ABOUT ME

Nice to meet you

I'm an engineer and accountant. I spent seven years working as a designer and project manager before earning two more degrees, in accounting, and becoming a controller for manufacturing, construction, and real estate development companies.

Since developers tend to also be holding organizations who trade companies like baseball cards, I have also been the controller for dealerships, parts & accessories dealers, online distributors and retailers, software companies, and professional services.

I'm therefore broadly experienced in a variety of ERPs, a wide array of situations from start-ups to workouts, and any number of rescue operations. My focus is usually on operations - at a certain level, simply providing accurate financial accounting is a bare minimum. My goal is to improve the bottom line.

EXPERIENCE

My methods

Statistical Process Control

What are you measuring in your company? Why are you measuring it? Are you measuring what you think you're measuring, or are you tracking noise?

Financial Accounting

Not just recordkeeping for your firm, but useful, forward-looking information that helps you make decisions and keep score. GAAP and IRC are simply the bare minimum.

Cost Accounting

How much money do you make when you sell one additional widget? What product lines make you the most money?

Enterprise Resource Planning

Your accounting software should be a help and not a hindrance. The setup and implementation are key, but regular updates to the layout are critical as your business grows and changes.

EDUCATION

Trying my best to learn

Education

Northeastern University

Master's degree in Accounting

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering

Worcester State College

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration

Licensure in Process

Enrolled Agent

Certified Management Accountant

Experience

Aaron Group

Controller
2017-2023

Arevalo Capital

Controller
2010-2016

Have any questions?

If you have any questions about our services, feel free to contact us.

Michael C.

Elijah clawed back $380k in a divestiture that my regular staff was ready to walk away from. Two years later, acting as my Controller, he got me through a multi-decade IRS audit that could have been disastrous. My projects were never as clearly organized or as profitable as when Elijah was running them - we knew where we were on every job, at every moment.

Anthony B.

In September, we had just over $300k in receipts. Elijah doubled my revenues in three months while reducing my marketing spend 70%. He opened up auxiliary space that I had been sitting on for eighteen months because I didn't understand my margins: free revenues. Things are still tight, but EBITDA is positive for the first time in our start-up's history.

Happy clients

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