Posted a bookkeeping or finance role? Compare it with this first.
A part-time bookkeeper or finance coordinator is a reasonable hire. Before you make it, it is worth comparing what that hire actually covers with a fixed monthly service, led by a Chartered Professional Accountant, scoped to the same work.
The hire, and the alternative.
| A part-time hire | With Lunar |
|---|---|
| Paid by the hour, whether or not the month is busy | A fixed monthly fee, quoted on the work |
| Turnover means rehiring and retraining | The process is written down and stays |
| Work reviewed by whoever has time | Reviewed and signed off by a CPA |
| Software, training and supervision are on you | Included |
| When the person leaves, the know-how leaves with them | A written close checklist anyone can follow |
| Payroll remittances depend on one person remembering | Remittance discipline built into the monthly cycle |
What it usually covers
The same scope a posting describes: bookkeeping, bank and card reconciliations, payables and receivables, payroll and remittances, HST, month-end, and the schedules your accountant or auditor asks for at year-end. Office administration stays with your team; I take the finance.
How to compare
Take the hours and rate in your posting, add the employer's share of CPP, EI and any benefits, and compare that with a fixed monthly quote for the same scope. A quote follows a thirty-minute call.
A Hamilton charity moved off legacy desktop software to QuickBooks Online, with opening balances tied account by account to the prior system. Payroll, payables, a café's daily sales and HST were rebuilt into a monthly close with a written checklist, so the work no longer depends on one person.
Ready to compare it with a quote?
A thirty-minute call is enough to see the difference.