Bookkeeping for North Cambridge Small Businesses
Bookkeeping and payroll for North Cambridge businesses. MetroWest-based firm serving contractors and service businesses across Greater Boston.
Bookkeeping for North Cambridge
We provide bookkeeping for small businesses in North Cambridge and across Greater Boston. Monthly closes, clean financials, payroll processing, and the back-office work that keeps your business running without hiring someone full-time. Our office is in Bellingham, but we work remotely with clients throughout the Boston metro.
North Cambridge has a lot of contractors and service businesses working the older residential streets between Porter Square and Alewife. Renovation projects, property maintenance, skilled trades. These are businesses where job costing and cash flow timing matter. We built our practice around exactly that.
Monthly Bookkeeping
Monthly Bookkeeping
Transaction categorization, bank reconciliation, monthly close, P&L and balance sheet. Your books stay current every month without you spending weekends catching up in QuickBooks.
Job Costing for Contractors
Job Costing for Contractors
See true costs by job and phase. We align your chart of accounts to how work actually happens in the field, tracking time, materials, and subs so you know which jobs make money and which ones don’t.
Payroll Processing
Payroll Processing
Full payroll service including tax deposits, quarterly filings, W-2s and 1099s. Your crew gets paid on time. You stop tracking deadlines and worrying about compliance.
Year-End Tax Readiness
Year-End Tax Readiness
Books prepared for a clean CPA handoff. Properly categorized, reconciled, and organized so tax season isn’t an emergency. We work directly with your tax preparer to answer questions.
North Cambridge Businesses We Work With
The housing stock in North Cambridge keeps contractors busy year-round. Victorian homes getting updated kitchens. Triple-deckers needing new systems. Landlords maintaining rental properties. The renovation work is steady, and the businesses doing that work need books that track costs accurately and show cash flow clearly.
We work with contractors, skilled trades, property services, and professional service firms. Businesses doing $50K to a few million in revenue that have outgrown doing the books themselves but don’t need a full-time bookkeeper on staff.
Contractors and Remodelers
Contractors and Remodelers
General contractors, kitchen and bath specialists, finish carpenters working in North Cambridge and surrounding areas. Job costing, progress billing, retainage tracking, and financials that help you bid accurately.
Skilled Trades
Skilled Trades
Electricians, plumbers, HVAC technicians serving residential and commercial clients across Cambridge. We track service calls and project work separately so you see where the revenue comes from.
Property Services
Property Services
Landscapers, cleaning services, property maintenance companies. Recurring revenue mixed with one-time jobs. We keep the billing straight and track costs so you know your margins.
Professional Services
Professional Services
Consultants, small agencies, independent practitioners with offices along Mass Ave or working from home. Clean books that show what you’re billing, what you’re spending, and what you’re keeping.
Common Questions
You're in Bellingham. Why would a North Cambridge business work with you?
Bookkeeping happens digitally. We work with businesses across Greater Boston from our MetroWest office. What matters is that we understand your business, not that we're down the street. Most clients prefer remote because it's faster and easier to schedule.
What does monthly bookkeeping cost?
Starting at $199 per month based on transaction volume and number of accounts. We quote flat monthly rates after learning about your business. No surprise hourly charges.
Do you work with contractors doing renovation work in Cambridge?
Yes. Contractors are one of our specialties. We handle job costing, progress billing, retainage tracking, and change orders. If you're doing residential renovation or commercial work in Cambridge, we're set up for exactly that.
Can we meet in person?
Yes. We're in Bellingham, about 45 minutes from North Cambridge depending on traffic. Most clients find remote works better once we're up and running, but we meet when it makes sense.
My books are months behind. Can you help?
Yes. Catch-up work is part of what we do. We clean up the backlog, reconcile everything, and get you current. Then we move into regular monthly service to keep it that way.
Greater Boston's Trusted Bookkeeping Partner
The Next Step:
A Short Conversation
We'll ask a few questions, figure out what you need, and give you a straightforward quote.