Helping small businesses remove barriers and create wins
Ballast improves the visibility of your financials to get your clarity on exactly what’s holding you back. We have a passion for small businesses, the data that helps them achieve goals, and the clarity that makes running a business thrilling again.
How we work:
Ballast combines finance, accounting, and management consulting for superior clarity and accountability
A finance and accounting lens means nothing in your business can hide. We combine finance, accounting, and management consulting to give you a clear look at your business’s:
Current state (accounting)
Future probabilities (finance)
and the aspects of your operations that are impacting both of those positively or negatively (management consulting)
We then use those disciplines to monitor the progress of our recommendations and help you pivot if necessary.
Our approach:
Managed service means reduced burden
Stop worrying about managing accounting and finance, and spend more time running your business. Stop worrying about managing accounting and finance teams, and spend more time running your business.
Get out of the weeds
Staffed or stand alone in-house solutions can create additional managerial burden for leaders. That’s why Ballast is a managed service. It means less work for our clients because they have a partner they can trust to get the job done or supplement and guide their existing team.Unicorns don’t exist
Many of our clients have tried a staffed solution in the past, only to realize that clarity was not achieved or parts of the success equation were still missing. Our team approach means that you still have continuity and specialization, but don’t have to rely on single individuals who may not have the broad experience to pinpoint what will truly drive your success. For many of our clients, we’re able to act as both fractional CFO and a full team for less than the price of one full-time hire.
Our experts dictate the scope and pace based on your specific needs, ensuring you never question what we do for you or when you will see results. This hands-off approach is ideal for busy executives who value efficiency and expertise.
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How we’re different:
Finance & accounting experts for small businesses
Ballast Consulting Group is known for our deep experience with small businesses and entrepreneurs, comprehensive skill set, and partnership approach. When you work with us, you get:
Practical, actionable guidance:
Our experience consulting with small businesses and entrepreneurs means that we’ll apply financial data in practical and actionable ways to help you achieve your vision.
Accountability and flexibility:
Not only do we use accounting & finance disciplines to monitor the success of our own recommendations, we also have the data to help you pivot when necessary.
Team of specialists:
Our team approach means that you’ll have continuity and specialization, but don’t have to rely on single individuals who may not have the broad experience to pinpoint what will truly drive your success.
Thought partnership:
We act as a sounding board for leaders. Our deep experience across hundreds of small businesses gives us the knowledge and tools to advise, and our approach is designed to build trust and partnership.
Reduced managerial burden:
Ballast is a managed service, so you can be as hands-off as you want. Rely on our team to get the job done right. We focus on small business finance & accounting so that you can focus on using our insights and data to reach your goals.
Meet the team behind your success
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Careers at Ballast:
Make an impact from day one
You may think you know what it’s like to work in finance. But at Ballast we do things differently.
If you want a career where you get to work directly with clients, your ideas matter from day one, and you can actually go home at the end of the day…we should talk.
If you’re ready for crystal clear visibility, data-driven decision-making, and more time doing what you love, let’s talk.
