Bookkeeping Services

Here's exactly what
monthly bookkeeping looks like.

If you've decided you need a bookkeeper and you're trying to figure out what you actually get for the money - this page is for you. What hits your portal, when it gets there, and what's happening behind the scenes.

The deliverable

What hits your portal every month.

Five concrete things, not vague promises.

Categorized transactions

Every bank and credit card transaction posted to the right account in your chart of accounts. New patterns become rules so they post automatically next month. Anything ambiguous gets queued and asked through the portal - nothing gets guessed at.

Reconciled accounts

Every bank account and credit card tied to its statement. The reconciliation report lives in your portal so you can see the work, not just the result. If something doesn't tie, I dig in until it does and tell you what I found.

P&L and Balance Sheet

Delivered every month, comparable month over month, readable on a phone. If you have a CPA, they get a clean file at year-end with nothing to clean up. If you don't have one yet, I can point you to a few I trust.

1099 vendor tracking + payroll verification

1099-eligible vendors flagged through the year so January isn't a fire drill. If you run payroll through Gusto, ADP, or QuickBooks Payroll, I verify it posted correctly. I don't process payroll - I verify the bookkeeping side.

A secure client portal

Double Portal handles documents, messages, and your monthly statements. No email attachments, no Dropbox links, no asking which Slack thread had that receipt. One place, searchable, always there.

The monthly rhythm

How a month actually goes.

Same cadence every month, so you always know where your books are.

Throughout the month

Transactions feed into QuickBooks

Bank and card feeds sync daily. You don't have to do anything. If a transaction needs context I can't figure out (which client? which job?), I'll ask through the portal.

First week of the next month

I categorize everything

Working in QBO throughout the month. The clean transactions post automatically off the rules we've built; the unusual ones get reviewed by hand. By the end of week one, your transactions are posted.

Second week

Accounts get reconciled

Every bank account and credit card tied to its statement. Discrepancies get tracked down, not papered over. Reconciliation reports land in your portal.

By the 20th

Statements land in your portal

P&L and balance sheet delivered, with a short note on anything worth your attention. You can read them in five minutes.

Out of scope

What I don't do.

Naming this stuff upfront saves us both a sales call. If you need any of these, I'll tell you straight and point you toward someone better suited.

  • Inventory accounting (cost of goods sold, COGS layers, valuation methods)
  • Job costing or class tracking
  • Payroll processing, sales tax filing, invoicing, or tax preparation
  • Restaurant or franchise reporting (multi-location P&L splits, tip allocations)
  • Cheapest option shopping - I'm not it

Fit check

You're a good fit if…

  • You're a small business with 1-2 employees and simple accounts
  • You have a few bank accounts and one or two credit cards, nothing exotic
  • Service-based, trades, or online retail with consistent revenue
  • You use QuickBooks Online, or you're willing to switch
  • You have a CPA for taxes, or you're ready to get one
  • You'd rather pay someone to do it right than spend your weekends catching up

Let's see if your books are a fit.

Book a free 15-minute call. No sales pitch, no obligation - just a straight answer on whether I can help.