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Outsourced finance teams for founder-led manufacturers.
Job costing, margins and cash flow across the production cycle. Founder’s Accounting™ supports founder-led manufacturing with $1M to $100M in revenue.
You know what you sell a product for. Do you know what it costs to make?
Manufacturers carry costs that are hard to see: materials, labor, overhead and scrap that shift with every production run. Without accurate job or product costing, pricing decisions rest on assumptions, and some products or customers quietly lose money.
Cash is tied up at every stage, from raw materials to finished goods to receivables. Equipment purchases are large and have lasting tax consequences. Growth often strains working capital just when the business needs it most.
What it costs you
Underpriced products
Hidden costs erode margins on key product lines.
Working capital strain
Inventory and receivables tie up cash.
Costly equipment decisions
Big purchases without a plan affect cash and taxes.
Margins that drift
Changing material and labor costs go unnoticed.
What your finance team does for manufacturing.
Job and product costing
True costs by product, job or line.
Working capital planning
Forecasts that account for inventory and receivables.
Equipment planning
Purchases timed and planned with your CPA.
Margin monitoring
Early warning when costs move.
The team we recommend for manufacturing.
Manufacturers often start with Tier 2 for AP, AR, payroll and controller oversight. Tier 3 can add an inventory and cost accounting specialist. In Tier 3, your custom specialist can be an inventory and cost accounting specialist.
Tier 2: Controller-led finance team
Growing companies that need full accounting operations, payroll and controller-level oversight.
- Founder’s Bookkeeper (full-time)
- Accounts Payable, Receivable & Payroll Clerk (full-time)
- Founder’s FP&A Analyst (full-time)
- Fractional Controller (up to 10 hours per week)
- SOP & tech stack review
- Month, quarter & year-end close in 10 business days
Tier 3: CFO-led finance department
Companies scaling fast, raising capital or preparing for an exit that need executive financial leadership.
- Everything in Tier 2
- Custom specialist (full-time)
- Fractional CFO (up to 10 hours per week)
- Our SOPs & tech stack, integrated with yours
- Month, quarter & year-end close in 10 business days
See how this works for a company like yours.
We share client stories anonymously to protect our clients’ privacy. On a discovery call, we’ll walk you through examples from founder-led companies in your industry.
Questions? Answers.
Can you track costs by job or product?
Yes. Product and job-level costing is central to understanding margins in manufacturing.
Can you help plan equipment purchases?
Your team forecasts the cash impact, and our Corporate Tax Planning project can coordinate the tax side with your CPA.
How do you protect our financial data?
Security is built into how we work. Your financial data is encrypted in transit and at rest, access is limited to the people who need it and protected with multi-factor authentication, and every team member is bound by confidentiality agreements. Bank account access is granted only to authorized team members, only with your approval, and removed as soon as it’s no longer needed. Every platform we use, and every tool that connects to your systems, is held to high security standards.
Still have a question?
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