ACCOUNTING SOLUTIONS

From bookkeeping to controller-level services, ProfitLink Consulting works as an outsourced accounting department to streamline processes, supply accurate data for informed decision-making, and provide insight for improvements. Our Accounting Solutions Group provides corporate financial leadership to companies looking to simplify operations and improve profitability.

The ProfitLink Consulting team of experienced professionals enables clients to hire accounting professionals to further grow the business without incurring the unnecessary overhead costs of hiring full-time employees. And, for entrepreneurial clients, this service reduces the burden on the business owner, enabling them to focus on their expertise, their business.

When would you need to hire ProfitLink Consulting?

Potential clients are usually unsure if they need to hire a consultant to perform their accounting tasks. You would find it beneficial to utilize our services if…

• You are dealing with turnover among your accounting staff
• Or, your bookkeeper, who has always taken care of everything, just left!
• You are tired of the high overhead cost of full-time employees
• You are doing the accounting yourself, and need help getting things on track
• You are doing the accounting yourself, and your time would be better spent focusing on your expertise, your business, because every minute you spend supervising accounting, you are taking away from your time to spend making money utilizing your expertise.
• No processes or procedures have ever been put in place, or the ones you have are outdated
• You have reports, but don't know how to analyze the numbers
• You don't have reports!
• Your software program (QuickBooks®, Mas 90, Peachtree, Small Business Manager, MasterBuilder, Macola) isn't doing what you want it to do.
• Your software program is working fine, but you would like it to do MORE!
• You just want someone to train and supervise your bookkeeper for you, so you don't have to.
• You would like someone to review your financials one to two days a month, as a Controller would, and provide advice.

As you can see, at ProfitLink Consulting, we can take on one role within an accounting department, or we can be the entire accounting department. First, we work with you to determine how much record "clean up" your bookkeeping might need. Next, we establish the ongoing maintenance schedule (for example, 1-2 days per week for bookkeeping services, and / or 1-2 days per month for Controller-level services). An individual plan is customized for your specific business.

At ProfitLink Consulting, we know that in today's business environment, the Controller position requires knowledge outside of typical daily accounting transactions. We have recognized this and differentiated ourselves from other service providers by hiring experienced professionals who are proven financial leaders. Our staff consists of highly skilled professionals in financial technology and software applications. The Accounting Solutions Group also provides business systems services to clients who wish to improve efficiencies in accounting systems or need assistance in selecting and implementing new accounting systems and related policies and procedures.

Implementing new processes and procedures is enhanced by our unique "team-based approach." We layer a team of experts with the knowledge of our client's business, thus eliminating any 'down-time,' and reducing the burden on our client. This 'knowledge share' is key to streamlining operations and providing insight for improvements.

Drawing on both depth and diversity of financial knowledge, ProfitLink Consulting works in partnership with clients, becoming part of the team or training internal staff as appropriate, to develop systems and accounting policies and procedures that strengthen a client's performance.

General Accounting Services:

• Accounts Payable
• Accounts Receivable
• Account Reconciliations
• Month-end Closings
• Payroll Processing
• Financial Reporting
• Budget Preparation
• Internal Controls

Advanced Controller Services:

• Strategic financial planning and budgeting
• Streamlining policies and procedures for day-to-day accounting operations
• Management of accounting department including the review and establishment of job roles and responsibilities
• Training of internal staff members
• Assisting with accounting staff recruitment
• Developing in-house financial reports for senior executives on a monthly, quarterly, or annual basis, and review with management to insure the reports are understood
• Cash management services including improving collections, inventory management and control, meeting with creditors, and other Treasury functions
• Recommending areas of improvement to sustain future growth
• Liaison to outside accounting firms for tax planning and coordination of audits
• Advisor to operational issues impacting debt and other financing
• Special project work

Expanded Accounting Software Services:

• Accounting software system selection and installation
• Advisor to the newest technologies in the market for accounting software
• Implement and streamline the usage of accounting systems, upgrades and recommendations for functionality improvements of accounting software
• Software Customization
• Report development to analyze key business and industry metrics
• Special projects pertaining to system efficiencies
• Consulting on QuickBooks®, Mas 90, Peachtree, Small Business Manager, MasterBuilder, Macola and others.

What Does it Mean to Hire ProfitLink Consulting?

When you hire ProfitLink Consulting, you hire a team of financial experts on a contract basis who will serve as your part-time Bookkeeper and / or Controller. Our services are usually provided one to two days a week or in the case of a project, are provided in parallel with the project plan. Either way, our services are easily customized to fit your particular need.

Who Are the ProfitLink Consultants?

ProfitLink Consulting offers diverse consultants to meet your company's needs. Our consultants have real-world, practical business experience, offering expertise in different industries and corporate functions.

• Our consultants have served as financial managers in both the public and private sectors
• They have also served as directors, finance managers, and controllers in companies of all different sizes and within a wide range of industries
• Our consultants are "Members of the QuickBooks Professional Advisors^sm Program"
• Our consultants also have extensive experience in several information system packages from large ERP (enterprise resource planning systems) to basic accounting packages
• Our consultants also have extensive experience in day-to-day accounting tasks, policies and procedures and internal controls
• We have CPAs and Certified Cash Managers among our consultants