#1 Bookkeeper in Oak Brook, IL
Monthly and catch-up bookkeeping for small businesses and professional firms in Oak Brook, Illinois.
Oak Brook Bookkeeping for Busy Business Owners
Most of Oak Brook is quiet residential subdivisions, but the north end of the village is one of the busiest office and retail areas in the western suburbs. Companies like Ace Hardware, TreeHouse Foods and Hub Group have headquarters here, and Oakbrook Center draws around 14 million visitors a year. Next to those big names are plenty of small firms renting suites in the same office buildings: financial advisors, insurance agents, consultants, medical and dental practices, and service companies. Most don't have an accounting team. The owner or an office assistant keeps QuickBooks going when there's time, and the CPA sorts it out at year-end. We keep your books reconciled and current every month instead, so you're working from real numbers all year, not just in April.
How Our Oak Brook Bookkeeping Process Works
1. Free Consultation
We talk to just figure out what your bookkeeping and accounting services needs really are and if we’re a good fit for your Oak Brook firm.
2. Setup & Review
We connect your bank feeds and QuickBooks. We get secure access, look at your existing accounting mess (if there is one), and clean it up fast so you’re not starting from zero.
3. Ongoing Monthly Service
We handle everything weekly. You get spotless books and a short monthly update. Done. Get your weekends back and get your focus back on the business.
4. Reports & Delivery
You get financial reports and financial statements every month. You actually get what’s happening in your financials and can make informed business decisions.
5. Continuous Support
Business changes, we change with it. Questions pop up? We answer fast. Everything stays smooth through our seamless communication. Less headache for you.
Monthly Bookkeeping Services in Oak Brook, IL
Here's what a month of bookkeeping with us looks like. Transactions from your bank feeds are categorized as they come in each week. After the month ends, we reconcile your bank and credit card accounts, review the balances and close the period. Then your profit and loss statement and balance sheet go out, and any open questions come to you by text or email instead of being guessed at.
What that covers depends on your firm. For a financial advisor or insurance agency along 22nd Street, it means commission deposits and recurring fees are recorded consistently, so you can see what each month actually brought in. For a dental or physical therapy practice off Commerce Drive, it means patient payments and insurance deposits are matched to the right period. For a landscaping or home services company working the subdivisions around the Sports Core, it means you can see which months carry the year and plan for the slow season.
We're QuickBooks Online ProAdvisors and work only in QuickBooks Online, and every client has a dedicated bookkeeper rather than a pool. Files with years of workarounds get a cleaned-up chart of accounts, bank feeds and bank rules before monthly work begins. Small business bookkeeping plans start at $300 a month depending on volume and complexity, and accounts payable and receivable can be added.
Timely
You need to know your numbers while they’re relevant in making decisions. We guarantee to get you your monthly reports and books on time, or you don’t pay. We’re confident in our abilities and we prioritize keeping bookkeeping current.
Accurate
Accuracy is the foundation of everything we do. Our business, and yours, relies on us to be detail-oriented, and we take that very seriously with every transaction, reconciliation, and report.
Communicative
As everything runs smoothly, the less you hear from us, the better. But, we always put communication first and collaborate with you to solve any problems or questions that arise.
Ready to get your time back? Let’s work together
Catch-up and Cleanup Bookkeeping in Oak Brook
In Oak Brook, books usually fall behind when something changes. The assistant who kept QuickBooks retires, a consultant on Jorie Boulevard takes on more clients than expected, or a practice opens a second location in Hinsdale or Downers Grove and the bookkeeping never catches up to the new setup.
However far back it goes, catch-up bookkeeping starts with a review of your QuickBooks file and bank statements, and you'll see a quote and timeline before we begin. We sort out everything sitting uncategorized, correct errors and duplicates, and reconcile every bank, credit card and loan account to your statements. When it's done, you'll have accurate financial statements ready for your CPA, your lender or a potential buyer. If you stay on with monthly bookkeeping, the month-end close happens on schedule from then on.
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Who We Work With
Looking for bookkeeping near me in Oak Brook? We provide outsourced bookkeeping services across the village and the 60523 ZIP code, from the office parks along Butterfield Road to the suites near Midwest Road, plus neighboring Oakbrook Terrace. Our best fit is professional and service firms with a handful of people and nobody whose job is the books. Sometimes an assistant is doing data entry and the owner wants a professional to own it. Sometimes the books are a year or more behind and the CPA can't file. And sometimes the firm just wants monthly statements it can rely on. We work with financial advisors, insurance agencies, consultants, law and real estate offices, medical and dental practices, marketing firms, contractors, landscapers, cleaning companies, restaurants, retailers and many other small businesses. Whatever you run, the result is the same: books reconciled, closed every month and ready for your CPA.
Other Locations We Serve
Don’t see your location here? No worries! We operate fully online and can work across most U.S. based businesses. Reach out today for us to review your bookkeeping situation
Why Choose Us
Golden Pines Accounting & Bookkeeping is run by two brothers, Mat and Nick, both QuickBooks Online ProAdvisors with years of corporate and hands-on small business experience. When you outsource your bookkeeping to us, you work directly with us, not a rotating team. Bookkeeping is all we do. Your books are closed and your reports are delivered on time every month, or that month is free, and there are no long-term contracts.
Oak Brook has more than 40 accounting and bookkeeping firms, many of them full-service practices where bookkeeping is a smaller part of the business. With us, bookkeeping is the whole job. We're based in Chicago, but the work happens in QuickBooks Online, so whether you're in a corporate park near I-88 or a small office off Route 83, there's no trip out the Eisenhower and nothing to drop off. A free consultation comes first, then a clear monthly price.
Oak Brook, IL Bookkeeping FAQs
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A full-time bookkeeper in the Oak Brook area runs roughly $63,000 to $80,000 a year in salary. That’s before benefits and payroll taxes too. Our monthly plans typically start at $300, and most small businesses fall between $300 and $1,000, depending on transaction volume, how many accounts we reconcile and whether you need accounts payable and receivable.
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If the owner or an assistant is spending hours a month in QuickBooks, or your CPA spends tax season fixing your books, outsourcing usually pays for itself. You get reconciled books and monthly statements without adding a salaried position.
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You invite us as an accountant user in QuickBooks Online. That way we never need your own login, and you can remove our access anytime.
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Yes, along with the rest of DuPage County. Oak Brook itself is mostly in DuPage with a small piece in Cook County, and sales tax rates differ between the two, so we make sure what you collect is recorded for the right location. Everything else works the same wherever you are.
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Yes, as part of accounts payable and receivable which is an add-on service. We enter your bills, prepare payments for your approval, send invoices and follow up on the ones that go unpaid.
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Yes, with your permission. Your CPA can also get direct access to QuickBooks, so year-end goes faster and they're not waiting on you for numbers. When it’s time to file taxes, we have everything ready for your CPA or tax professional so you don’t have to worry about it.
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No. Plans are month-to-month and you can cancel anytime. If you'd rather pay quarterly, you get a discount.
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