Bookkeeping and monthly close
Bookkeeping is the disciplined recording, categorising, and reconciling of every transaction a business runs through its accounts, closed each period into statements someone can rely on. Sahana Global keeps that work current on QuickBooks Online and Xero for growing businesses and for the CPA firms that serve them.
A close is only useful if it can be trusted. Ours arrives reconciled to the bank, tied to supporting detail, and flagged where a number needs a decision rather than quietly guessed at.
What's included
The standing scope.
Transaction coding
Every transaction categorised against a chart of accounts we keep clean, not expanded line by line until it is useless.
Bank and card reconciliation
Cash, credit-card, and merchant accounts reconciled to statement every period, with differences chased down rather than plugged.
Accruals and prepaids
Month-end accruals, prepaids, and deferrals posted so the period reflects what actually happened in it.
Monthly and quarterly close
A defined close calendar, so you know when the books are done and what they will tell you.
Payables and receivables
AP and AR kept current, with ageing you can actually act on.
Review-ready statements
A profit-and-loss, balance sheet, and cash position left ready for your review or your client's.
Who it's for
Where this fits.
This service suits owners and finance leads who need books they can trust without building an in-house function.
- Growing businesses whose books have outrun a part-time bookkeeper.
- CPA firms that want client bookkeeping handled to a consistent standard.
- Teams standardised on QuickBooks Online or Xero who want the file kept clean.
- Anyone tired of a close that arrives late and needs re-work.
How it works
How an engagement begins.
Week 1
Discovery
We review your file, your chart of accounts, and how transactions actually flow, then agree a close calendar.
Weeks 2-3
Pilot close
A paid trial close on real data, so you can judge the reconciliation and the reporting before committing.
Ongoing
Monthly close
A named bookkeeper on your file every period, reachable in your hours, holding the same standard each month.
Questions
Answered plainly.
The objections firms raise before the first call, without the sales gloss.
Can you work inside our existing QuickBooks or Xero file?
Yes. We work directly in your existing QuickBooks Online or Xero file as an invited user, so your file stays the single source of truth and nothing is migrated or duplicated. During a heavy cleanup we can work in a copy first, then bring it back current.
How long does a monthly close take?
Once we are established on a file, most closes land within the first week or two of the following month, on a calendar we agree with you. The first few closes can run longer while we clean up opening balances and settle the chart of accounts.
Is bookkeeping priced per hour?
No. Bookkeeping is a fixed monthly fee set by transaction volume and complexity, quoted in writing after we have seen the file. The fee does not change because a month was busy; if the shape of the business changes materially, we re-quote openly.
Start a conversation.
Tell us what your books look like now, and we will tell you honestly what the first ninety days would involve.