Finance office support
Help for a finance office that’s stretched thin.
Year-end close, audit preparation and reporting support, working alongside your staff and your auditor. For offices that are a person short, behind on filings, or between finance directors.
Where we help
The work that piles up when an office is short.
Take on as much or as little as you need, from a single year-end to a standing arrangement through audit season.
Year-end close
Reconciliations, accruals and the schedules your auditor will ask for, organized before fieldwork starts.
Audit preparation
Your auditor’s request list worked through, with support for each balance, so the audit can finish on time.
Catching up
When filings are late, we help clear the backlog one year at a time and get you back on schedule.
Single audit readiness
Federal award records and the schedule of expenditures of federal awards, organized for the single audit.
Annual report presentation
Annual financial reports and short popular reports that are clear, accessible and easy for residents to follow.
Written procedures
Close and reporting procedures written down, so what your office knows stays when people move on.
Why it matters
28%
of the most recent federal single audits from 8,031 local governments (fiscal 2023 or later) arrived after the nine-month deadline, and 1,143 governments are overdue on one now. Late audits can hold up grants and borrowing.
Source: Federal Audit Clearinghouse, as of September 2026.
How we work
Alongside your staff, not instead of them.
- We work in your systems, and your office keeps control of the books
- We prepare; your staff reviews and approves
- We coordinate with your auditor, so requests don’t pile up on one desk
- We leave written procedures behind
Questions about finance support
Are you an audit firm?
No. We don’t perform audits or issue opinions. We help your office get ready for the audit your independent auditor performs.
Do you work on site?
Mostly remotely, with on-site days when they help, such as the start of fieldwork.
Which finance systems do you work with?
The common local government finance systems, and Excel. Tell us yours when you ask for a quote.
How is it priced?
As a fixed fee for a defined piece of work, such as one year-end close, quoted before any work begins.
Behind on year-end or the audit?
Tell us where things stand and we’ll send a fixed quote for getting back on schedule.