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QuickBooks or Xero? Ask someone with no horse in the race.

Accounting software advice from an accountant who spent 18 years running business systems.

Accounting software advice
Your bookkeeper likes one tool, your accountant another, and you're stuck in the middle.
The books live in three places and none of them agree.
Every software rep says their product is the answer. They would.

How it works

1

Look at the actual books

Not a demo of software: a look at how money actually moves through your business.

2

Get a straight answer

Which tool fits, what the switch really costs, and whether staying put is the honest answer.

3

Execute if you want

Migration, cleanup and integration are separate, scoped projects. The advice stands on its own.

What it costs

From $1,500

as the guaranteed Business Systems Assessment, credited against your first project.

What moves the number

  • Single company file or multiple entities
  • Whether a migration or cleanup is involved
  • Payroll, inventory or industry-specific needs

Why should I trust this over my bookkeeper's advice?

You don't have to choose. I'm an accountant who ran technology at CIO level for 18 years; I bring the systems half your bookkeeper usually can't, and I sell no software either way.

What does the guarantee mean here?

Same as everywhere: if the assessment doesn't find at least $1,000 a month in savings or growth, it's free.

Chris Patten, founder of Headway

Senior work, without the agency wrapped around it.

I'm Chris Patten: 18 years as a CIO, an accountant by background, grew a company from $1M to $69M, built a platform that did $110M+, and built and sold my own business. You work with me directly, and I have no software to sell you.

Start with a free 20-minute call.

You talk, I listen, and I tell you honestly whether I can help, including "you don't need me for this." If we go further, the assessment is guaranteed and credited against your first project.

Book the free call.

Twenty minutes on the phone about accounting software advice. No pitch deck, no obligation.

Serving Collingwood, Wasaga Beach, The Blue Mountains, Barrie, Orillia, Midland, Owen Sound and everywhere in between.

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