Systems & Cents, LLC
Practical Financial Support for Mission-Driven Organizations
Systems & Cents works alongside nonprofit leaders to provide the right level of support. From back-end accounting and CFO-level review to audit readiness and capacity-building projects.
Every nonprofit's financial needs are different. Some organizations need reliable monthly accounting. Others need help preparing for an audit, strengthening internal systems, training board members, or building tools for better decision-making.
Accounting & Oversight
Reliable back-end accounting with CFO-level review
Whether your organization needs ongoing bookkeeping, monthly close support, board-ready financial reports, or fractional finance leadership, Systems & Cents provides the behind-the-scenes financial support that keeps your organization moving forward.
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We help nonprofit leaders maintain clean books, understand their financial position, strengthen internal controls, and make informed decisions with greater confidence. This service is designed for organizations that need dependable accounting support with strategic oversight built in.
Examples of support:
- Full-service bookkeeping
- Monthly close and account reconciliations
- Financial statement review
- Board-ready financial reporting
- Budget-to-actual reporting
- Cash flow tracking and forecasting
- Grant and restricted fund tracking
- Internal control monitoring and separation-of-duties support
- Payroll and functional expense allocations
- Fractional CFO-level oversight
- Treasurer and board finance support
Ideal for organizations that:
- Need consistent monthly accounting support
- Want cleaner, more reliable financial reports
- Do not have a full-time finance leader on staff
- Need help interpreting the numbers, not just recording them
- Want stronger internal controls and financial processes
- Are growing beyond their current bookkeeping capacity
- Need support preparing reports for the board, funders, or leadership team
- Need help integrating fundraising activity into financial systems
Audit Readiness
Prepare with confidence and reduce audit-season stress
Audits do not have to feel overwhelming. Systems & Cents helps nonprofits clean up records, organize documentation, prepare schedules, respond to auditor requests, and strengthen the systems behind the numbers.
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Whether you are preparing for your first audit, recovering from prior findings, or trying to make this year's process smoother, we provide practical support before, during, and after the audit. We can also serve as a liaison between your organization and your public accounting firm, helping translate requests, manage timelines, and keep the process moving.
Examples of support:
- First-time audit preparation
- Audit readiness assessments
- Accounting clean-up and account reconciliations
- Year-end close support
- Closing adjustment review
- Audit schedule preparation
- Financial documentation organization
- Assistance responding to auditor requests
- Public accounting firm liaison support
- Auditor selection support
- Prior finding follow-up and corrective action planning
- Audit-specific staff, board, and finance committee training
Ideal for organizations that:
- Are preparing for their first audit or review
- Want a smoother, less stressful audit process
- Need help cleaning up records before year-end
- Have unresolved reconciliations, schedules, or documentation gaps
- Need support communicating with auditors
- Want to address prior audit findings or management letter comments
- Need staff, treasurer, or board members to better understand the audit process
Capacity Building & Strategic Support
Strengthen the systems, strategy, and financial knowledge behind your mission
Strong nonprofits need more than accurate accounting. They need leaders, board members, and staff who understand how financial systems, fundraising strategy, program decisions, and long-term sustainability fit together.Â
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Systems & Cents helps organizations build capacity across the full nonprofit operation - from financial assessments and reporting tools to board training, planned giving education, revenue strategy, and practical improvement plans. These engagements are designed to help your team make better decisions, strengthen internal systems, and build confidence for the future.
Examples of support:
- Organizational financial assessments
- Finance department improvement plans
- QuickBooks Online and chart of accounts redesign
- Budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow planning tools
- Grant, program, and restricted fund tracking design
- Internal control and segregation of duties reviews
- Financial policies and procedures development
- Board, treasurer, and finance committee training
- Staff financial training and coaching
- Planned giving education and program developement
- Training on donor-advised funds, appreciated stock gifts, beneficiary designations, and other noncash or legacy giving opportunities
- Support connecting fundraising goals to financial reporting and long-term sustainability
- Workshops and custom financial education sessions
Ideal for organizations that:
- Want to strengthen financial knowledge across staff, leadership, or the board
- Need practical tools for budgeting, reporting, planning, or decision-making
- Are ready to move beyond reactive financial management
- Want to develop or improve a planned giving or legacy giving program
- Need help understanding how unusual or complex gifts affect financial planning and accounting
- Feel like financial systems, fundraising, and program strategy are not fully connected
- Want a focused project, training, or improvement plan rather than ongoing monthly accounting support
- Are preparing for growth, leadership transition, or a new stage of organizational maturity
Ready to Build a Stronger Financial Future?
Most engagements begin with a complimentary discovery call to learn about your organization, goals, and challenges.
Schedule a free consultation to discuss your organization's accounting, audit readiness, or capacity-building needs.
Whether you need better systems, monthly support, clearer reporting, stronger planning, audit support, or additional training, Systems & Cents can help you move forward with confidence.