Accounting Services

Nonprofits are held to the highest standards of accountability. The real costs of running a nonprofit are the same as any other organization, but with added complexity of reporting to funders and boards, and resources that rarely match the mission. When every dollar has to stretch further and every audit has to land clean you need the financial infrastructure that can provide a strong foundation for your work. That’s exactly what we’re here for—we provide the depth of specialized financial expertise, complex reporting, and internal controls your operations require.

Is MACC Accounting right for you?

Our Clinical Billing service is a good fit if you are a human services nonprofit working in partnership with your community to build a world where everyone thrives in strong, healthy, vibrant equitable communities. We’ll be a great match if you’re looking for a partner who understands that financial integrity and accountability are foundational.

Stronger Together Through Shared Learning

You believe the best financial solutions are built together through collective problem solving, shared learning, and the power of working alongside organizations navigating the same complex nonprofit funding realities.

Great Accounting is Built Together

Your leaders are engaged and treat your MACC Accounting team as an extension of your own staff, sharing timely information and showing up as true partners in your organization’s financial health.

Shared tools power shared services

You’re ready to work within shared enterprise-grade accounting systems and platforms because shared Accounting services require common infrastructure.

Financial confidence, fully supported.

Financial services built for nonprofits, by people who understand what’s at stake when your finances aren’t right, and what becomes possible when they are.

Complete accounting management: payables, receivables, reconciliations
Financial audit support and form 990 & compliance filing support
Clean, accurate books every month
Easily understandable financial reports
Budgeting and analysis that keeps your mission on track
Strong internal controls and built in oversight

Nonprofit Accounting and Financial Management

When you join MACC you’re not just getting a finance team, you’re inheriting years of hard-won expertise built across dozens of nonprofit organizations. Every audit complication, every tricky funder reporting requirement, every accounts payable challenge — we’ve worked through it, learned from it, and built that knowledge into how we serve the next member. You get the benefit of every financial problem we’ve already solved.

General Accounting & Financial Reporting

Complete, accurate financial management from the ground up so your leadership always has the numbers they need, when they need them

A complete accounting operation, managed on your behalf: from journal entries and accounts payable to deposits, bank reconciliations, and daily cash monitoring, we handle the full foundation of your financial health so nothing falls through the cracks
Monthly financial reports, delivered on time and ready to use: clean, accurate financials with strong internal controls, minimal suspense accounts, and clean audit findings giving your leadership the clarity and confidence to make good decisions
Budget development and cost allocation: we work alongside your team to build and manage budgets, allocate staff costs accurately across programs and cost centers, and keep your financial picture clean and funder-ready
Cash flow and revenue management: timely payables, maximized billing against allowable amounts, and active monitoring of outstanding receivables to keep your cash flow healthy

Enterprise Technology & Responsive Support

Best-in-class tools and a team that’s always in your corner

Leading cloud-based accounting platforms: Sage Intacct and Ramp come built into your service, giving you access to enterprise-level financial technology most nonprofits could never afford independently
Self-service tools: flexible financial dashboards and reporting give your managers and leadership direct access to the financial information they need, when they need it
Easy to use budgeting tools: agency and program budgeting with financial projection and modeling support for staff and leadership
Staff Training and support: we make sure your team knows how to use your financial tools so your staff and leadership feel confident
A responsive team: available, communicative, and well-prepared, local experts with prompt responses to inquiries and follow-through you can count on

Audit & Compliance Support

We take the stress out of audit season by taking on the heavy lifting, collaborating with auditors, tracking down and verifying the financial data auditors need and proving the strength of your financial compliance and controls.

Full audit preparation support: we gather, organize, and provide all the financial data, documentation, and backups your auditor needs to verify the accuracy of your financial reporting
Expert audit representation: we answer your auditor’s technical questions about financial entries, reports, and controls, and participate in auditors’ presentations to your board and governing bodies so your leadership doesn’t have to go it alone
Funder and program audit support: we provide the documentation and financial inputs required for funder desk-audits and program-specific audits

Financial Oversight, Controls & Board Partnership

From budget development to board presentations, we bring the controls, oversight, and partnership that delivers financial confidence

Board finance committee support & co-leadership: we provide ongoing support so your leadership walks into every meeting prepared and confident
Internal controls and segregation of duties: our internal controls framework and proper segregation of duties lower fraud risk, reduce audit findings, and deliver higher-quality financial statements and greater stakeholder confidence
Financial projections, modeling & best practices guidance: experienced consulting grounded in knowledge gained by supporting diverse nonprofits helps your leadership make informed financial decisions, plan with confidence, and navigate whatever comes next

Staff Contact

Are you a current MACC member with questions about your Accounting service? Or interested in learning how our Accounting support can strengthen your team and your work? Reach out to us!

Amanda Golly

Senior Vice President of Services Amanda.Golly@macc-mn.org