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Built for businesses that have bookkeeping in place, but lack consistency, clarity, or confidence in the numbers.
Most businesses don’t struggle because they lack data. They struggle because nothing fully connects. Reports exist, but they don’t create certainty. Information is available, but it doesn’t consistently guide decisions. When bookkeeping stops being enough but CFO-level services still feel premature, the problem is almost always structure.
You’re Past Bookkeeping — But Not Ready for a CFO.
That’s where this work begins. Not with more reports, and not with theory, but by establishing or reinforcing the systems that make your financials dependable. The close becomes something you trust. Reporting becomes something you actually rely on. Instead of managing around uncertainty, you start making decisions from solid ground.
This work is built for startups and scaling businesses that want their financial environment to feel intentional and reliable as operations grow more complex. Bookkeeping, tax, and payroll stay with your existing team or providers so the focus here remains on the structure above that layer and how the close and reporting support real decisions over time.
This work doesn’t operate at the bookkeeping level.
It also doesn’t step into CFO leadership.
Support can be structured (retainer) or flexible (hourly), depending on fit.
This work provides the financial backbone in between. The part most companies never intentionally install or maintain, and later wonder why everything feels unstable.
Because stability now is what makes freedom possible later.
You've earned your money by building something real.
It should not be lost to financial friction, you should be able to keep it.
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A steady structure changes how accounting feels, regardless of how it’s billed.
Yes, you read that right.
Your Financials Should Feel Calm
All services are built around the same controller-level month-end close, with additional scope layered above or below based on the package or selected scope.
Want to talk through how this structure would work inside your business?
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Accounting Should Not Own You
It Controls You
Fragile Records
Financial Blindspots
Unreliable Numbers
Tribal Knowledge
Founder Overload
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Where financial structure becomes lasting stability.
It Supports You
Reliable Financials
Clear Financial Context
Compounding Stability
Decision Confidence
Lower Stress
AI Where It Works.
Humans Where It Counts
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has made financial processes faster, but speed alone isn’t enough. Clean, trustworthy numbers still require human oversight. The smartest companies aren’t choosing between AI and expertise. They’re blending both—using automation for efficiency, and people for oversight and judgment.
🔹 AI generates data, humans ensure it’s reliable.
🔹 AI streamlines execution, expertise ensures structure.
🔹 Automation saves time, structure ensures stability
Financial blind spots happen when numbers are left unchecked. That’s why AI should assist, not replace expert oversight. At Brett J. Federer Accounting, AI is used to streamline workflows when it improves clarity, efficiency, or accuracy. Every report and structure remains grounded in human judgment and experience.
Because smart finance isn’t just about numbers. It’s about structure that grows from sapling to forest.
I only work with a few founders at a time because clarity dies with chaos.
Clarity scales best when focus is protected, so each client receives deliberate attention and lasting clarity when the fit is right.
A Steady Way of Working
Monthly retainer based services are designed to maintain a stable accounting system and a predictable cadence, so financial work continues moving forward without requiring constant attention. The goal is for accounting to run quietly in the background, rather than pulling attention away from the business.
Work follows a consistent rhythm focused on accuracy, continuity, and clear reporting, which reduces the need for frequent back-and-forth or last-minute decisions. When the underlying structure stays consistent, the numbers stay reliable and easier to trust.
This approach gives founders time back by removing accounting from daily decision fatigue, while still preserving visibility and control. When something falls outside the normal rhythm, it is identified early and addressed intentionally, rather than reactively.
No pressure. No surprises. Just structure that lasts.
Like routine maintenance,
I make quiet improvements.
Each adjustment keeps the system running smoothly; it's easy as pie.
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During recurring services, Controller Lite includes corrective accounting adjustments made at my discretion when they are clearly required to preserve accuracy, consistency, or close reliability within the existing system structure.
In the Financial Clarity Package, recurring services may include corrective adjustments and limited refinements to the accounting structure designed during implementation, where appropriate to support scalability, consistency, or evolving operational needs within the established framework.
Refinements during recurring services are not request-driven and are applied only where they support the integrity of the accounting framework. While larger changes such as system redesigns, major workflow shifts, or new automations are handled as separately scoped projects, unless they fall within the Financial Clarity Package implementation phase.
These adjustments do not expand the defined scope of services or create ongoing obligations beyond the applicable service package.
Financial Clarity,
One Post at a Time
Build Structure That Frees You.
I’ve designed this system for founders who want clean, consistent financials and the confidence to make decisions without second-guessing.
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If that’s what you’re building toward, I’m here.