Quicken Services

Be Confident with Quicken Training and Set-up

Get started quickly with Quicken and receive hands-on assistance to ensure you maximize the full potential of your software. The CS team will ensure that your file is set up properly and accurately to make record keeping easy from the beginning, while eliminating any problematic transactions.

• Creating a Quicken file.
• Reconciling your balance sheet.
• Providing procedure and functionality demonstrations.
• Entering and reconciling historical transactions.
• Assisting with installation of Quicken software.
• Creating beginning account balances from third-party statements.
• Optimizing Quicken preference settings.
• Configuring Quicken for automatic updates.
• Entering brokerage, paycheck, loan, and credit-card data
• Entering PayPal, alternative investment, real estate holdings and other asset items.
• Reviewing bill pay, tag, and other advanced features.

Throughout the startup process, CS professionals will answer any questions you have and provide personalized training as needed with the goal of creating an accurate, and reconciled balance sheet and the foundation of a materially relevant profit and loss statement.

You will also have a roadmap and understanding of what’s needed to maintain your Quicken file going forward.

Controllership Solutions LLC will work with you at your home to walk you through the start-up process. From Day One, you will utilize the full potential of Quicken software. Outside of the Northern NJ and NYC areas, virtual training is available:

Quicken On-Site Set-Up Includes:

• One on one coaching to answer questions and provide personalized training as needed so that you are comfortable with the program, reports, and data.
• Live work session so you can gain first-hand experience of the steps involved and receive feedback on filing procedures and workflow processes.
• Review your chart of accounts, question unusual balances and correct any transactions that may be recorded inaccurately.
• Review for problematic transactions to be corrected during the routine reconciliation of bank, credit card, loan, fixed asset, mortgage, escrow, brokerage and other third party statements to Quicken.
• You will increase your comfort and ease with your finances.

On-Site Set-Up for New Quicken Users includes:

• Creating a Quicken file, reconciling your balance sheet and providing procedure and functionality demonstrations.
• Includes (at least) all transactions beginning from the 1st of the month.
  If needed, Quicken software on the machines you specify.
• Development of beginning account balances from third-party statements you provide.
• Optimize Quicken preferences and automatic updates to reflect your utilization requirements.
• Entering f brokerage, paycheck, loan, and credit-card data from information you provide.
• If applicable, includes PayPal, alternative investment, bill pay, tag, and other advanced features.
• One-on-one coaching questions and provide personalized training as needed throughout the session.
• The objective is an accurate, real-time balance sheet and the foundation of a reconciled and material profit & loss statement.

The end result? A deeper understanding of the approximate time and effort commitment necessary to properly maintain Quicken.

On-Site Set-Up for Existing Quicken Users includes:

• Review your balance sheet and income statement transactions for the year, and your existing Quicken usage and setup.
• Discovery and troubleshooting of inaccuracies and correct materially inaccurate data.
• Reconcile the balance sheet to third party documents.
• Suggestions for improvement in areas witherrors and improper use of Quicken.
• Identification of areas to maximize Quicken software to the fullest.
• These include customizing reports, changing Quicken preferences, and adding features such as auto update, PIN Vault, Tag tracking, memorized transactions.
• One on one coaching to answer questions and provide personalized training as needed. The end objective is an accurate, real-time balance sheet and materially accurate profit & loss. Additionally you’ll have an understanding of how to properly maintain Quicken and avoid future mistakes.

Concierge for Full Service Personal Accounting Clients.

Controllership Solutions “Controller for Hire” personal accounting program is designed for higher-net-worth families looking to actively organize, manage and take control of their finances but who don’t want the burden of learning a new program, monotonous data entry, and troubleshooting problematic reconciliations.

Also known as Personal Accountants, Daily Money Managers, Personal Financial Assistants, or Financial Organizer, we call it “Controller for Hire” The personal accountant Controller for Hire program allows you to simplify your life by having an expert CPA as your controller with real-time 24-hour access to your accurate data via secure remote servers.

The Controller for Hire service is similar to that of a family office or a financial planner. However, we work with your existing financial and professional relationships and to maintain accurate accounting records so you know where your money is and how it’s doing. This “high-touch” personalized service to a limited number of clients.

This program does not include tax, investment or legal advice. Instead we are our client’s advocates and fiduciaries, acting on a fee-for-service model with no conflicts of interest.

We coordinate, we do not compete with-investment advisors, personal assistants, financial planners, tax accountants, and legal counsel. We don’t pick investments but we do track them.

We don’t do taxes: we organize and provide the tax accountant the information your CPA or accountant needs. We don’t practice law or set up trusts, instead we ensure compliance by maintaining proper records.

As the captain of your financial team, The Quicken Coach provides you with:

• Detailed and exacting bookkeeping to monitor financial activity
• Real-time reporting of performance and asset allocations.
• Detailed understanding of where their money is and how it’s doing and being spent.

Specifically, after your Quicken file is set up and reconciled it will be moved to a securely hosted server, mutually accessible 24×7. On a weekly basis, I will log in, download and properly code all transactions into your Quicken file. This includes checks, deposits, and other transactions affecting your checking, credit card, and brokerage accounts. It also includes loan payments, rental or alternative asset transactions, and all financial transactions.

If questions arise about the nature of a charge or unusual activity, we will email you. Bank and credit card reconciliations are completed regularly.

You will also receive:

• Monthly spending and investment reports. These reports are customized and can include summary or detailed information.
• Quarterly meetings to review your file in detail, go over reports, address any questions and review any upcoming cash or investment moves.
• Annually we will gather, cross-reference and reconcile year-end tax forms such as W-2s, 1099s and K-1’s to organize by legal entity and prepare lead sheets and worksheets as appropriate for organized presentation to your tax accountant.

From time to time we will engage in “special-projects” into other areas of your financial life. Working with your existing trusted advisors, we will “deep-dive” into areas such as insurance, legal, will and estate, medical bill, vendor selection, debt refinance, and budgeting. By addressing and understanding these complex issues, greater financial freedom and independence can be enjoyed.

In short, you will achieve complete financial peace of mind.

Ready for the Next Level of Financial Clarity? Get the Advantage of Advanced Quicken Training

Are you a Quicken power user who wants to truly optimize Quicken for you and your business? Achieve an even higher level of expertise with in-depth training with the Quicken Coach via Controllership Solutions.

The key outcomes of The Quicken Coach advanced training?

Financial peace of mind and advanced day-to-day productivity.

The Advanced Quicken Coaching Package includes:

• One-to-one training to help you easily and efficiently navigate the program, reports, and data at an expert level.
• Clear direction on how to productively manage and update your Quicken records to avoid future errors.
• Review of your workflow processes, Quicken categories, and identification of any unusual balances, plus the correction of any inaccurate transactions.
• Optimization training for customizing reports, changing Quicken preferences, and adding features such as auto update, PIN Vault, tag tracking, memorized transactions.
• Development of your own accurate, real-time balance sheet and materially accurate profit and

Simplified Financial Management with Full-Service Boutique Quicken Bookkeeping

The Quicken Coach Team offers Personal Accountants, Daily Money Managers, Personal Financial Assistants, and Financial Organizers, via the Sundial VFO (Virtual Family Office) program.

The VFO program is a personal accounting program designed to actively organize, manage and help high-net-worth families take control of their finances without the burden of learning software, monotonous data entry, and troubleshooting problematic reconciliations.

Unlike typical family office services or a financial planner, we do not provide tax, investment or legal advice but instead you’ll have The QUicken Coaching team as your advocates and fiduciaries on a fee-for-service model with no conflicts of interest.

Let us be the captain of your financial team coordinating-not competing with your investment advisors, personal assistants, financial planners, tax accountants, or legal counsel.

You may also engage us on special projects in other areas of your financial life where we can work with your existing trusted advisors, taking a deep-dive into areas such as insurance, legal, will and estate, medical bills, vendor selection, debt refinance, and budgeting. By addressing and understanding these complex issues, greater financial freedom and independence can be enjoyed.

Learn more by reviewing case studies, testimonials and more information about Sundial Virtual Family Office here.