Countryside Consulting Services   The Staff at Countryside Consulting provide a variety of financial and management support services that enable our clients to focus their attention on providing their own core services to their clients. The services we provide are:   Bookkeeping Services   • Recording of detailed financial information such as customer billing, cash receipts, vendor invoices and payments, payroll, payroll taxes, employee benefits and fixed asset tracking. • Coordination with external parties such as governmental agencies and payroll service bureaus. Part-time Controller Services   •   Review of financial information and production of financial statements and reports on a monthly or quarterly basis for internal use by organization management, the Finance Committee and the Board of Directors. •   Preparation of annual budgets and forecasts that include detailed documentation of revenue, personnel, capital and expense assumptions.   •   Training of client personnel to use accounting software such as Quickbooks in an efficient manner.   •   Review of existing processes and recommendation of process improvements to streamline operations and accounting internal controls to add safeguards.   •   Creation of an accounting procedures manual.   •   Preparation of audit workpapers and coordination with external audit firm.       Temporary Accounting Staffing   •  Part-time and full-time personnel to fill in for a number of months when accounting positions are vacant. •  Part-time and full-time personnel at times of the year when additional help is needed.       Sustainable Agriculture Business Consulting Services - business support and consulting services for farm businesses, farm education centers and farmers markets.