Mesa, Arizona
Bookkeeping Services in Mesa, AZ
Monthly books for Mesa small businesses, reconciled to the statement and closed on a schedule you can plan around.
Why choose us
Why Mesa businesses choose CR Bookkeeping
Mesa is the third-largest city in Arizona and the East Valley business base that everything else grew around. Trades and contractors are everywhere, the aerospace suppliers cluster near Falcon Field, downtown has been rebuilding along Main Street for years, and east Mesa carries a large retiree and RV population that supports its own set of service businesses.
For most Mesa clients the real question is job costing. A contractor who knows the business made money last quarter but cannot say which jobs made it is guessing at every estimate they write. Recording labor, materials and subcontractors against the job rather than into one bucket takes discipline in the file, and it changes how you bid.
CR Bookkeeping Services is run by Robert Guararra from Fountain Hills, across the whole city, from downtown Main Street and the Falcon Field corridor out to east Mesa. The work happens inside your accounting file, so you get a bookkeeper who knows the Mesa market without paying for anyone to sit in traffic.
Red Mountain, in Mesa, seen across the lake at Fountain Hills where Robert works from.
Local industries
Who Robert works with in Mesa
General and specialty contractors
HVAC, plumbing and electrical
Auto repair and fleet services
Aerospace and light manufacturing suppliers
Healthcare and dental clinics
Restaurants and food service
What you get
What monthly bookkeeping covers in Mesa
Every bank, card and loan account reconciled to the statement each month
Transactions coded to a chart of accounts built around your business
Payables and receivables kept current so you can see what is owed both ways
The month closed on a set schedule, not whenever there is time
A clean, reconciled file handed to your tax preparer at year end
One person doing the work, who knows why that odd entry is there
You stop doing the books at 10pm
Your accountant stops billing you to clean up the file
You can answer a question about the business without opening a spreadsheet
Getting started
How we start with Mesa businesses
01
Free consultation
A call about your business, your books, and what is actually going wrong. No charge and no pitch.
02
Books review
Robert opens your current file and tells you plainly what shape it is in and what it will take to fix.
03
Cleanup and catch-up
Anything behind gets brought current before the monthly work starts, so you are not paying to maintain a mess.
04
Monthly close
Reconciled books and a report in your inbox every month, on a date you can plan around.
Questions
Mesa questions we get asked
Do you do job costing for Mesa contractors?
Yes. Costs get recorded against the job so you can see profitability by project rather than only by month, and subcontractor payments are tracked through the year so 1099s in January are a print job instead of an investigation.
How quickly can you start?
Usually within a week of the first call. If there is catch-up work to clear first, Robert will tell you how long that takes and what it costs before anything begins.
What if my books are months behind?
Very common and entirely fixable. Catch-up is quoted separately from the monthly service so you can see exactly what clearing the backlog costs before you commit.
Do you actually serve Mesa, or just list it?
Robert works from Fountain Hills and takes on clients across Mesa and the rest of the East Valley. Almost all of the work happens inside your accounting file, so being down the road matters less than being reachable, and he answers his own phone.
Nearby
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Get in touch
Talk to Robert about your books
A free consultation, no obligation. Bring your questions and, if you have one, your current QuickBooks file.
Phone
Hours
Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm Arizona time.