Bookkeeping · Monthly Close · Back-Office Ops
Back‑office clarity.
Operational freedom.
Clean Slate Ops keeps your books accurate, your systems organized, and your back office running smoothly—so you can focus on guests, not spreadsheets.
Thirty minutes. No pitch. You'll leave knowing exactly where the gaps are — whether we end up working together or not.
Who we help
Independent restaurants · Bars & hotels · Caterers & event operators · Local service businesses
If this sounds familiar
You don't need another accounting platform. You need someone to take the back office off your plate.
The owners we work with run real businesses with real margins. The numbers aren't the hard part — the hard part is that nobody has ever sat down and built the system that keeps the back office out of crisis mode.
That's the work. Done by someone who has actually run the floor.
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QuickBooks hasn't been reconciled in months — and you're not sure what's real anymore.
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Monthly close drags into the middle of next month. Every month.
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Receipts, invoices, and statements live in three inboxes and a shoebox.
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You can't get a straight answer on cash, margin, or what each location is actually doing.
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Vendor bills slip past due. Payroll feels like a fire drill.
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Your CPA only shows up at tax time — and asks for things you can't pull.
What we do
Three ways we work. Scoped to where you actually are.
Most owners start with a cleanup, then move into monthly close. Ops support gets added once the volume calls for it.
QuickBooks Cleanup
We rebuild your chart of accounts, reconcile every bank and card back to a known-good date, fix mis-categorized transactions, and hand you books you can actually trust.
- Historical reconciliation
- Chart of accounts rebuild
- Clean balance sheet handoff
Monthly Close
On-time, predictable monthly close. Bank and card recs, accruals, sales tax review, and a tight P&L delivered by the same date every month.
- Close by business day 10
- Reconciled bank & card
- P&L and cash summary
Back-Office Ops
AP workflows, vendor management, payroll coordination, document systems, and the boring infrastructure that keeps the business from leaking.
- AP & vendor workflow
- Payroll coordination
- Document & process systems
Fit check
Who this is for — and who it isn't.
Who this is for
- Independent restaurants, bars, hotels, caterers, and service businesses
- Owners who are behind on the books or tired of back-office chaos
- Businesses that need cleanup, monthly close, and operational rhythm
- Operators who want direct support from someone who understands hospitality
Who this is not for
- DIY bookkeeping software shoppers
- Businesses looking for the cheapest possible data entry
- Companies wanting a large outsourced accounting department
- Owners who do not want to change broken processes
How it works
A calm, three-step process. No drama, no surprises.
Diagnostic call
Thirty minutes on the state of your books, your close, and your admin. You leave with a clear read on where the gaps are — whether you hire us or not.
Cleanup & stabilize
We reconcile historical accounts, document the processes, and set up the monthly rhythm. Most engagements stabilize within 60 to 90 days.
Run on rhythm
Monthly close on a fixed date, predictable reporting, and a back office that doesn't depend on you remembering it.
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Founder
Beth Young
30 years in hospitality. Bookkeeping and back-office ops.
Who you're working with
Three decades on the floor. A bookkeeper who has actually run a business.
Beth spent thirty years in hospitality operations and management — opening rooms, running teams, closing drawers, managing vendors, and keeping the lights on through every kind of week. She worked the floor long before she ever ran a trial balance.
The bookkeeping and finance work came later, and on purpose. After years of watching good operators fly blind because their back office was held together with sticky notes and goodwill, she moved into the numbers side and built Clean Slate Ops to be the help she wished she'd had.
That's the whole point: she has worked the line and reconciled the GL. You're not getting a junior accountant or a software reseller. You're getting an operator who also does the books.
30
Years in hospitality ops & management
QBO
Specialist & cleanup
1:1
Direct. No handoffs, no juniors
Credentials & working style
- 30 years in hospitality operations and management
- 1:1 direct support
- No junior handoffs
- Built for operators, not generic small business advice
Proof
Proof, not promises.
A few examples of the kind of feedback this work should earn.
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In practice
What this looks like in practice.
Independent restaurant
Before
Books months behind, unclear numbers, receipts and invoices scattered, no timely monthly close.
After
Accounts reconciled to a known-good date, a cleaner monthly close, and clearer visibility into cash and margin.
Multi-unit operator
Before
Inconsistent close across locations, messy admin workflows, CPA chasing missing detail at year-end.
After
Standardized close on a fixed date, tidier AP and vendor workflow, and a smoother CPA handoff.
Free resource
The Back-Office Checklist.
One page. The 18 things that should be true about your books and admin every month. If you can tick most of them, you're in good shape. If you can't, you'll know exactly where to start.
- One email, one PDF. No drip sequence.
- Built from real engagements, not a generic template.
Send me the checklist
We'll email the PDF. That's it.
We'll send the PDF and nothing else unless you ask for more.
Your information stays private and is only used to respond to your request.
The diagnostic call
What you'll leave the diagnostic with
- A clear read on what's working and what's not.
- The first fixes that matter most.
- An honest answer on whether I'm the right fit for the job.
Once you submit the form, Beth reviews it personally and replies within one business day. If it makes sense to talk, you'll schedule a 30-minute call. If it's not the right fit, she'll say that directly.
FAQ
Straight answers.
The questions owners usually ask before the diagnostic call. If yours isn't here, bring it.
If the books are behind, the close is inconsistent, or the back office lives in your head, this is where we start. One call, a clear diagnosis, and an honest answer about what comes next.
Book your diagnostic
A thirty-minute conversation.
An honest read on your back office.
Tell me a little about your business. I'll come back within one business day to schedule the call — personally, not through a booking funnel.
- No pitch deck, no upsell, no obligation.
- You walk away knowing exactly what's broken and what to fix first.
- If we're not the right fit, I'll tell you who is.
Book your diagnostic call
Three fields. That's all I need to get back to you.
You'll hear back from Beth within one business day to schedule personally.
Your information stays private and is only used to respond to your request.