Run a tighter practice. Keep more of what you earn.
Law firms, consulting practices, marketing agencies, and other professional services businesses have a deceptively simple financial model — but the details matter enormously. Partner compensation, billable hour tracking, retainer management, and owner tax minimization all require expertise that goes beyond basic bookkeeping.
A boutique law firm with 6 attorneys was struggling with partner draw equity, inconsistent billing practices, and a quarterly tax bill that always came as a shock.
Cypher Fiscal restructured the firm's bookkeeping to track revenue and expenses by practice area, implemented a partner draw schedule tied to actual cash flow, and established a quarterly tax planning cadence — eliminating year-end surprises and improving partner satisfaction.
A growing marketing agency had become profitable on paper but was constantly cash-poor — a symptom of poor retainer structuring, slow invoicing, and no cash flow visibility.
We rebuilt their invoicing and collections process, restructured retainer agreements to front-load cash collection, and implemented a rolling cash flow forecast — moving the agency from perpetually cash-constrained to consistently cash-positive within one quarter.
A management consulting firm was overpaying on taxes due to an inefficient S-Corp salary/distribution structure and a lack of retirement plan strategy.
Cypher Fiscal optimized the owner's compensation structure, established a solo 401(k) with maximum contribution strategy, and identified additional deductions — reducing the owner's effective tax rate significantly without any change to their lifestyle or business operations.
Practice area P&L tracking, retainer revenue management, and billable hour reconciliation.
Owner compensation optimization, retirement plan design, and business deduction maximization.
Cash flow forecasting, partner compensation planning, and practice benchmarking against industry KPIs.
Partner and staff payroll processing, benefits administration, and quarterly estimated tax coordination.
No obligation. No pressure. Just a focused conversation about your business.