Future Focus

For investor-backed facilities, expanding producers, and owners planning long-term growth or exit.

• Strategic Financial Modeling & Projections: Long-range 3- to 5-year financial models tailored to harvest cycles, barrel aging timelines, and capacity expansion.
• Capital Structuring & Investor Readiness: Pitch deck financial preparation, debt vs. equity analysis, and bank covenant management for equipment or land acquisition.
• Board & Investor Reporting: Executive-level visual dashboards, board deck preparation, and variance analysis translating complex production metrics into clear financial stories.
• Cash Flow & Capital Planning: Strategic cash flow forecasting to navigate seasonal production lulls, high-cost harvest periods, and bulk inventory holding times.

A steady hand

For growing operations that need strict internal controls, standardized reporting, and proactive cash management.

• Month-End Close Management: Standardized, timely monthly closures ensuring accurate figures for management and lenders.
• Budgeting & Variance Analysis: Departmental budget development (production, tasting room, distribution) and monthly actual-vs-budget performance tracking.
• Internal Controls & Compliance: Safeguarding cash, managing risk, and overseeing excise tax compliance, provincial reporting, and regulatory filings.
• Margin & Channel Analysis: Breaking down profitability across tasting room DTC sales, wine/beer clubs, agency distribution, and wholesale channels.

Clean records

For facilities needing bulletproof transactional data and exact cost-of-goods-sold accounting.

• True COGS & Inventory Valuation: Accurate tracking of raw materials (hops, malt, grapes, juice), packaging, direct labor, aging, and overhead allocated down to the individual SKU or batch.
• Real-Time Transaction Management: Day-to-day categorization of accounts payable, accounts receivable, and merchant processor reconciliations (Square, Commerce7, Arryved).
• Production Data Sync: Reconciling physical cellar inventory counts with digital ledger records to eliminate end-of-year tax write-off surprises.
• Clean-Up & Restatement: Rebuilding messy historical books, fixing prior-year misallocations, and preparing clean financials for CPA year-end filing.

The foundations

For producers buried in manual spreadsheets who need seamless integration between production floor and accounting tech.

• Tech Stack Design & Selection: Mapping your operational workflows and selecting the right cloud tools (QuickBooks Online + Ekos, Vintrace, or Barrel2Pack).
• Software Implementation & native Integration: Setting up end-to-end data flows between your POS, production software, inventory, and main ledger to eliminate double-entry.
• Team Training & Change Management: Hands-on training for head winemakers, head brewers, and tasting room managers to ensure seamless adoption.
• Process Optimization: Streamlining point-of-sale data ingestion, payroll integration, and automated bill payment workflows.