Protect cash, trust and tax funds, payroll, merchant deposits, approvals, access, reconciliations, separation of duties, and source records.
Accounting
U.S.-based · Global reach
Full-Service Accounting
Hospitality, retail, and service businesses need accounting that reflects how the operation actually runs—not a delayed set of statements that arrives after decisions have already been made. Cole can support the complete accounting cycle, including bookkeeping, chart-of-accounts design, accounts payable and receivable, bank and credit-card reconciliations, payroll entries, POS and merchant-deposit reconciliation, sales-tax support, inventory and cost coding, intercompany activity, fixed assets, month-end close, cash-flow reporting, budgets, management packages, and multi-entity consolidation. We also coordinate clean handoffs with the company’s CPA, tax advisers, lenders, owners, and auditors while maintaining appropriate separation of duties and approval controls.
What this work is designed to deliverAccurate books, a dependable close, stronger cash and transaction controls, and timely financial reporting leaders can use to manage the business.
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Senior expertise.
Practical execution.
We establish a controlled transaction flow from source document through approval, posting, reconciliation, close, and management review. The close calendar assigns ownership and evidence requirements, while reporting is designed around locations, departments, entities, and decisions leaders must make—not merely the accounts needed for tax filing.
Our operating approachNo seagull management. We can enter at the diagnostic, planning, implementation, stabilization, or ongoing-advisory stage—and remain accountable through execution, adoption, and a sustainable handoff.
Design or clean up entities, chart of accounts, locations, departments, revenue centers, classes, approval levels, and financial reporting dimensions.
Manage bookkeeping, AP, AR, vendor setup, customer billing, documents, approvals, payments, collections, bank and card reconciliations.
Reconcile POS, merchant deposits, cash, delivery platforms, gift cards, discounts, sales tax, payroll, tips, inventory, and operating systems.
Complete accruals, prepaids, fixed assets, debt, leases, intercompany, balance-sheet schedules, month-end close, consolidation, and management review.
Support payroll, sales, use, property, income, information-return, unclaimed-property, lender, insurance, audit, and year-end processes with qualified advisers.
Deliver timely P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, budget, forecast, location, department, KPI, variance, and owner reporting with clear commentary.
Details that protect the work
What clients cannot afford to discover too late.
Requirements vary by jurisdiction and operating model. We identify the dependencies early, assign ownership, maintain the evidence, and coordinate licensed specialists wherever professional authority is required.
Track filing, payment, lender, covenant, insurance, license, audit, retention, ownership, and related-party obligations with qualified advisers.
Preserve reliable books, close discipline, balance-sheet support, forecasts, documented assumptions, and management sign-off.
Escalate suspected fraud, insolvency, securities, lending, tax, legal, or expert-opinion matters to appropriately licensed professionals.
When to bring us in
Before a decision.
During a transition.
When performance slips.
Build or launch
Get the structure, economics, people, systems, and controls right before opening or expansion.
Fix or stabilize
Step into an urgent gap, stop leakage, restore accountability, and protect the business.
Improve or grow
Strengthen the operating platform before scaling, transacting, refinancing, or adding leadership.
Flexible engagement
Focused project
A defined issue, deliverable, timeline, and implementation plan.
Fractional leadership
Hands-on senior ownership without adding a permanent full-time executive.
Ongoing advisory
Regular operating review, decision support, accountability, and governance.
Cole provides hospitality operating, transaction-preparation, and coordination support. Legal, real-estate brokerage, lending, securities, tax, and other regulated services are performed by appropriately licensed professionals where required.
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