Welcome To C Bookkeeping

A luxury bookkeeping studio offering concierge financial services to the creative industry in California, New York, and Paris, France

We Believe That Bookkeeping Should be Simple, Precise, and Balanced.

Our Clients

We love them!

Architecture Firms

Fine Art Sculptural Fabrication

Art Galleries

Artists

Construction Firms

Wellness Studios

Restoration Work

Florists

Event Rentals

Interior Designers

Ceramic Studios

Real Estate Developers

Record Labels & Music Distributions

Wineries

Furniture Designers

Event Production

Film

Services

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C Bookkeeping is currently managing over thirty creative studios in Los Angeles, New York City, and Paris, France. We hold ourselves to the highest standards and offer our clients the most superlative financial services.

We are happy to generate a proposal to tailor to your specific needs. 

C CAN OFFER THE FOLLOWING SERVICES

BANK AND CREDIT CARD RECONCILIATIONS

C can record all transactions and make sure that they are categorized and balanced. C can handle posting of payments and accounts payable and monthly reconciliation of accounts.

PROJECT INVOICING & ACCOUNTING

C can be responsible for overall timely and accurate invoicing

C can assist with consultant management

C can in addition be responsible for collections and overall project maintenance

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE DETAIL

C can provide a report that shows unpaid bills for the current period and for the last 30, 60 and 90+ days so you can see how long they’ve been open (outstanding).

ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE DETAIL 

C can provide a report that shows unpaid invoices for the current period and for the last 30, 60 and 90+ days so you can see how long they’ve been open (outstanding). In addition, C can follow up with clients & vendors for overdue invoices.

SETUP YOUR BUSINESS ON QUICKBOOKS

C can assist in setting up your business on quickbooks, and can work closely with your accountants so that the books are reflected accurately. 

RECEIPTS & EXPENSE REIMBURSABLES

C can collect and organize all of your receipts.  In addition, C can submit expense reimbursable on your behalf. 

CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION

C can organize and support the Construction Manager or Project Manager, letters and documents preparation, contracts signatures, invoicing, and collecting paperwork from sub contractors.

C can in addition prepare various construction documents, sending general communication to clients & vendors.

C  can prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously, and follow through on issues in a timely manner along with managing deadlines

MONTHLY REPORTS

C can provide an end of month summary.  This includes a Profit and Loss statement, a Company Snapshot, an Expenses by Vendor Summary, and a Balance Sheet.

ADDITIONAL SERVICES 

 OFFICE MANAGEMENT & INFRASTRUCTURE SETUP

C can provide guidance and support to office infrastructure physically and digitally to ensure standard methods of operations are in place.

Testimonials

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Giving Back

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“Crystal is a HUGE asset to our firm. I use her services for my personal family bookkeeping, and also for my small business. She is prompt, reliable, extremely trustworthy, and streamlines some of the most arduous parts of my business effortlessly. She makes herself totally available, and is just a pure pleasure to work with.

I cannot recommend her enough.”

— BEN CRAWFORD, PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT of PENTAGONLA

“Crystal is a truly gifted professional. I have worked with her directly for 16 months and her valuable insight, constructive critiques, and perseverance were instrumental in developing and implementing operational improvements. She asks clarifying questions and wants to understand the reason behind the direction to better provide the tools or information needed. I cannot imagine how we could have done a better job without her. Her honesty, transparency, and empathy further illustrate how valuable she is to any team she is a part of. Crystal is also skilled at de-escalating and neutralizing volatile interactions should there be discrepancies or questions about billing. Essentially, the more information and trust you place in her, the greater the return.”

— MYRON CURLEE, PROJECT MANAGER, AECOM


”I was introduced to Crystal by my Architect on one of my projects In 2017 . Crystal is an amazing bookkeeper, I cannot emphasize enough how happy I am with her performance. And her knowledge of construction, makes her an asset to the company. Along with her unwavering integrity, makes her instrumental to be part of any team that needs her services. When I see my email responses for invoicing I noticed that she would work late hours to accommodate me to expedite the process. I would consider her the needle in the haystack.
She is extremely professional, and I just don’t have enough good things to say about this Crystal.”

— TROY FRANCKOWIAK, OWNER OF BUILDWELL CONSTRUCTION

"How did we do it without her?" 

“You can always count on Crystal to keep your business organized. She utilizes her years of experience keeping the books at multiple firms to know exactly how to help her clients now. We were in desperate need of someone to take our accounting to the next level. She transitioned us from a variety of work arounds to QuickBooks online which is the standard for a business of our size. Everything is at our fingertips now and when we have questions she's always available.”

— GREG DIXON, CONSTRUCTION MANAGER, OMNI GROUP

 

Good Future Design Alliance

The GFDA is an alliance of interior designers, architects, builders, landscapers, manufacturers, and retailers, who are committing to reducing their waste and excess consumption by 50% in the next five years. By building a scalable, nationwide movement, we’re challenging the residential and commercial design and construction industry to innovate the business models that have fueled a culture of waste.

Association for Women in Architecture and Design

WE ARE A PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING WOMEN IN ARCHITECTURE AND ALLIED DESIGN FIELDS

The Association for Women in Architecture + Design’s mission is to advance and support women who work in the built environment. We encourage and foster high levels of achievement by providing innovative and informative programming, one on one as well as group mentoring, special programs and events, and illuminating career opportunities for students as well as professionals. We also provide scholarships and a mid-career fellowship via our Foundation, sister organization, AWAF. We do this through an open inclusive environment that facilitates relationships and comradery for people at every stage of their career.

TreePeople

TreePeople inspires and supports the people of LA to come together to plant and care for trees, harvest the rain, and renew depleted landscapes. Born from the efforts of a teenager over 40 years ago, we have involved more than 3 million people in planting and caring for more than 3 million trees.

We unite with communities to grow a greener, shadier and more water-secure city at homes, neighborhoods, schools and in the local mountains. We work with volunteer leaders using our unique Citizen Forester model, and we influence government agencies for a healthy, thriving Los Angeles.

Founding partner and lead bookkeeper Crystal has been part of the Operations sector for the past 20 years in multiple Architecture and Design/ Build firms in Los Angeles. She specializes in supporting start up studios, and assists in helping them scale. In addition to bookkeeping, she has experience in project accounting, general human resources, audits, employee payroll, timesheets, marketing events, and tax preparation. She is resourceful, and client confidentiality is one of her best known traits.

Born and raised in Southern California, she has come to appreciate all things that are beautiful. Her first loves are design, editorial film photography, and her Boston Terrier, Mahler (yes after Gustav!) She brings an unwavering commitment to beauty and functionality to every project that she approaches.

C Bookkeeping is not your conventional bookkeeping service. We are a boutique, Los Angeles based collective that specializes in offering bookkeeping services for creative studios & design/build industries in Los Angeles and New York City. We offer an extremely personalized service, only working with a handful of clients a year. This way we can  concentrate on offering our clients the most personal and bespoke service. With us you receive the utmost care and attention.