Frequently ASked Questions (FAQ)

We specialize in outsourced accounting and fractional CFO services. Our offerings include monthly bookkeeping and reconciliation, financial statement preparation, internal controls, treasury management, buy- and sell-side financial due diligence, exit planning, and more.

We serve a range of clients, including business owners, referral partners (such as CPAs, bankers, attorneys, insurance agents), business brokers, and banks. Whether you need reliable financial reporting, assistance with a merger or acquisition, or support for your internal accounting team, our expertise is here.

A “fractional CFO” is a part-time or project-based Chief Financial Officer. Rather than hiring a full-time CFO, you engage us to provide top-tier financial leadership, strategic planning, data analysis, forecasting, and financial management tailored to your business’s needs. It gives you CFO-level services at a more flexible cost structure.

There are many reasons: cost savings from not hiring a full in-house team, access to specialized expertise (e.g. treasury, due diligence, or transition planning), improved accuracy and timeliness of financials, and the ability to focus internal resources on strategic growth rather than day-to-day bookkeeping tasks.

Typically, we begin with a financial assessment to understand your current systems, processes, pain points, and strategic objectives. Then we implement or refine accounting support, reconcile your monthly finances, develop robust monthly financial reporting, and finally provide ongoing advisory and strategic support (“financial clarity”). Our approach is structured to build from foundation to insight to strategy.

Yes. We perform buy-side and sell-side financial due diligence, help assess risk, ensure the numbers tell an accurate story, support exit planning, and guide transitional accounting and operational issues to maximize value and minimize surprises.

We are experienced across manufacturing, distribution, service companies, multi-brand operations, and more. We typically work with privately held businesses, often those that require tailored financial reporting, complex internal accounting systems, or are in transition (growth, acquisition, exit). If your organization has accounting complexities or strategic financial needs, we are a good fit.

While a CPA firm may focus on tax filing and annual audits, our role goes further: we provide monthly-level management reporting, strategic financial advising, treasury/treasury-management support, and interim leadership for your accounting department when needed. From an internal team standpoint, we augment or lead accounting operations so you benefit from senior-level expertise without full-time executive cost.

Our office is in St. Charles, Illinois, but our services are delivered remotely or onsite as required, and we serve clients regionally and nationally. (If you have specific location requirements, we can discuss how to accommodate them.)

Call us at (708) 268-9094 or submit a contact form. We’ll schedule a conversation to understand your needs, review your current financial setup, and explore how our services can help. From there, we will propose a scope, timeline, and cost structure tailored to your business.

Deliverables depend on your business’s needs. Typically, you’ll receive:

• Monthly reconciliations of accounts, payroll, AP/AR and inventory (if relevant)

• Monthly financial statements (balance sheet, income statement, cash flow) and management commentary

• Strategic financial advice / forecasting / KPI dashboards

• If involved in M&A or exit planning: due diligence reports, transition plans, value-enhancement strategies

Timeline: after an initial assessment and onboarding, we will deliver the first set of reconciled monthly financials in the following complete accounting period, and management reporting flows every month thereafter. Strategic advisory is ongoing and aligned with your business calendar.

Pricing is customized based on the scope of work, the complexity of accounting systems, the size of the business, and the service level required. Because we tailor our service to your business, we’ll provide a transparent proposal detailing the deliverables, timelines, and fees.

We maintain professional standards for confidentiality, access controls, secure data transfer, and system integrity. If needed, we can provide more detail on our data-security protocols and compliance obligations.

We often partner with internal accounting teams to provide leadership, training, system implementation support, and best practices. We can bridge gaps during transitions (new ERP, internal accounting reorganization, sale or acquisition) so your team is up to speed and processes run smoothly.

A service agreement governs our engagements, and in the terms for termination or change of scope are outlined therein. We aim to be flexible and responsive: if your needs shift, we’ll review the scope, adjust deliverables, and align our work accordingly.