Bookkeeping, controller, and CFO services for growing businesses.

You know where you want to take your business. We get to know where that is, clean up your books, create a strong financial foundation, and give you the numbers and insight you need to get there.

Without hiring a finance team.

What we do

We grow with your business.

Bookkeeping

Your numbers are current and accurate.

Every transaction is entered and reviewed each month.

Bookkeeping →
Planning

Your goals, your business model, and your numbers line up.

We work out where you're headed, what it takes to get there, and what has to go right.

Planning →
CFO

Someone who has made these calls before is in the room.

Capital, cash, pricing and hiring, with someone who has made these calls before.

CFO →
Sale Preparation

Your financials hold up when a buyer’s team goes through them.

We keep the reporting and records that buyers, lenders and investors ask for.

Sale Preparation →
Reviews
★★★★★

"Stepped right in and understood the business. Immediately understood what changes needed to happen. Now we're getting insight instead of always wondering what was happening with our numbers."

Ted R. · April 2026
★★★★★

"They took over from a 'name' CPA firm that clearly hadn't prioritized our account. Cleaned up the mess, moved us to the right system, and made recommendations that have us set up for expansion. A step ahead and a step above."

David P. · April 2026
★★★★★

"Incredibly knowledgeable, professional, and efficient from start to finish. They cleaned up and organized my books and made sure everything was accurate. No confusing jargon, just straightforward guidance that made the whole process stress-free."

Americo C. · April 2026
Why a strategic approach matters

Finance should support the business you’re building.

Maybe you want to double revenue, open a second location, work fewer hours, or build something someone will want to buy in ten years. Where you're headed decides which numbers matter, and we set up the books to answer those questions.

  • Planning: how much you can take on, and where you're growing
  • Finance: what the business earns, what it costs and what it's worth
  • Goals: what you're building toward
Business Value Business planningBusiness goalsBusiness finance Capacity, growth, directionWhat you're building towardWhat it earns, costs, is worth
How we work

Our Difference

We start with your strategy and your goals. Then we build the chart of accounts, the close and the reporting to answer the questions those goals raise.

Strategy first

We start with where you're headed, then build the books around it.

Controller-level work

We do the entry and the reconciliations, and we own the close, the reporting, and the numbers that drive decisions.

A real monthly close

We agree on a close date up front, and your financials arrive on that date.

One team as you grow

Clean books first, then controller work, then advice, with the same team growing alongside you.

What the numbers mean

We tell you what moved the numbers and what deserves attention.

Built for growing companies

You get from a first clean set of books to controller-level reporting without building a finance department.

What changes

What actually changes.

You get numbers you can run the business on between month-ends.

Before
  • You're not sure the books are right
  • Month-end drags on and still arrives late
  • You don't know which numbers matter
  • Your CPA is answering accounting questions
  • You make decisions on half the information
  • Nobody owns the numbers
After
  • The books reconcile, and you know it
  • The close lands on the date we agreed
  • You see the same key numbers every month
  • Your CPA files the return, and we own the books
  • Decisions start from numbers you trust
  • One team owns all of it
The Monthly Close

Know your numbers by the 15th.

One report each month, readable in ten minutes. Here is a sample for a business with four locations.

Your business · September closeSample · illustrative figures
LineActualBudgetLast month
Revenue$842,000$810,000$798,000
Gross profit$421,000$405,000$398,000
Labor$236,000$219,000$216,000
Operating profit$119,000$112,000$104,000
Operating margin by location
Location 1
18.2%
Location 2
14.7%
Location 3
8.3%
Location 4
21.1%
What changed, and what to do next

Labor ran $17,000 over budget, 28.0% of revenue against a planned 27.0%, and Location 3 runs 7.8 points below the average of all four locations, so its labor schedule is the first thing to review.

All figures are illustrative. Location margins are before $16,400 of shared overhead.

What arrives by the 15th

  • Every account reconciled
  • Final profit and loss and balance sheet
  • Cash position at month end
  • Results for each location
  • What changed, and what to do next

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Let's take the books off your plate.

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Scott Engler
Who leads Averan

Scott Engler has worked with finance teams for 30 years, from founder-run companies to $100 million and billion-dollar businesses. He spent 17 years at CEB and Gartner leading CFO and CHRO advisory practices, and he chairs C2O, a Vistage group of owners and chief executives.

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