One fixed day a month, and the books stay clean
Nihul Consulting runs a small business's books on a monthly rhythm. We reconcile against the bank first, because that surfaces anything missing before it gets miscategorized. Then everything gets a category while you still remember what it was for. A single month holds a manageable number of transactions. Twelve of them at once does not.
What this covers
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Reconcile first
Match the books against the bank and the card statements until the two agree to the cent. A reconciliation that balances is quiet proof nothing slipped through.
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Categorized while the month is still fresh
Every transaction gets a category and the receipt behind it. Coded a year later from a bank line alone, the same transaction is a guess.
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The short list of things that do not add up
A payment nobody can place, a subscription you meant to cancel. We resolve them while the trail is warm, which is usually a phone call.
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What your accountant opens in January
An organized, reconciled file with the receipts already attached. An accountant handed a shoebox has to rebuild the year first, at their rate, before the work only they can do can start.
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Books that are behind
Backlogged records get brought current, then put on the monthly cycle so they stay there.
Invoicing and collections sit alongside this service in the full list of services.
Choosing the software is the smaller half of this. QuickBooks and Xero both keep time tracking one or two plans above the price the comparison articles quote, and Wave stops being the free one as soon as you want receipt scanning. Whichever you land on, categories still drift and receipts still go missing, and somebody still has to sit down once a month and reconcile. Ask whoever does your books which one they already know cold, then spend the real attention on the monthly habit.
Start a conversationCommon questions
What does a bookkeeper actually do each month?
A bookkeeper keeps your day-to-day financial records accurate and current. Each month that means reconciling the accounts against the bank first, then categorizing what came in and went out while you still remember what it was for. The month closes with a short, plain summary of where things stand.
Do I still need an accountant?
Yes. Bookkeeping and accounting are different jobs, and we keep to the bookkeeping side. We hand your accountant an organized, reconciled set of books for the tax filing and the formal advice.
My books are behind. Can you help?
Yes. Catching up backlogged books is ordinary work. We bring the records up to date and reconcile them, then put them on a monthly cycle so they stay current from then on.
How do you keep our financial information secure?
We treat financial records as confidential and share them only with the people you name. Which tools we use and who has access are agreed in writing before any work starts.