Fractional Bookkeeping

Your books, finally telling you the truth.

You didn't start your business to spend Sundays wrestling QuickBooks. We take bookkeeping off your plate, plug the leaks quietly draining your profit, and hand you the numbers you actually need to grow.

Trusted by business owners who run on real numbers

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The quiet cost of messy books

You feel it every month, even if you can't name it.

Revenue is up. Bank balance is down. Payroll week feels like a coin flip. You're not doing anything wrong — you just can't see what's actually happening.

Leaky revenue buckets

Subscriptions you forgot, fees that quietly climbed, projects underpriced by 12% — every month, gone.

Sunday-night bookkeeping

Reconciling instead of resting. Six hours a week you'll never bill for, doing the job you least enjoy.

Numbers you don't trust

A P&L you can't explain to your CPA, a cash-flow forecast that's really just a hope.

Tax-time panic

Shoeboxes of receipts, a scramble in March, and a bill that always seems bigger than it should be.

One-person bottleneck

Every financial question routes through you. Growth stalls because nothing else can.

Profit that never shows up

You're working harder than last year and taking home less. Somewhere between revenue and your paycheck, it disappears.

Fractional vs. the alternatives

The math most owners never do.

A full-time bookkeeper isn't the answer for most small businesses. Neither is white-knuckling it yourself. Here's what a fractional partner actually changes.

DIY

The hidden salary you pay yourself

  • 6–10 hours/week you don't bill for
  • Errors that compound quietly
  • No second set of eyes
  • Zero strategic guidance

Real cost

≈ $18k–$40k/yr in your time

Full-Time Hire

The overkill option

  • $55k–$75k base salary
  • +30% for benefits, PTO, taxes
  • Software, training, management
  • Idle capacity most weeks

Real cost

$75k–$100k+ /yr, all-in

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Fractional Partner

Right-sized for how you actually operate

  • Senior expertise, on tap
  • Clean books + monthly strategy
  • Pay only for what you need
  • No hiring, no HR, no drama

Real cost

Starting as low as $600/mo — you keep the difference

What we do

Two things, done exceptionally well.

Bookkeeping done right — reconciled monthly, categorized cleanly — plus job costing so you know exactly which work is actually making you money.

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Fractional Bookkeeping

Monthly reconciliation, clean categorization, tidy A/R and A/P, and reports your CPA will actually thank you for.

  • Monthly close, on time
  • QuickBooks Online
  • Sales tax & 1099s
  • Owner-friendly reports

Job Costing

Know which jobs, clients, and projects actually make money — and which are quietly draining you.

  • Per-job P&L
  • Labor & material tracking
  • Estimate vs. actual
  • Profitability by client

Who we serve

Specialists in two industries.

Generalist bookkeepers categorize transactions. We go deeper in the two industries where the details decide whether the numbers are right.

10+ years of accounting expertise

Real depth — not a course completed last year.

Senior-level attention

Your books stay with an experienced pro — no juniors learning on your dime.

Fixed monthly pricing

Know your bill before it lands. No surprise hourly creep.

Client results

What owners say after the books are handled

Shannon got our books cleaned up and finally showed us which jobs were actually making money. We stopped guessing on bids and our margins went up because of it.
Matthew StiegOwner, Matthew Stieg Painting
Having Shannon handle the bookkeeping took a huge weight off. Everything is closed on time, the numbers make sense, and I get my evenings back instead of fighting QuickBooks.
RenoKCRemodeling contractor

Let's find out what your books are hiding.

Free 30-minute consult. We'll look at your setup, name the leaks, and tell you honestly whether we're a fit. Zero pressure.

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