Tranova Consulting · Orange County, California
You don't need to hire a bookkeeper.
We keep your books, close them every month, and tell you what the numbers mean. It costs a fraction of hiring someone.
Ten years keeping the books for construction companies, auto lenders, dealerships, repair shops and security firms.
What changes
What's different once we take over.
- You don't pay for a hire. A full-time bookkeeper in Orange County costs $84,500 to $124,300 a year once taxes and benefits are in. We cost a fraction of that. See the comparison.
- You get caught up, and you stay caught up. If the books are months or years behind, we rebuild them. Then we close every month on the same date.
- You can answer the bank. When a lender asks for financial statements, you'll have them ready.
- Your CPA can file. We hand your CPA clean, finished books, so tax time stops being a scramble.
- You know where the money went. Every month you get your numbers, and a call where we walk you through them.
What we do
The whole month, handled.
Monthly bookkeeping
We match every bank and credit card statement, record what you owe and what you're owed, book payroll from your payroll company's reports, and close the month.
Monthly reports
Your profit and loss, balance sheet and cash flow — plus a call to explain them in plain English. Ready for your bank and your CPA.
Catch-up
Behind by months or years? That's normal — most of our clients start there. We rebuild your books from your bank statements, not from guesswork.
Controller and CFO help
Budgets, cash forecasts and lender packages. For when you need someone thinking ahead, not just keeping score.
How it works
Getting started is simple.
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Free 30-minute consultation
We look at where your books are and tell you honestly what it will take.
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A fixed price, in writing
You know the cost before we start. No hourly billing, no surprise invoices.
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We get you caught up
If the books are behind, we fix that first.
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Then every month, on schedule
Books closed, reports sent, and a call to go over them.
The comparison
What hiring a bookkeeper actually costs.
| Option | Per year |
|---|---|
| Full-time bookkeeper — salary, payroll taxes, benefits, equipment | $84,500 – $124,300 |
| Part-time bookkeeper, 20 hours a week | about $30,700 |
Our fee depends on how many transactions, accounts and companies you have. You get a fixed price in writing after a free 30-minute consultation.
Full-time range is for an experienced bookkeeper who can close the month on their own, built from 2026 Orange County salary data plus employer payroll taxes, health benefits, workers' comp, equipment, software and recruiting. Part-time figure is 20 hours a week at $27 an hour plus employer payroll taxes and workers' comp. Your own costs will differ — these are estimates, not a quote or a promise of savings.
Your money
We can see your accounts. We can't touch them.
The most common way a small business loses money to a bookkeeper is when one person both handles the money and checks the books. We set things up so that never happens here.
- View-only access to your bank and cards. We can't move money.
- We can't sign checks or send payments.
- You approve every payment.
- Every account is matched to its statement, every month.
- Your QuickBooks file stays in your name. Your logins stay yours.
- If you ever leave, you keep everything — plus a call to hand it over.
Who we are
A small bookkeeping practice in Orange County.
For ten years we've kept the books for businesses with complicated books — construction companies, auto lenders, dealerships, repair shops and security firms. The kind a lot of bookkeepers won't take on.
We've also spent more than eighteen years running businesses ourselves. So we don't just hand you the numbers. We can tell you what to do about them.
We're not a CPA firm and we don't prepare tax returns. We get your books clean so your CPA can do your taxes quickly. If you don't have a CPA, we'll introduce you to one we trust.
A real example
Eighty loans that had never been recorded.
A consumer lender came to us with its books stuck in an old system, eighty loans that had never been recorded, and a reserve for bad loans that had never been set up properly.
We moved everything into their loan software, recorded their full history, set up the reserve, and switched their books to show what they actually earned each month — not just what hit the bank. It took about three months.
Now they get a monthly close, a balance sheet and a reserve report every month.
Client name withheld. We only describe past work in outline, and never name a client without written permission.
Questions
Straight answers.
Are you a CPA?
No. Tranova Consulting is not a CPA firm and is not licensed by the California Board of Accountancy. We don't do audits, reviews or compilations. What we do is keep your books right and close them on time, every month.
Do you do my taxes?
No. Tax returns go to independent licensed CPAs and registered tax preparers. We hand your CPA finished, matched-up books, so you're not paying them to clean up first.
My books are a mess. Is that a problem?
No. That's where most of our clients start. You won't get a lecture, and you'll get a fixed price before we do any work.
Can't my CPA just do this?
Your CPA does your taxes once a year. Nobody is closing your books every month in between. We do that part, and your CPA keeps doing your taxes — most of our clients keep the CPA they already have.
Why not just use software?
Software is good at sorting transactions, and we use it. What it can't do is notice that a deposit wasn't really income, or that a balance has been wrong for two years. Somebody has to be responsible for the numbers being right. That's us.
What if I want to leave?
You keep everything. The books are yours, the logins are yours, and we'll do a handoff call with whoever comes next. No exit fee.
Next step
Book a free 30-minute consultation.
Tell us where your books are. We'll tell you honestly what it will take — and if you don't need us, we'll tell you that too.
Or call (714) 828-5330 · email matts@tranovaconsulting.com