Industry: Startups & SMEs
Startup-Ready Accounting, Without the Startup-Sized Team
Etisson places vetted, US-trained accountants inside your CPA firm. Dedicated to your startup and SME clients, running full-cycle books every month, at 40% of the US hiring cost.
- Dedicated Accountant
- Full-Cycle Monthly Close
- Built-In Review Layer
Month-End Close
GL Reconciled
Done
Bank & Card Recs
Done
Financials Reviewed
Done
Day 3
Books closed, reviewed, and ready
Understanding the Landscape
Startup & SME Challenges, Solved
Fast-growing companies introduce layers of complexity that general bookkeeping can't keep up with. Here's how Etisson's trained specialists tackle every one.
Why It's Different
Startup accounting demands expertise beyond standard bookkeeping.
Messy or Backlogged Books
Growing fast often means bookkeeping falls behind.
Cash Flow Visibility
Founders need real-time clarity on burn and runway.
Multi-Entity Structures
Subsidiaries and holding companies with intercompany activity.
Lean Teams, Growing Workload
No in-house capacity to keep up with monthly close and compliance.
How We Solve This
Dedicated accounting experts embedded directly into your firm's workflows.
Keep books clean, close on time
Accurate monthly closes with clean, organized workpapers.
Track Cash Flow & Burn Rate
Clear visibility into runway for founders and boards.
Stay Compliant Year-Round
1040, 1065, 1120/1120-S, and 1099 filing handled on schedule.
Bring Backlogs Current
Catch-up and clean-up work to rebuild books from scratch when needed.
Expertise
Why Startup & SME Expertise Matters
Generic bookkeepers can record transactions and reconcile bank accounts. But startups and SMEs move fast, and books that fall behind create real problems at tax time, during fundraising, or under an investor's review. Etisson's accountants are trained and reviewed to a US standard before the work ever reaches you.
- Cash flow and burn-rate visibility
- Multi-entity intercompany allocations
- Clean handoffs when books fall behind
- A review layer before errors reach you
- Consistent US tax filing discipline
- Real-time cash flow & burn-rate reporting
- Multi-entity consolidated bookkeeping
- Fast, structured catch-up & clean-up
- Reviewer sign-off before delivery
- Year-round 1065/1120/1099 compliance
How we plug into your firm
From Kickoff to First Close in Under 14 Days
No multi-month onboarding. No expensive recruiter fees. Just a vetted accountant inside your firm, working your tools, your way.
Discovery Call
30 minutes. We map your client mix, tools, and workflow gaps.
Matched Accountant
We assign someone with documented startup and SME experience within 48 hours.
40 Hour Free Pilot
Real work on a real file. Zero risk, zero commitment. You evaluate fit.
Embedded Long-Term
If it clicks, they stay same person, same process, structured handoffs.
$1.8M+
Trust funds reconciled monthly
12K+
Rental units under our books
2,400+
K-1s prepared each tax season
Day 3
Avg. month-end close
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, trained on the full startup workflow, not general bookkeeping. Multi-entity structures, burn/runway reporting, and clean-up work included.
QuickBooks, Xero, Sage Intacct, and NetSuite, Xenett plus integrations with common startup tools like Brex, Ramp, and Gusto.
Real work on your actual clients, not a demo. 40 hours of live accounting, and you evaluate quality before committing.
That's our most common starting point. We clean up months or years of disorganized books and get them investor-ready.