Accounting & Fractional Advisory

The books, the numbers, and the counsel behind a well-run firm.

A solo practice serving closely held businesses and small professional firms in Texas. Two engagements only: monthly accounting and fractional financial advisory. No tax preparation. No attest work.

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Services

Accounting

Monthly accounting in detail →

Your monthly close, run by a CPA rather than a bookkeeper. The general ledger kept current, the balance sheet reconciled line by line, and statements delivered on a fixed calendar date so you are never guessing at your position mid-quarter.

Monthly close and full balance-sheet reconciliation
Revenue and cost coding matched to how your business earns
Job costing, project, or departmental reporting where you need it
Financial statements issued by the 15th
Payables review, billing support, and year-end workpapers for your tax preparer

Fractional Advisory

Fractional advisory in detail →

A standing seat at your leadership table for the financial side of the firm. We work from your own numbers: what a job or engagement actually earned, what a hire actually costs, whether the pipeline supports the payroll you are about to sign.

Monthly review of results with the owners
Margin, pricing, and overhead analysis
13-week cash forecast and distribution planning
Hiring and capacity modeling
Close-process and internal-control improvement

Schedule of Fees

Fixed monthly retainers, quoted in writing before any work begins. Figures below are typical starting points; final fees depend on entity count and transaction volume.

EngagementPer month (USD)

Accounting$1,000

Monthly retainer

Fractional Advisory$3,000

Monthly retainer

Diagnostic engagementQuoted separately

A one-time review of your books, close process, and job reporting, delivered as a written findings memo. Frequently the first step; never a requirement.

Fees exclude tax preparation and attest services, which this practice does not provide.

Patrick Ray, CPA

Certified Public Accountant

The Practice

Fifteen firms served properly, rather than a hundred served thinly.

I am a Texas-registered Certified Public Accountant. I began in public accounting at a national firm, then spent several years managing financial reporting and controls at a large private company — where I owned the period-end close, prepared consolidated financial statements, and coordinated the annual audit.

That work — closing real books on a real deadline, then explaining the result to the people responsible for the outcome — is the whole of what this practice does for owner-led businesses and small professional firms. Uneven revenue, long sales-to-payment cycles, and partner or owner compensation are the ordinary conditions here, not exceptions.

The practice is deliberately narrow: accounting and fractional advisory only. Your tax preparer and your auditor remain independent of me, and I work alongside them.

Credential: CPA, State of Texas
Education: B.S. Accounting, UT Tyler
Background: Public accounting · Corporate reporting

Inquiry

Write to me about your firm.

A short note is enough. I reply personally, within one business day, and will tell you plainly if the practice is not the right fit.

903-530-9213

Texas