Beverage Manufacturing · Growth
Accounting infrastructure rebuilt at a critical inflection point
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Bank reconciliations were running in external Excel files, bypassing QuickBooks entirely. Fixed assets were tracked on inconsistent schedules. Deferred revenue had no systematic recognition process. A covenant compliance issue had delayed the financial review 30 days and triggered a refinancing need.
Rebuilt the financial infrastructure alongside the incoming fractional CFO: corrected fixed asset register with proper useful lives, systematic deferred revenue schedule, balance sheet reconciliation framework for three historically unreliable accounts, and a live reporting package connected directly to QuickBooks.
$40,000 accumulated depreciation error identified and corrected · Three balance sheet accounts now have independent schedules and monthly journal entries · Bank reconciliations moved inside QuickBooks — two sets of books eliminated
- $40,000 accumulated depreciation error identified and corrected
- Three balance sheet accounts now have independent schedules and monthly journal entries
- Bank reconciliations moved inside QuickBooks — two sets of books eliminated
- Incoming controller inherited a working process, not a mess
- Equipment financing introductions facilitated to support capital structure
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