Six ways I keep your books right.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
Bookkeeping cleanup and catch-up
Months of unreconciled transactions cleaned, categorized, and brought current.
Reconciliations
Bank, credit card, loan, and platform accounts tied out, with differences explained.
Chart of accounts design
An account structure built around the reports you need to run the business.
System migration and validation
Moving off QuickBooks Desktop, or between QuickBooks Online and Xero, with a check that the numbers carried over.
Monthly close and reporting
Books closed and reviewed on a set schedule, with a clear set of reports delivered.
Year-end and tax-ready books
Organized records and schedules, so your tax preparer isn’t starting from scratch.
From cleanup to a close you don’t have to think about.
HOW IT WORKS
Diagnose
A review of your books and systems, with what I find in plain language.
Clean up and rebuild
Reconciliations, corrections, and structure fixed so the foundation is sound.
Monthly close and review
A regular rhythm of close, review, and reporting, so the books stay right.
Cleanup first, then ongoing support
Cleanup and catch-up as a fixed-fee project, then monthly close and controller support as an ongoing retainer.
SYSTEMS I WORK IN
Comfortable in the tools you already use.
Accounting
Sales, payments & EDI
Payroll
Questions people ask first.
COMMON QUESTIONS
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Bookkeeping records transactions. Controller support reviews them for accuracy, reconciles every account, closes the month, and explains what the numbers mean.
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Yes. Cleanup and catch-up is where most engagements begin. I bring the books current, reconcile them, and fix what’s broken.
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Yes, QuickBooks Online and Xero, including moving between them. I also handle migrations off QuickBooks Desktop, though I don’t do ongoing work in Desktop files.
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Yes. I deliver reconciled books and supporting schedules so your CPA or tax preparer can work from clean records.
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Either. Many clients start with a cleanup project and move to monthly close and review once the books are right.
Start with a conversation about your books.
A short intro call is the easiest way to see where your books stand and what support would help most.
Prefer email? stephanie@berwickfinancial.com