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What's inside the engagement.

Six lines of work, run as one operation. The first two are why we're different; the rest is the finance function they make possible. Start with the AI and systems, or hand us the whole thing. Every engagement begins with a one-page written scope, signed before anything moves.

Directory · Six lines of work
Jump to · §1–§6
§ 1
AI & Automation.
AI tuned to your CRM, processes, and books — with the workflows automated around it.
§ 2
Systems & Custom Solutions.
Fixes, integrations, and custom solutions so your stack works together.
§ 3
Bookkeeping & Accounting.
Daily ledger, monthly close, AR/AP, payroll integration.
§ 4
Reporting & Intelligence.
Monthly board-ready statements, KPIs, 13-week cash flow.
§ 5
Financial Ops & Process.
Close calendar, AR/AP workflow, approval routing, expense.
§ 6
Tax.
Federal/state filings, year-round planning, sales-tax filings.
How to pick a line of work
A decision tree, not a menu

§1 (AI & Automation) is where most clients who come to us for the difference start. If the pain is manual work that shouldn't be manual — re-keying between your CRM and your books, a close that eats a week, reports rebuilt by hand every month — this is the line. We implement AI tuned to your actual workflows and automate what connects them. It's sellable on its own, and it's the engine when we run the full operation.

§2 (Systems & Custom Solutions) is the right starter when the tools are fine individually but the seams are broken — a CRM that won't talk to QBO, a processor file you hand-massage before it imports, two systems that disagree. We fix and integrate what you already run and write custom solutions where off-the-shelf can't hold. Often paired with §1.

§3 (Bookkeeping & Accounting) is the foundation the AI runs on. Many engagements include it because clean books are what make the automation trustworthy — implementing AI on top of bad books just produces faster wrong answers. If your books are already clean and the pain is purely tech or visibility, you may not need this line at all.

§4 (Reporting & Intelligence) is for when the books are fine but nobody can see them. The classic signal: a founder exporting QBO to a spreadsheet every month to rebuild the same board deck by hand. Stands alone if the close is clean; pair it with §3 if it isn't.

§5 (Financial Ops & Process) is the line clients underestimate most. The close calendar, the approval routing, the documented handoffs — the scaffolding around the GL. The signal is "the close keeps slipping and I can't tell why." Pairs with §3 on almost every engagement where more than one person touches money.

§6 (Tax) runs annually, not monthly. Filings, planning, and sales tax across jurisdictions — by the same firm that keeps the books, so the return isn't a translation exercise between two parties who've never spoken. Most clients add it once they trust the monthly work.

If you'd rather skip the framework and just talk it through, the intro is thirty minutes. Pick a slot →

§ 1
Department 01 · Intelligence

AI & Automation.

AI tuned to your CRM, your processes, and your books — with the financial workflows automated around it. The work that makes one firm able to run an entire finance operation.

  • × Source code for the agents (they stay proprietary to the firm)
  • × Agents that run without a CPA in the loop for edge cases
§ 2
Department 02 · Engineering

Systems & Custom Solutions.

Fixes, integrations, and custom solutions so the tools you already run work together — written and owned by us, not configured and abandoned.

  • × Full-stack product engineering for customer-facing apps
  • × Long-running platform builds without a finance line-of-sight
§ 3
Department 03 · Accounting

Bookkeeping & Accounting.

The general ledger, run by the firm that implemented the AI watching it. Reconciled feeds, accrual books, a close signed off by day 7 of the following month.

  • × Audit representation (separate engagement)
  • × Cap table or 409A work
  • × Investor reporting beyond the standard board packet
§ 4
Department 04 · Reporting

Reporting & Intelligence.

A monthly board packet your operators actually read — and a 13-week cash forecast you can defend without notes. PDF + live dashboard, same numbers.

  • × Tableau (we don't take new Tableau seats — ask)
  • × Multi-currency consolidation (separate scope)
§ 5
Department 05 · Process

Financial Ops & Process.

The plumbing around the GL — close calendars, expense policy, approval routing, vendor onboarding — written down once, then maintained by the firm.

  • × ERP implementations (NetSuite, Sage Intacct — separate engagement, partner referral)
§ 6
Department 06 · Tax

Tax.

Federal and state filings, year-round planning, sales-tax filings across jurisdictions. Same CPA who runs the books — so the return isn't a translation exercise.

  • × Personal tax returns for individuals not connected to a firm engagement
  • × International tax (we partner with a specialist firm)
  • × Audit representation (separate engagement)
Section 02 · Engagement

What the first
five weeks look like.

Most engagements run the same shape. The dates slip; the steps don't.

01
Intro call
Thirty minutes. No deck. We map your stack, the close calendar, and the two or three things that hurt most.
Week 0
02
Written scope
A single-page scope arrives within five business days — fees, deliverables, what isn't included.
Week 1
03
Discovery & migration
Two weeks of pulling data, mapping the chart of accounts, and standing up the first agents.
Weeks 2–3
04
First close
You get a clean monthly close, the board packet, and the cash forecast. We post-mortem on day 8.
Week 5
05
Steady state
Quarterly business review. Annual scope refresh. Software and books stay one engagement.
Ongoing
Questions
Six, answered
Q.
Who is this built for?
Growing companies, roughly those doing over $5M in revenue, that have outgrown a bookkeeper but aren't ready for a full in-house finance team. If you're well below that, a standalone bookkeeping tool is usually the smarter call, and we'll happily point you to one.
Q.
Can we start with just the AI and systems work?
Yes. AI & Automation and Systems & Custom Solutions are sellable on their own — we'll implement them against your existing finance team's work. They're also the engine when we run the whole operation.
Q.
Will our data leave QuickBooks?
No. Reads only — categorization, reconciliation, and reporting all happen against a copy of the data. Writes back to QBO/Xero are explicit and logged.
Q.
Do you sign an NDA?
Yes. Mutual NDA before the intro call if your stack requires it; standard otherwise.
Q.
Are the AI agents proprietary, or open?
Proprietary to the firm. You get the outputs — clean GL, forecasts, anomaly alerts — but not the source. A CPA is on the hook for the result, not the code.
Q.
Can you replace our controller?
Sometimes. If the controller is mostly running close and reporting, yes. If they're a finance-leadership role — FP&A, fundraising, board-facing strategy — you want both.
How to engage

Start with the AI and systems, or
let's scope the whole operation.

Thirty minutes, no deck. If we're a fit, you get a written scope within the week. If not, we'll point you somewhere that is.