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General & Operational Accounting

Smarter Accounting,
Stronger Business.

Day-to-day accounting, a clean and on-time close, and reporting you can act on, delivered by an experienced team, from bookkeepers to controllers, who work as an extension of yours.

The Practice At A Glance

What Strong Accounting Looks Like

 

Understand

Step 01

Understand

Diagnose the context, data, and timeline, so we solve the real problem, not the symptom.

Align

Step 02

Align

Bring finance, operations, and leadership into one plan, moving in the same direction.

Execute

Step 03

Execute

Hands-on delivery, accountable to results you can see and measure.

What we do

Service Offerings

Accounting that keeps the close on time, the books audit-ready, and leadership focused on strategy, with senior oversight on every engagement.

All services
Monthly Close, Reconciliations & Financial Reporting Accurate, on-time monthly closes with reconciliations, GL maintenance, and financial reporting for both public (SEC) and private companies, fully compliant with accounting standards, so your team spends less time catching up and more time on strategy.
Accounts Payable & Receivable Management End-to-end AP/AR, billing, collections, cash applications, and vendor management, that give you a clear view of your position and tighter control of cash flow.
Audit Readiness & Compliance Support Organized working papers, supporting schedules, and SEC and regulatory reporting that lower audit risk and keep fieldwork from becoming a fire drill.
Technical Accounting & Special Projects As-needed support for complex transactions, revenue recognition, lease accounting, and more, technical expertise when and where you need it, without rigid long-term contracts.
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What’s At Stake

Where in-house accounting gets stretched too thin.

As a business grows, it gets harder and more expensive for an in-house team to keep up. When several of these show up together, the cost shows up in slow closes, errors, and risk. Spotting them early is half the work.

Signs Your Team Is Stretched Thin

Late or inconsistent closes

The monthly close slips or varies, and reporting falls behind the business.

Reporting errors that erode trust

Mistakes in the numbers chip away at leadership’s confidence in finance.

Manual, spreadsheet-heavy processes

Fragile spreadsheets carry work that should be systematized.

Turnover and key-person risk

The function depends on one or two people who could leave.

Compliance and audit exposure

Gaps surface at the worst time, during an audit or against a deadline.

With Acclarity

Clean closes in days, not weeks

An on-time close you can count on every month.

Fewer errors and audit findings

Accurate books that hold up to scrutiny.

Lower cost than in-house

Senior expertise without the fully loaded cost of headcount.

Faster onboarding

No recruiting, training, or ramp-up time.

Consistent coverage

No single point of failure when someone is out.

Building reliable accounting before the next close or audit beats reconstructing the numbers under pressure.
Proof

Case Studies

Recent accounting and close engagements: what we walked into, and what changed.

All case studies
Faster Close
A 5-Day Close Reduction Reconciliations in Minutes, 3 FTE Saved
A PE-backed dental support organization across 450 clinics cut its monthly close by five days and brought reconciliations down to minutes, while reducing the effort by three full-time roles. Read the story
Accounts Payable
75% Fewer Unprocessed Invoices ~$125K in ACH Savings
A $1.4B industrial services company cut unprocessed invoices by 75% and exception backlog by 80%, and captured roughly $125K in ACH savings through a redesigned accounts payable process. Read the story
Financial Reporting
Faster P&L, Less Manual Close Real-Time Actuals vs. Budget
A multi-plant, multi-country manufacturer replaced a manual month-end close with automated, real-time data integration and actuals-versus-budget analysis, speeding up P&L reporting and cutting manual effort. Read the story

Why Acclarity

Experienced accounting, senior oversight, no shortcuts.

The benefits of a dedicated accounting team, without the recruiting, training, or turnover.

Senior-led, no offshoring

Senior oversight, in the right hands

Experienced accountants do the work, from bookkeeping to controller level, with senior review, never handed off to juniors.

Beyond transactional

Beyond transactional

We support the decisions behind the numbers, not just the entries.

Public accounting plus industry depth

Public accounting plus industry depth

National-firm and in-industry experience applied directly to your books.

A dedicated team without the overhead

A dedicated team without the overhead

The benefits of an in-house accounting team without the recruiting, training, or turnover.

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People

Expert Spotlight

The senior advisors who'd actually run your engagement, not a pitch team.

Our full team
Director

Tiffany McGinnis

CPA, Technical Accounting & Reporting

Tiffany is a licensed CPA with 20+ years of expertise in US GAAP, statutory and FERC reporting, system implementation, technical accounting research, process improvement, and general accounting. She joined Acclarity in 2018 after public accounting with KPMG in Chicago, and holds a Master of Science in Accounting from West Virginia University.

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Point of view

Thought Leadership

Practical guidance on closing the books cleanly, staying audit-ready, and building accounting that scales with the business.

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Roles

Understanding Accountant Roles

Bookkeeper, accountant, controller, CFO: who does what, and when your business needs each.

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Process

Build Systems for Scale

How to put accounting processes and systems in place that hold up as the business grows.

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Common Questions

About General & Operational Accounting

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What are outsourced accounting solutions?

Outsourced accounting solutions, including monthly closes, financial reporting, AP/AR, and compliance, are a strategic alternative to a costly in-house department. You get full management of day-to-day accounting without the cost, training, or turnover burden of a traditional team.

How is outsourced accounting different from a bookkeeper?

Outsourced accounting firms provide more in-depth support than bookkeepers. A bookkeeper mainly handles transactional data entry; a firm like Acclarity provides controller-level oversight, financial reporting, technical accounting, and strategic support, freeing leadership to focus on growth.

When should a company outsource its accounting?

The best times are when a team is stretched thin, experiencing turnover, or in need of specialized expertise that is hard to hire full-time, such as SEC reporting or audit readiness.

What types of companies use outsourced accounting?

All types, from startups without a finance team to mid-market and enterprise organizations supplementing internal staff or managing a difficult transition.

Reliable accounting, WITHOUT THE HIRING HEADACHE.

Acclarity provides experienced accounting, with senior oversight, that meets the moment, whether you're growing, restructuring, or facing a complex one-time project, no shortcuts.

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