The people behind your books.

Founder

Teresa Hill

Founder & Lead Advisor

I grew up in a small family-owned sheet metal business that my parents had from the early 1970's. Dad built custom sheet metal products and ran the shop. Mom kept the books. I watched and learned throughout my childhood what it meant to run an honest business. I also learned what Dad meant when he told customers, "I don't own the business — the business owns me."

My accounting career started at Mom's side, learning first how to staple job cards to invoices, then running the office entirely before graduating high school. Throughout the past thirty years, I've served in nearly every role a small business needs — from A/R and A/P to payroll and benefits, assistant controller, executive director, financial technology director, and advisory manager. The common thread: I've always been drawn to companies and organizations run by good people who care.

Owning a business shouldn't mean the business owns you. My honest, hard-working parents needed more than annual tax advice from their CPA. They needed a caring partner who would make their books work for them — real information they could use to inform, sustain, and grow their business. That's my why. I can't do it for my parents' business, so I do it for people like them.

I'm an accountant who cares about the people as much as the numbers — which makes me a bit of an odd duck in this profession. I'm okay with that.