It takes a month
to get a report.
Nobody can
say why.
Our first step is to understand your current month-end close. We map the process & handoffs, mark bottlenecks, & identify workarounds.
Then we get to work.
This Is How Most Family Offices Close Their Books.
There is no close calendar. No critical path. No dependency map. Tasks happen when someone remembers to start them. Bottlenecks are invisible until they cause a delay, and by then it is too late.
Pulling data from six systems. Copying it into a spreadsheet. Reformatting it. Tying it out by hand. Running the same reconciliation the same way every single month. Half the close cycle is not analysis or judgment. It is manual work that a machine should be doing.
The people who built the workarounds are the only ones who understand them. There are no documented SOPs. No clear ownership. No backup plan. If your senior accountant leaves, your close process leaves with them.
Reconciliations live in personal spreadsheets. Journal entries are built by hand. Data gets pulled from six different sources, pasted into a workbook, and reformatted every single month. One broken formula and the whole thing unravels.
The close is not one process. It is dozens of handoffs, workarounds, and manual steps stitched together by people who figured it out as they went. That is the problem.
You know your Close
takes too long.
It shouldn't be like this
Why feel all this pressure & stress all the time. It's not just what work is. It's your life. Don't allow your business to trap you in a life of tedious, manual labor. We can make it better. So much better.
Throwing bodies at problems doesn't work anymore.
The old solution to any accounting challenges was to just keep throwing bodies at problems until someone or a group of someones found a way to get it done. That ship has sailed. The knowledge & skill gap has grown too wide for that game. In 5-7 years, universities will catch up and degree programs will change. When new skill profiles are in demand, the system tends to manufacture the humans to fill the roles.
But for right now, you need a team that knows tech, finance, & operations -- and undertands how it all works together. That's what we are and what we do.
Meet with us.
We have a particular confluence of backgrounds & skills that fit well into the current business landscape. Clients are generally pretty surprised when they see what we can do.
Challenge us!
We learn before we build.
1. DIAGNOSTIC
We start by mapping your current AP process end-to-end. Every handoff, every bottleneck, every workaround your team invented because the system would not cooperate. We document the real process, not the one in your SOP binder.
2. DESIGN + BUILD
We design the platform around your workflow, not the other way around. Entity structure, approval chains, GL mapping, payment methods, vendor defaults. Everything is configured to match how your team actually works. Then we build it on your infrastructure.
3. DEPLOY + PROVE
We start with a pilot. One entity, controlled vendor set, parallel processing. We prove it works before we scale it. No big-bang rollouts. No surprises.
1. Diagnostic
Deliverables:
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Stakeholder interviews
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End-to-end Process Mapping
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Trace Data, Action + Capital flows
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Requirements List
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Mission Priorities + Preferences
2. Plan
Deliverables:
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Close Acceleration Plan
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SOP Scaffolding
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Reconciliation + journal entry templates
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Prioritized automation backlog (scored by impact + effort)
3. Automation
Deliverables:
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One-click refresh workbooks
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Automate data ingestion (Power Query, Power Automate, Code)
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Auto journal entries + audit trails
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Exception + variance dashboards
4. Pilot Close
Deliverables:
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Pilot New vs. old Close
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T+ metrics tracked against targets
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Process adjustments
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Update artifacts re: Pilot results
5. Scale + Harden
Deliverables:
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Automated Close Tasks
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Close Playbook + Training
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3 Months of Close-Support
Our Impact
in Numbers
75%
Faster Close Cycle
We work with multi-billion dollar offices. We can handle whatever you throw at us.
50%
Reduction in time lost to tedious operational tasks
Sometimes solutions are simpler & quicker than you'd imagine.
20%
Savings in accounting Fees
We make end of year easier, faster, cheaper and, all around, more delightful.
We design to serve your needs and empower your people.
Real delivery means your organization is self-sufficient.
It means your team has control and can do what they need to do.
INDEPENDENCE & PRIVACY HAS NEVER BEEN MORE POSSIBLE
The family offices we work with really want off the cloud.
Sound interesting?
Set up a call. Let's chat about what it means & what it can do for you.