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Had a great experience with Ben - he's a very organized presenter, and everything worked out great, even remotely over the phone. Will definitely reach out to Ben for my accounting questions!
I brought Ben Derebie in after 9 years of handling the bookkeeping on my own for a small construction company. Through a series of weekly sessions, Ben was able to identify and repair numerous weak spots and incorrect procedures throughout my reporting system. Not only did Ben make the necessary corrections, but he thoroughly explained each step to me so that I could understand the reasoning behind it and improve my skills. He paid close attention to my own level of knowledge and experience, and was able to customize the type of instruction he offered me.
Among other things, Ben cleaned up my Chart of Accounts, helped me understand the proper use of Items, brought our Amortization and Depreciation up to date, and showed me the right way to handle Customer Deposits. Ben has been reliable and extremely conscientious. He is also mindful of time and resources, and focused his efforts on things that could be corrected without upsetting the whole apple cart.
I am working with a small but rapidly growing high-tech company. Ben has been our accountant from the very start in 2013, and I can't praise him enough. He brings our attention to every little detail, cleans up our books and taxes. As a person, he is very professional, kind, sincere, and honest.
He always provides a solution and it's easy to see that he has lots of experiences with setting up systems for different businesses. Personally, I am very thankful because I have learned so much about accounting from him. He makes sure nothing will be forgotten and that everybody is on the same page. In summary, I highly recommend Ben if you are in need of accounting support.
From my perspective as CEO of a small technological company in the Bay area, an Accounting Consultant like Ben is invaluable: he is extremely proficient with accounting, financial analysis, system setup, and with anything related to Quickbooks/Intuit, which we use on a daily basis for our international import/export operations, for payroll, etc.
He helped us set up our accounting three years ago, and he has always been very kind and flexible to answer all our questions in a clear and professional manner, and to organize our sometimes complex books. In addition to that, his previous experience in taxes gives you an extra edge on what you can do and should do, which I always find very reassuring. In short, Ben is a great asset to have on our side, providing our company with a solid accounting anchor and the peace of mind that, at the end of the day, our books are in order and we will not have any surprises.
I contacted Mr. Ben Derebie to help me set up and customize Quickbooks for my holistic health care practice and I have been extremely pleased with our professional relationship. After our first meeting, Ben took the time to research my particular field of medicine so he could be well informed about the particulars of my work and optimize my accounting system accordingly. I have found him to always be efficient, thorough, timely, and courteous in our interactions. I consider the investment I made to work with Mr. Derebie one of the wisest business decisions I have made to date and wholeheartedly recommend him to anyone else starting (or improving) their own business. With his diverse background and experience, knowledge base, and pleasant personality he greatly contributes to making the business side of my work not only more manageable but actually enjoyable!
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Ben Derebie has served as the general accountant, on an external (outsourced) basis, for my company, since the founding in 2010. He provides excellent support to our firm. His services include creating and configuring the accounting system, taking care of accounting operations, running the year-end-close, and providing financial reports to the partners and our tax accountant
I'm so glad that I found Ben! I started a staging business last year and needed help setting it up financially. Not only did Ben set up a an accounting system, he worked with me to ensure that I understood how to work the program and how to continue using it after I left his office. I met with him several times after that as well to check on my progress and correct anything that needed to be corrected. He also helped me prepare my year-end-close reports. Ben is great at explaining things in a way that anyone can understand. He understands accounting on the most complex level but can break it down so that someone without any accounting background can figure out what's going on. If you need a business accountant you can't go wrong with Ben. He is absolutely an expert, a total professional and a really great guy.
Business owners for over eight years, my wife and I struggled with locating the right accountant. Ben has a rare balance of expert knowledge, business insight, and customer service. In addition to these capabilities, Ben is patient with questions, provides honest & meaningful feedback - and overall very service driven. I would highly recommend Ben for creating & configuring accounting systems. Our end-to-end experience was a favorable one!
We had Accounting & Business Solutions for over two years. We are a Heating and Plumbing Co. Ben of ABS reviewed and improved our accounting system to help us run smooth and efficient. He improved our financial reporting, chart of accounts, general ledger clean-up, re-org of our items, customized reports, and took care of our sales tax filing with the board of equalization. He trained/coached our staffs to help us do our accounting operation effectively. In addition, Ben helped us run our business better. Ben is flexible, competent and pleasant person to work with. We strongly recommend Accounting & Business Solution’s LLC for all your accounting and QuickBooks needs.