A complete accounting function without a single full-time hire — reconciled, audit- and CPA-review-ready, with commentary that tells you what actually changed and why.
Generic bookkeeping produces generic reports. Every vertical has its own rules, its own traps and its own definition of a clean set of books.
Fund accounting, restricted vs. unrestricted tracking, grant compliance, functional expense allocation, and books kept Form 990-ready all year.
Books that reconcile to the remittance, not just the deposit. Payer-level revenue, provider profitability, and a team fluent in healthcare finance.
Multi-channel sales and payout reconciliation, COGS and inventory, platform fees and chargebacks, sales-tax nexus visibility.
Project and client-level profitability, WIP and unbilled revenue, retainers and deferred revenue, utilization reporting.
Also serving pharmacies · restaurants & takeaways · retail & hospitality · trades & construction · real estate and property management · multi-location operators
| In-house bookkeeper | Sterling Back Office | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual cost | $55,000–$75,000 loaded (salary, taxes, benefits, software) | From $4,200/yr — fixed and itemized |
| Depth of expertise | One person's experience | A team: bookkeeper, senior reviewer, controller |
| Coverage | Stops for PTO, sick days, resignation | Continuous — never a single point of failure |
| Software & tools | Your licences, your problem | Included in the fee |
| Management overhead | You hire, train, supervise and replace | None — we manage the function |
| Quality control | Nobody checks the checker | Every close reviewed and signed off |
Pick the tier that fits your monthly transactions and accounts. The fee stays flat inside those limits — no per-transaction meter, no surprise invoices.
Each line in your bank and card feeds for the month. Easy to count, nothing to argue about. If you grow past your tier's limits two months running, we move you up with 30 days' notice — never a surprise charge.
Your close is delivered by the 5th business day after month-end, on every tier, once bank access is live and your documents are in by Day 2. We categorize through the month, so month-end is review, not catch-up.
So a fixed fee can stay fixed. Every client gets the same senior review and on-time close, because every engagement is sized to the work it actually takes.
Prices are starting points confirmed in writing after your free books review. Annual option: 12-month agreement paid upfront; 5% off the monthly fee and the $500 onboarding fee waived.
We'll show you where your books actually stand, what's leaking, and hand you a scoped, fixed-price proposal within 48 hours.