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Finance & Accounting

From accurate books to confident decisions.

Bookkeeping, controllership, financial reporting and fractional CFO services for nonprofits, sports organizations and growing businesses — delivered as one integrated finance function, or as the missing piece of yours.

Senior practitioners · All-inclusive pricing · Built around the tools you already use

Sound familiar?

When finance stops keeping up with the organization.

The books are technically complete, but leadership still can't confidently explain the numbers.

Month-end takes too long, and reports arrive after the decisions they were meant to inform.

Cash flow is uncertain, or tracked by hand in a spreadsheet someone maintains from memory.

Programs, grants, funds, or events aren't reported separately enough to actually manage them.

Audit preparation is an annual scramble instead of a by-product of good process.

The organization needs senior financial guidance but can't justify a full-time CFO.

KNDC can stabilize the fundamentals, run the recurring work, and give leadership the forward-looking financial perspective needed to make better decisions.

Four areas of focus

One finance partner, from the daily books to the boardroom.

01

Bookkeeping and accounting operations

Accurate, current books and a dependable monthly process.

  • Transaction categorization and general-ledger maintenance

  • Bank and credit-card reconciliations

  • Accounts payable and accounts receivable

  • Expense and corporate-card administration

  • Monthly close, with supporting schedules and documentation

  • Catch-up and cleanup bookkeeping

  • Year-end preparation for your external accountant or auditor

02

Controllership and financial reporting

Stronger oversight, reliable reporting, and controls that hold up under scrutiny.

  • Monthly and quarterly financial statements

  • Management reporting packages and variance analysis

  • Program, grant, fund, event, or department reporting

  • Chart-of-accounts design and restructuring

  • Internal controls, approval authorities, and financial policies

  • Audit preparation and auditor coordination

  • Support and supervision for an existing internal bookkeeper

03

Fractional CFO and strategic finance

Senior financial leadership at the level and cadence your organization requires.

  • Annual and multi-year budgeting

  • Rolling cash-flow forecasting and scenario modelling

  • Board and finance-committee reporting and participation

  • KPI selection and executive dashboards

  • Program, service-line, or event economics

  • Funding and revenue planning

  • Decision support for growth, restructuring, or major commitments

04

Finance systems, controls and automation

Better processes and systems, built around the way the organization actually works.

  • Finance-function assessment

  • QuickBooks Online setup, cleanup, or migration

  • Workflow and approval design

  • KND+ implementation — AP and spend automation

  • Dashboards and dimensional reporting

  • Integration with payroll, banking, payment, and spend-management systems

  • Documentation, training, and ongoing optimization

Ways to engage

The full function, one missing layer, or a defined project.

Fully outsourced finance department

Best for

Organizations that want one partner to run bookkeeping, reporting, controls, and senior financial leadership.

Day-to-day bookkeeping, controller oversight, fractional CFO leadership, and the systems underneath — with a defined monthly reporting and meeting cadence.

Co-managed finance function

Best for

Organizations with a bookkeeper, finance coordinator, or small internal team that needs senior oversight and added capacity.

We work with the people you already trust, adding the controller, CFO, systems, or project expertise that's missing.

Fractional or interim finance leadership

Best for

Organizations that need a controller, finance director, or CFO for a defined number of days each month.

Fractional means ongoing, part-time leadership. Interim means temporary coverage during a vacancy or transition — for urgent or highly confidential mandates, see Bespoke Services.

Project-based finance improvement

Best for

Organizations with a clear, time-bound problem.

Catch-up bookkeeping, audit remediation, chart-of-accounts redesign, reporting redesign, a cash-flow model, an annual budget, or a KND+ implementation.

Tangible deliverables

What you can expect to have in hand.

The exact package is scoped around your organization, reporting obligations, systems, and leadership needs.

  • Reconciled and current books

  • A documented monthly-close process

  • Monthly financial statements

  • Budget-to-actual and variance reporting

  • A current cash position and forward-looking cash forecast

  • Program, fund, grant, event, or department reporting

  • Board- and committee-ready reporting packages

  • Financial dashboards and agreed KPIs

  • Audit-ready schedules and organized supporting records

  • Documented finance procedures that don't depend on one individual

Sector expertise

Finance that understands your funding model.

Nonprofits and charities

Restricted and unrestricted funds, grant and funder reporting, program-level reporting, board and finance-committee requirements, audit preparation, and cash timing between funding periods.

Sports organizations and associations

Program and event budgets; membership, registration, sponsorship and grant revenue; travel and reimbursement processes; volunteer treasurer and board support; and event or program profitability.

Growing businesses and professional organizations

Cash-flow management, margin and service-line reporting, owner and executive reporting, process formalization, and moving beyond founder-managed spreadsheets.

The KNDC difference

Finance connected to the rest of your operational backbone.

Financial problems rarely exist in isolation. Payroll connects to HR. Reporting connects to governance. Automation connects to IT. Procurement and spending connect to operations. KNDC can address the finance issue while also understanding the systems and functions around it.

Featured solution

KND+: the systems layer behind better finance operations.

KND+ connects bills, approvals, card expenses, reimbursements, payments, and accounting records in one controlled, auditable workflow — built on QuickBooks Online and ApprovalMax, with dashboard, payment, payroll, and card integrations around it. It's how we make the finance function faster to run and simpler to audit.

Bills and approvals

Every bill flows through a clear, auditable approval path.

Cards and reimbursements

Corporate-card spend and expense claims land in the same controlled workflow.

Payments and records

Payments reconcile automatically back into QuickBooks Online.

How we work

A structured path from first look to steady state.

01

Assess

Understand the current books, team, systems, deadlines, reporting obligations, and the decisions leadership needs to make.

02

Stabilize and design

Address immediate gaps, establish responsibilities, clean up structures, document workflows, and agree on the monthly finance calendar.

03

Operate

Run the recurring accounting, close, reporting, approvals, and meetings according to the agreed scope.

04

Advise

Interpret the results, surface risks and opportunities, support leadership decisions, and participate with the board or finance committee where required.

05

Improve or transfer

Automate, train, document, and continuously improve — or, for project and interim engagements, hand the function back with a structured knowledge transfer.

Senior practitioners do the work

The people who scope your engagement deliver it — no junior hand-offs.

All-inclusive pricing

One agreed fee, scoped up front. No surprises, no meters running.

Dedicated client care

A named contact, and replies within one business day.

Working in the tools you already use: QuickBooks Online · ApprovalMax · ADP · RBC PayEdge · Float · NPEX

Common questions

Answers before you ask.

What is the difference between a bookkeeper, a controller, and a fractional CFO?

A bookkeeper records and reconciles financial activity — transactions, payables, receivables, and bank reconciliations. A controller is responsible for the close, accuracy, internal controls, and reliable reporting, so the numbers can be trusted. A CFO uses those numbers to look forward: forecasting, evaluating risk, advising leadership, and supporting major decisions. Most organizations need a different amount of each, which is why our engagements are scoped by layer.

Can KNDC take over our entire finance function?

Yes. A fully outsourced engagement covers day-to-day bookkeeping, controller oversight, senior financial leadership, and the systems that connect them, with a defined reporting and meeting cadence. You keep ownership and visibility; we run the function.

Can KNDC work with our existing bookkeeper or finance employee?

Yes — that's our co-managed model. We work with the people you already trust and add the controller oversight, CFO leadership, systems, or extra capacity that's missing. We're comfortable supporting and supervising internal staff rather than replacing them.

How do you work with our external accountant or auditor?

We prepare the books, schedules, and supporting records they need and coordinate with them directly where you want us to. Year-end preparation and audit support are part of the work — the goal is to hand your external accountant or auditor an organized, well-documented file.

Do we need to use QuickBooks Online or KND+?

No. QuickBooks Online and ApprovalMax are the tools we know best and the foundation of KND+, but the engagement is scoped around your organization. If your systems should change, that becomes a deliberate, planned project — not a precondition for working together.

Can you help clean up overdue or unreliable books?

Yes. Catch-up and cleanup bookkeeping is one of our most common starting points: bringing the books current, correcting the structure, documenting the process, and then keeping it dependable month to month.

Do you support nonprofits, charities, and grant-funded programs?

Yes — nonprofits and charities are core to our practice. We work with restricted and unrestricted funds, grant and funder reporting, program-level reporting, and the board and audit expectations that come with them.

What does an engagement cost?

Every engagement is scoped around your organization and priced all-inclusive — you'll know the fee before we begin, and it won't drift with every phone call or question. The right starting point is a conversation about what's not working; a senior member of the team will help you identify the level of support that fits.

Let's talk

Tell us what is not working in finance.

Whether you need current books, stronger reporting, senior financial leadership, or a complete finance function, a senior member of the KNDC team will help identify the right starting point. We reply within one business day.

Talk to a finance leadinfo@kndc.ca

15 Fitzgerald Rd, Suite 200, Ottawa, ON