Bookkeeping & Advisory · North Easton, MA · Serving Clients Worldwide
Are you flying your business — or is it flying you?
We review your books and your stack, show you exactly what we find, and keep your numbers current — so every decision you make is one you'd make with clear instruments.
Top 100 ProAdvisor Insightful Accountant — 2024 · 2025
Top 25 Up-n-Coming ProAdvisor 2023
Gusto Silver Partner
Xero Silver Partner
If you are looking for someone to help manage your business, EBS is the place to call. You could not find someone who will work with you more efficiently, more personally, or more effectively.
— Staple Landscapes
The Pre-Flight Check
Eight checks. Two minutes. Know before you go.
This is the same ground we cover in the first step of every engagement — a review of your books and your stack. Work the checklist on your own numbers: mark each one cleared, flagged, or not sure. Not sure counts as a squawk — that is what the review is for.
Pre-Flight Checklist
0 of 8 checked
1My bank and card feeds are connected — and reconciled through last month.
2Undeposited funds sit at zero.
Payments you have deposited but never cleared out of QuickBooks are money in your pocket that your books think is still coming.
3My chart of accounts matches how my business actually makes money.
4Payroll runs through Gusto or Paychex — and posts to the books correctly.
5Receipts and bills land in one place (Hubdoc) — not a shoebox or an inbox.
6I look at who owes me money — my A/R aging — every month.
7My books close on a schedule — the same time, every month.
8Every month I read two reports: profit & loss, and cash flow.
Flight Readiness
0%
Pre-flight in progress
Work the checklist — your readiness reads here.
Squawk list
No squawks yet. Flag a check and it lands here — with the fix, in plain language.
Your likely flight level — a starting guess, not a quote
This check took two minutes. The full review is the real thing — your whole stack, and the findings in writing.
Your answers stay on this page — nothing is stored or sent. The check reads the readiness of your books and your stack; it makes no tax or legal determinations and promises no outcomes.
Our Itinerary — From Here to There
Starting costs you one meeting — not a leap of faith.
Every engagement, at every level, begins the same way: we look before anyone signs anything.
Waypoint 1 · Review
We review your stack
Your QuickBooks or Xero file, top to bottom — feeds, settings, chart of accounts, and every app connected to it — checked for efficiency and effectiveness.
Waypoint 2 · Findings
You get the findings
A written report and a meeting: what we found, and what we would fix, in plain language — before you commit to anything.
Waypoint 3 · Altitude
You pick your altitude
Launch, Takeoff, or Cruise — the bundle that fits the business you have now. It can climb when you do.
Flight Levels
Pick the altitude that fits the business you have now.
Three bundles, sized to where you are. Fees vary with the complexity and scope of the work — your review is where we pin yours down, in writing.
Level 1
Launch
For owners starting to outsource — the essentials, handled, with compliance covered.
I'm Stephanie Elia. I started my first business at eighteen — and went on to build a pest control company past $1.5 million in revenue before selling it. I know what it costs to make payroll, chase invoices, and price a job off numbers you're not sure you trust, because I've done all three from your side of the desk.
In 2014, Elia Business Services — EBS — became my one and only business. Every client since has had an operator's eye on their books, not a clerk's: someone who reads a profit & loss the way an owner reads it.
The credentials came alongside: a Babson MBA with a focus in finance, a marketing degree from the University of South Carolina, and a bookkeeper's wall of certifications — Certified Bookkeeping Professional, QuickBooks Advanced across Online, Desktop, Enterprise, and Payroll.
My father flew for the U.S. Air Force. In our family, you check everything twice — then you fly. It's why everything here runs on a checklist.
And I never stop learning — it's the house rule, for me and for the whole crew.
Working the books in our North Easton office.Opening day at our Washington Street office.
The Crew
A small crew that knows your file.
Six people, one office in North Easton, and a house rule we call Project Excellence: each of us owns a specialty, becomes the team's go-to for it, and teaches it back. There's always someone here who knows your corner of the books cold.
Stephanie Elia, MBA
Founder & Principal
Chantelle Heckbert
Accounting Manager
Bob Frith
Bookkeeping Team
Jennifer Magee
Bookkeeping Team
Joan Sullivan
Bookkeeping Team
Nancy Lore
Bookkeeping Team
Tap a specialty — here's what the crew covers:
Pick a topic — you'll see how the crew works it.
The Em-pawees
We believe in balance sheets and belly rubs.
Hospitality & security, on duty.Watching the door, as always.Emma & Caeser, our Data Analysts, on the dashboard.
Chloe · Hospitality Director — Nina · Security Director — Emma & Caeser · Data Analysts
Industries We Serve
Your books are not generic. Neither is our advice.
Law Firms
Trust and IOLTA accounting done by the rules, partner distributions handled cleanly, and matter-level visibility — with insight from a spouse who runs one.
Manufacturing
Real cost of goods sold and inventory you can trust — so your margins are numbers, not guesses.
Construction & Trades
Job costing on every project, payroll handled, and books that show which jobs actually make money.
Tech & SaaS
ASC 606-aware revenue, investor-ready reporting, and runway you can see at a glance.
Restaurants & Hospitality
Daily sales, food costs, and tip-compliant payroll — the numbers that decide whether the month worked.
Your route
Every engagement starts the same way, in any industry: a review of your stack and a written findings report.
The office is in North Easton, and so is our time off the clock. We support the places that make this corner of Massachusetts home:
The Children's Museum in Easton
L Street Mission · Pearl Street UMC, Brockton
Dogtoberfest sponsor
Altitude
It's your turn to soar.
Thirty minutes with Stephanie: tell her where it hurts, hear what the review would cover, and decide from there. No pressure, no pitch deck — a conversation with the person who will actually run your books.
Xero Silver Partner
