BOOKKEEPING SERVICES
BOOKKEEPING THAT TELLS YOU THE TRUTH. EVERY MONTH.
Outsourced bookkeeping for growing North American businesses. Verified numbers, closed monthly, handled by a team that knows your business.
BOOKKEEPING SERVICES
BOOKKEEPING THAT TELLS YOU THE TRUTH. EVERY MONTH.
Outsourced bookkeeping for growing North American businesses. Verified numbers, closed monthly, handled by a team that knows your business.
Our team provides bookkeeping for growing businesses across North America. Books are reconciled and closed monthly, with reporting produced from verified data. Accounting systems are designed and integrated around each business, and the monthly file is shared with your broader advisory team.
THE PROBLEM
Most owners don't find out their books are wrong until it costs them.
Numbers arrive late. Month-end close drags into the third week of the following month. You make a hiring call, a pricing call, or an equipment call on data you already suspect is stale.
Then year-end arrives and the cleanup starts. That isn't a discipline problem. It's a structural one, and it's the most common thing we see in businesses that grew faster than their back office did.
THE SOLUTION
What Lands In Your Inbox, Every Month
01
Books reconciled and closed on a fixed monthly schedule
02
A profit and loss statement and balance sheet you can read without a translator
03
Payroll processed and government remittances filed on time
04
Sales tax and statutory filings handled ahead of deadlines, not after
05
Issues an opportunities flagged with your assigned accountant and CFO
06
Systems and integrations monitored, so the data stays clean at the source
07
A named team who knows your business and answers when you call
08
A professionally trained team that is current on industry best practices, not one person trying to do it all
WHAT'S COVERED
EVERYTHING INCLUDED IN YOUR BOOKKEEPING
Bookkeeping and reporting
- Monthly, quarterly, and annual bookkeeping
- Bank, credit card, and account reconciliation
- Profit and loss and balance sheet reporting
- Cloud bookkeeping setup and migration
Payroll and remittances
- Payroll processing
- Government remittances
- Year-end payroll filings
- Owner and shareholder income reporting
Receivables and payables
- Accounts receivable management
- Accounts payable management
Sales tax and statutory filings
- Sales tax filing and remittance
- Payroll tax filings
- Year-end information slips and statements
SYSTEMS AND INTEGRATION
Your Systems, designed around your business
Most bookkeeping runs on whatever software was set up first and never revisited. The gaps show up later. Data re-keyed between tools. Transactions that don't carry the detail you need to analyze them. Reports that can't answer the question you're actually asking.
We design the stack around how your business runs, not around a default configuration. Your accounting platform, payroll, payment processing, and banking feeds get architected to work as one system, with automations and data flows built so every transaction is captured, coded, and connected at the source.
We're software agnostic. We work in what you already use, and if a different platform would serve your business better, we'll show you why and leave the decision with you. What we won't do is accept a setup that quietly limits what your numbers can tell you.
WHAT GETS DESIGNED
A chart of accounts structured around the decisions you make, not a generic template
Integrations between your accounting platform, payroll, payments, and operational systems
Automated data flows that remove manual re-entry and the errors that come with it
Bank and credit card feeds connected and monitored
Document and receipt capture built into the workflow
Access and permissions set up deliberately
THE TEAM
Your Business Doesn’t Operate in a Silo.
Neither Does Our Team.
At most firms, bookkeeping ends when the data is entered. Yours doesn't.
Your file is handled by a dedicated team inside our firm, with a named point of contact who knows your business and stays with it. But the numbers don't stop there. Your accountants, tax specialists, and CFO work alongside that team, reviewing what comes through for the things a data entry process would never surface.
Margin moving in the wrong direction. A tax planning opportunity that closes at year-end. Cash tightening a quarter before it becomes a problem. An exposure worth fixing while it's still small.
That's the difference between a service that records what happened and one that notices what it means for your business. When a bookkeeping question turns into a tax question, and it often does, the answer comes from down the hall instead of a referral.
SWITCHING PROVIDERS
You Don't Need Clean Books To Make a Clean Break.
Most businesses come to us mid-year, with books somewhere between behind and unreliable. That's normal. It's planned for.
We start with stabilization and recovery. Time-sensitive items first. Prior errors corrected. A clear catch-up plan with real dates, which you approve before any work begins. Your existing software stays or moves depending on what serves you, not on what's convenient for us.
The right time to switch is when your setup stops serving your business.
ONBOARDING
From first call to FINANCIAL CONTROL
STEP 01
Discovery
We start with your business, not just your books: history, structure, systems, and where growth is headed. This is where we find the gap between where your data sits today and where it needs to be.
STEP 02
Design
We architect the bookkeeping structure and the technology around it: chart of accounts, platform, integrations, data flows and clear ownership of each piece.
STEP 03
Deploy
We build it. Systems get connected, data gets migrated or corrected, and your monthly rhythm goes live.
STEP 04
Dial-In
The first few months are for tightening. We refine the reporting, the cadence, and the detail until the system matches how your business runs.
STEP 05
Drive
Financial control. Verified books every month, issues surfaced early, and a team that already knows your business.
OUTSOURCING VERSUS HIRING IN-HOUSE
ONE BOOKKEEPER, OR A BENCH
ONE BOOKKEEPER
A single in-house bookkeeper is one person's capacity, one person's skill set, and one person's vacation schedule. When they're away, the work waits. When they leave, the knowledge leaves with them.
A BENCH
Outsourcing changes the shape of that. Coverage doesn't depend on one person being at their desk. The work gets reviewed rather than self-checked. And when a question crosses into tax, payroll complexity, or planning, the answer comes from the same team rather than a search for someone new.
There's no universal right answer here. There is a point where the volume and complexity outgrow one person, and most owners feel it before they can name it.
THE BIGGER PICTURE
Clean Books Are The Foundation, Not The Finish Line
Accurate monthly books are where financial control starts. They're also what makes everything above them possible: tax planning done while the window is still open, and advisory work built on numbers that hold up.
That's the system we call the Financial Operating System.
TESTIMONIALS
WHAT CLIENTS SAY
“My experience with Gauvreau has been amazing, not only did they help me get my books back in order but also opened my eyes to all the benefits and value that come with have a professional accounting and bookkeeping team on your side! Everyone from Robert's team is helpful, timely and always friendly! Highly recommended!”
Derry O'Byrne
Derry Woodworking
“Gauvreau is hands down, the leader in the accounting industry. We've had past accountants that simply do that, accounting. Then you've got Bob and his team. They go above and beyond the call of duty. They truly care how your business is doing, and have become a pinnacle driver of how we run our business, look at numbers, and plan for our future.”
Jason Jablonski
Jablonski Electric, Plumbing & Heating
“Bob Gauvreau is an expert in his field and the entire staff are exceptional, from the smiling front desk staff to the support staff who respond promptly to any inquiry you may have. The team is amazing and quick to respond and give advice. Their knowledge is extensive and they love to share what they know. I cannot recommend them enough!”
Shirley Turner
EXIT Reality Liftlock, Brokerage
WHO THIS IS BUILT FOR
Businesses Tired of Settling for Surface-Level Bookkeeping
Built for businesses where the volume and complexity have outgrown simple bookkeeping or a part-time arrangement. If you're running payroll, managing multiple revenue streams, filing sales tax, and making decisions that need current numbers, this is the level of support that fits.
FAQ
COMMON QUESTIONS
LEARNING CENTRE
More on keeping your books current
Let's see where your books actually stand.
Thirty minutes, no preparation needed. We'll look at how your bookkeeping runs today and tell you plainly what we'd change.