Build or launch
Get the structure, economics, people, systems, and controls right before opening or expansion.
Accounting
U.S.-based · Global reach
Full-Service Accounting
Hospitality, retail, and service businesses need accounting that reflects how the operation actually runs—not a delayed set of statements that arrives after decisions have already been made. Cole can support the complete accounting cycle, including bookkeeping, chart-of-accounts design, accounts payable and receivable, bank and credit-card reconciliations, payroll entries, POS and merchant-deposit reconciliation, sales-tax support, inventory and cost coding, intercompany activity, fixed assets, month-end close, cash-flow reporting, budgets, management packages, and multi-entity consolidation. We also coordinate clean handoffs with the company’s CPA, tax advisers, lenders, owners, and auditors while maintaining appropriate separation of duties and approval controls.
What this work is designed to deliverAccurate books, a dependable close, stronger cash and transaction controls, and timely financial reporting leaders can use to manage the business.
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Senior expertise.
Practical execution.
Hospitality, retail, and service businesses need accounting that reflects how the operation actually runs—not a delayed set of statements that arrives after decisions have already been made. Cole can support the complete accounting cycle, including bookkeeping, chart-of-accounts design, accounts payable and receivable, bank and credit-card reconciliations, payroll entries, POS and merchant-deposit reconciliation, sales-tax support, inventory and cost coding, intercompany activity, fixed assets, month-end close, cash-flow reporting, budgets, management packages, and multi-entity consolidation. We also coordinate clean handoffs with the company’s CPA, tax advisers, lenders, owners, and auditors while maintaining appropriate separation of duties and approval controls.
Our operating approachNo seagull management. We can enter at the diagnostic, planning, implementation, stabilization, or ongoing-advisory stage—and remain accountable through execution, adoption, and a sustainable handoff.
Design or clean up the chart of accounts, entity structure, revenue centers, departments, locations, and management-reporting dimensions.
Maintain bookkeeping, accounts payable and receivable, vendor records, approvals, bank and credit-card reconciliations, and supporting documentation.
Reconcile POS sales, merchant deposits, cash, discounts, gift cards, third-party delivery, payroll entries, taxes, and other operating systems.
Manage month-end close, accruals, prepaid expenses, fixed assets, intercompany activity, balance-sheet schedules, and variance review.
Produce timely P&L, balance-sheet, cash-flow, location, department, budget, and owner reporting with clear explanations of material changes.
Coordinate year-end and compliance support with CPAs, tax professionals, lenders, insurers, auditors, and other licensed advisers as required.
When to bring us in
Before a decision.
During a transition.
When performance slips.
Fix or stabilize
Step into an urgent gap, stop leakage, restore accountability, and protect the business.
Improve or grow
Strengthen the operating platform before scaling, transacting, refinancing, or adding leadership.
Flexible engagement
Focused project
A defined issue, deliverable, timeline, and implementation plan.
Fractional leadership
Hands-on senior ownership without adding a permanent full-time executive.
Ongoing advisory
Regular operating review, decision support, accountability, and governance.
Cole provides hospitality operating, transaction-preparation, and coordination support. Legal, real-estate brokerage, lending, securities, tax, and other regulated services are performed by appropriately licensed professionals where required.
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