BOOKKEEPING · PAYROLL · COSTING · CONSULTING
Books that keep up with the work.
We handle the accounting behind contractors and manufacturers — so you can price work with confidence, know where every job and every product line stands, and stop guessing at cash flow.
QuickBooks ProAdvisor Certified · Payroll Certified · 30+ Years Experience · Remote Nationwide · On-Site Engagements Available
WHO WE WORK WITH
Two industries where the books are never simple
Revenue arrives out of step with the costs that produced it. Margin lives at the job or the product line, not on the company P&L. Generic bookkeeping does not survive contact with either.
Construction
Commercial and residential contractors. Job costing, labor burden, change orders, retainage, and financials clean enough for bonding and lenders. Bid support when bids are actually due — evenings and weekends included.
Manufacturing
Costing that ties materials, labor, and overhead back to the product. Inventory control, quality systems, and the forecasting that tells you what the next run really costs before you commit to it.
WHAT WE DO
Services built around how you actually operate
Bookkeeping & Payroll
Clean, current books in QuickBooks — reconciled, coded, and closed monthly. Payroll that handles multi-rate, multi-job crews correctly.
Costing & Inventory
Costing systems that assign labor, materials, equipment, and overhead where they belong, so margin by job or product is a number, not a hunch.
Planning & Consulting
Budgeting, forecasting, cash flow, and tax planning through the year. Software implementation, internal controls, and support on buying or selling a business.
WHO WE ARE
Three decades of accounting, applied to your business.
Baldwin Business Solutions is a small, senior team — you work directly with the people doing the work. Sarah Baldwin, QuickBooks ProAdvisor Certified, runs the day-to-day client work. Joe Baldwin brings thirty years across accounting, costing, operations, finance, HR, and mergers and acquisitions to the consulting and advisory side.
Most bookkeeping problems are not really bookkeeping problems. They are pricing problems, process problems, or cash-timing problems that show up in the books last.
A note on taxes
We provide tax planning — structuring, timing, and strategy through the year so there are no surprises in the spring. We do not prepare tax returns, and we work alongside your preparer rather than replacing them.
We work when you work.
We have built bids on weekends and taken calls in the evening, because that is when the work happens. No charge for the first conversation, and no obligation after it.