Cathy is a bookkeeper in Boston who works with small nonprofits. Pressed for time at the moment and considering only very awesome clients (see Links for some other radical bookkeepers). E-mail or tweet her.

Cathy’s skills include:

Getting you started

• Chart of accounts
• QuickBooks setup (desktop, app or online)
• Internal office systems

Organizational support

• Financial management & consultation
• Budget planning
• Help with messy, problematic, or just plain weird accounting situations
• Insurance management
• Cleanup and troubleshooting

Monthly close & reporting

• Bank statement reconciliation
• Monthly workpapers
  • Prepaid, deferred, accruals
  • Investments
  • Petty cash
  • Fixed assets & depreciation
  • Restricted funds
  • Salary & overhead allocation
• Report creation
  • Balance sheet
  • P&L
  • P&L by program
  • Budget to actual
  • Cash flow
  • Dashboard
• Presenting to executive director
• Presenting to board

Audits, reviews & taxes

• Management of audit/review/taxes engagements
• Audit/review/tax prep
• Liaison to CPAs
• Massachusetts UFR

Payroll

• Initial setup
• Administering payroll
  • Managing timesheets
    • Tracking and administering PTO
    • Tracking OT
  • Payroll transmission
  • Payroll posting
  • Paying contractors
• Payroll taxes
  • Recording and reconciling tax liabilities
  • Researching & managing tax issues
• Basic human resources management
  • Adding new hires to payroll
  • Staying abreast of regulations
  • Managing/administering retirement plan

Routine bookkeeping

• Manual posting of transactions
• Categorizing imported bank transactions
• Accounts payable
  • Posting bills
  • Managing cash and due dates
  • Cutting checks
• Accounts receivable
  • Invoicing
  • Collections
  • Posting deposits
  • Banking

Filings & compliance

• State filings
  • Annual Report
  • Sales tax
  • Form 3ABC
  • In a pinch, Form PC
• Federal filings
  • 1099s
  • Form 5500/5588
• Registered agent hiring and management