Tailored Solutions Designed to Elevate Your Craft
Our passion is delivering smart, reliable accounting and financial leadership that helps companies thrive, from clean monthly books to strategic CFO partnership, all supported by a fully remote team serving clients across the United States.
We’ve Got Your Books
At Absolute Numbers, we serve the businesses that drive craft, service, and innovation forward. Our clients span craft beverage, food service, e-commerce, and professional services, each with unique financial demands and operational challenges. We go beyond standard bookkeeping to deliver proactive insights, systems optimization, and financial clarity that supports confident decisions and sustained growth. Whatever your vision, we help build the financial foundation to get you there.
For breweries, distilleries, wineries, and specialty coffee roasters. We handle TTB and excise tax compliance, taproom and tasting room accounting, distribution reconciliation, and the financial reporting your bank and investors trust.
For restaurants, multi-unit operators, ghost kitchens, and food brands. We track prime cost weekly, reconcile delivery platform deposits and fees, manage tip and labor reporting, and turn POS data into financials you can run the business on.
For Shopify, Amazon, and direct-to-consumer brands. We handle inventory accounting, platform fee and payout reconciliation, as well as sales tax across multiple states so you can clearly understand your margins before investing more in growth.
For agencies, consultancies, and project-based service firms. We manage WIP, deferred revenue, project profitability, and the cash-flow forecasting that makes hiring and bonus decisions feel less like guesswork.
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What Our Clients Say
“Carolyn and her team have grown with us from a $400K annual revenue business to a $7M business. They handle virtually all of our financial operations, and switching to Absolute Numbers freed me from having an expensive full-time controller on staff. The savings were considerable.”
Damian FaganCo-Founder & CEO, Almanac Beer Co.
“Carolyn started Drake’s books from scratch when there was little guidance available for setting up bookkeeping for a craft brewery. Her management helped us grow Drake’s over seven years until we graduated to our own in-house accounting department. Absolute Numbers still oversees my other businesses today.”
John MartinOwner, Jupiter Beer & Restaurant and Triple Rock
“Carolyn has been essential in getting our books set up properly for inventory management, brewery tax reports, sales tax for our tasting room, and year-end financials. I can’t imagine what a headache this would have been to figure out on our own.”
Claudia PamparanaOwner & Operations Manager, Faction
Shift the Weight of Financial Management Off Your Shoulders
Three engagement levels. Start where you are, grow into more as your business needs more.
Monthly bookkeeping done right and on a schedule. Clean books closed by the 5th or 10th of each month, reconciled accounts, AP and AR support, and financial statements you can actually read. Built on QuickBooks Online or Desktop and integrated with the tools you already use.
Best for: Founders and owners who want clean monthly books on a schedule without hiring an in-house bookkeeper.
13-week cash forecasts, annual budgets, and scenario models for the decisions that actually matter: opening a new location, launching a product line, taking on debt, or planning an exit. Built in spreadsheets your team can maintain, not black boxes only we can read.
Best for: Owners and leadership teams planning a major decision and wanting to test different scenarios before committing.
A senior finance leader without a senior salary. We sit in the operator seat with you on budget vs. actuals, cash forecasting, KPI dashboards, board reporting, fundraising prep, bank and lender conversations, and the strategic calls (pricing, hiring, expansion) where the numbers drive decisions.
Best for: Companies between $1M and $25M in revenue who need finance leadership but don’t yet need a full-time CFO.
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The Tools, Insights, and Support to Power Your Growth
Since 2002, our team has been delivering accounting and financial services that allow companies to thrive. With a relentless drive for innovation, we deliver smart, reliable solutions that make a real difference, providing the tools, insights, and support you need to build a rock-solid foundation and power your growth.
A brewery’s books don’t look like a Shopify brand’s books. Our team has worked inside these industries since 2002, not adjacent to them. You won’t pay us to learn your business.
Our remote team includes bookkeepers, controllers, and fractional CFOs serving clients across the United States. You benefit from specialized expertise at every level, not a single generalist trying to do it all.
We don’t wait for you to ask. You’ll hear from us when a margin slips, when cash is tightening, or when there’s a tax move worth making before year-end.
As QuickBooks Platinum ProAdvisors™, we also have deep experience working in many operating systems such as Gusto, Bill.com, Shopify, Amazon Seller Central, Ekos, and more.
Frequently Asked Questions
A bookkeeper records transactions, reconciles accounts, and keeps your daily financials current and organized.
A controller oversees the accounting process, ensures your financial information is accurate and reliable, and helps connect what is happening in the business to your financial goals.
A fractional CFO provides part-time executive-level financial guidance, including cash flow planning, budgeting, KPI tracking, pricing decisions, and growth strategy.
An accountant prepares financial statements, maintains compliance with accounting standards, and supports tax reporting and financial analysis.
At Absolute Numbers, our services span multiple layers. Many clients engage us for bookkeeping and accounting combined with controller oversight and fractional CFO guidance, so financial reporting and business planning work together more effectively.
Our team works across the United States, matching clients with professionals based on expertise rather than location. We operate within secure, cloud-based platforms including QuickBooks Online, Toast, Shopify, Square, A2X, BinWise, Ekos, and others, so your financial information stays accessible and up to date.
Clients receive regular financial reporting, scheduled review meetings, and direct access to our team throughout the month. Because we work inside your systems on an ongoing basis, we can identify and discuss issues or opportunities in a timely manner.
At Absolute Numbers, we do not prepare or file federal and state income taxes. We work closely with your tax preparer and get your books fully ready for handoff, then act as a liaison to answer questions and review for errors.
We do handle sales tax, excise taxes, city and county taxes, and annual 1099 filings.
A bookkeeper records transactions, reconciles accounts, and keeps your daily financials current and organized.
A controller oversees the accounting process, ensures your financial information is accurate and reliable, and helps connect what is happening in the business to your financial goals.
A fractional CFO provides part-time executive-level financial guidance, including cash flow planning, budgeting, KPI tracking, pricing decisions, and growth strategy.
An accountant prepares financial statements, maintains compliance with accounting standards, and supports tax reporting and financial analysis.
At Absolute Numbers, our services span multiple layers. Many clients engage us for bookkeeping and accounting combined with controller oversight and fractional CFO guidance, so financial reporting and business planning work together more effectively.
Our team works across the United States, matching clients with professionals based on expertise rather than location. We operate within secure, cloud-based platforms including QuickBooks Online, Toast, Shopify, Square, A2X, BinWise, Ekos, and others, so your financial information stays accessible and up to date.
Clients receive regular financial reporting, scheduled review meetings, and direct access to our team throughout the month. Because we work inside your systems on an ongoing basis, we can identify and discuss issues or opportunities in a timely manner.
At Absolute Numbers, we do not prepare or file federal and state income taxes. We work closely with your tax preparer and get your books fully ready for handoff, then act as a liaison to answer questions and review for errors.
We do handle sales tax, excise taxes, city and county taxes, and annual 1099 filings.
You Shouldn’t Have to Guess at Your Numbers
Whatever your vision, we help build the financial foundation to get you there.
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