Frequently Asked Questions

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Most small business owners fall into one of two categories when it comes to accounting:     

• (1) The Do-It-Yourselfer: They do the accounting themselves, often after a hard day's work or on the weekend. They may forget to invoice a client or pay a bill. Or they forget a client owes them money and let it go too long to contact the client without it being awkward.     

• (2) The Big Spender: They hire a full-time finance manager, controller, CFO, or office manager (the titles vary, but the work is largely the same) and end up spending way more money on overhead than they need to.      

SEFCO Partners offers an ideal balance: We will do as much or as little as the client needs and wants, freeing up time for the owner and improving cash flow compared to hiring a full-time employee.     

We can also be the first point of contact for all your vendors’ questions about payables, collections, and more. This process is much more easily handled by a third party than by the business owner themselves. 

Like accounting, HR duties can be too big a task for the small business owner to handle on their own—but at the same time may not warrant a dedicated staffer. SEFCO Partners offers customized HR services to meet your individual business’s needs. We’re experienced in multi-state payroll across several platforms, and we can facilitate and lead hiring, onboarding, terminating, offboarding, salary changes, employment verifications, and more. We are also experienced in small business benefit programs and can facilitate your benefit programs in a way that is tailored to your needs and budget. 

Administrative services aka a personal concierge is a person who makes arrangements and performs day to day tasks on behalf of busy people, allowing you to chase your dreams and not your to do list.

SEFCO Partners specializes in small business, and we know that the number-one metric to watch is your cash. Our proven cash forecasting method will help you make impactful decisions for your organization. And we use state-of-the-art tools that allow us to be as productive as a full-time equivalent employee—at significantly less cost.     

But above all, we understand that business is about people. Whether we’re working on accounting or HR, we understand that behind every line on a spreadsheet is a business owner with a dream or an employee looking to provide for their families. Combining business acumen with this human understanding makes us the ideal partner for the small business community.