Built for women who build Michigan.
Simply Balanced Accountants
Simply Balanced Accountants · Lansing, Michigan
You're at the Leadership Table.
We Give You the Confidence to Lead It.
Financial advisory for women who own and operate Michigan contractor businesses — electrical, plumbing, HVAC, and construction.
Serving Michigan trades businesses, from your first crew to $5M
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Referred by someone in BNI or the HBA? Tell us who sent you.
Built for the women who build Michigan.
Sound Familiar?
You're Running the Financial Side of a Real Business.
Payroll. Job costs. Vendor bills. Quarterly tax estimates. Cash flow during the slow season. Insurance renewals. QuickBooks — whether or not it's cooperating.
You're not "helping with the books." You're running the financial operations of a real business. Without a CFO title. Without an accounting team. Often without much support at all.
You want to know your numbers cold. You just haven't had the right framework to get there.
- QuickBooks is open. The reports are running. But you're still not sure what they mean.
- Tax season arrives and there are surprises — not because you're disorganized, but because no one's been planning with you.
- You're making equipment, hiring, and growth decisions without a financial sounding board.
- You've called generalist CPAs. They don't understand job costing, work-in-progress, retainage, or contractor cash flow cycles.
- You're the financial operator of this business — and you're doing it without the tools you deserve.
Sound Familiar?
"I was running the financial side of a half-million-dollar business out of a spiral notebook and a QuickBooks account I didn't fully understand. Every time my husband asked me a money question, I felt like I was failing him. I wasn't bad at this. I just had no one in my corner who actually understood what we were dealing with."— Mary, Residential Construction
What Changes.
Here's What Changes.
Monday Morning
Your partner asks, "Can we afford to hire another guy?" You pull up your cash flow projections. "Yes — if we time it after the Henderson job wraps in March. Here's why and what the margin looks like."
Mid-Month
A customer asks about a payment plan. You know exactly what the job cost, what the margin is, and whether you can structure payments without hurting cash flow. You make the call confidently.
Quarterly Review
You sit down together and walk through the numbers. Both of you understand what happened, why it happened, and what to adjust next quarter. It's a real leadership conversation — not a guessing session.
Tax Season
No surprises. No panic. You've been planning all year. You know what you owe and you've set it aside. You file and move on.
You know your numbers. You trust your financials.
You're not the office manager. You're the CFO.
What Changes.
"I stopped dreading the financial conversations. Now during the weekly meeting, I don't hesitate. I know the numbers. I trust them. That shift — from overwhelmed to confident — that's what Simply Balanced gave me."— Joyce, Roofing
Ready to Talk It Through?
A 15-minute intro call with Ana, our Client Relations Specialist — no pressure, no pitch. She'll make sure we're the right fit before anyone's time is spent.
Book Your Intro Call →Business Advisory Packages
Every tier includes tax planning, accounting, and advisory. What changes is how much of your time you buy back.
Start with April. Then your evenings. Then your weekends. Then your whole week.
Pricing shown per month, billed monthly. Business tiers: $1M–$3M · Over $3M. Your rate locks when you join.
Launch
Your taxes, planned all year.
Get April BackYou're a sole proprietor — and April still surprises you.
You keep your own books, the quarterly estimates are a guess, and nobody's planning with you until it's too late to change the number.
Your taxes planned all year. Your books reviewed and reconciled on your rhythm. Your return, Schedule C included, prepared by the team that planned it.
Monthly Investment
Under $1M: $425 - $650/mo
Foundation
Your back-office team.
Get Your Evenings BackYou're doing the books yourself — or paying someone to do them wrong.
QuickBooks exists but nobody owns it. Categorization drifts, the field software and the books tell different stories, and tax season catches you off guard every year. You're the financial operator of a real business — without a real team behind you.
Your QuickBooks, managed by professionals. Your field systems connected to your books. Monthly close, clean reports, and tax planning that runs all year — not just in April.
Monthly Investment
$1M–$3M: $1,100/mo
Over $3M: $1,650/mo
Cornerstone
Your crew paid. Your jobs in view.
Get Your Weekends BackPayroll eats your week — and you still don't know which jobs made money.
Pay periods, filings, W-2s — it all lands on you. The reports exist, but nobody's showing you which jobs are actually profitable. Every financial decision still feels like a guess between tax returns.
Everything in Foundation — plus payroll every pay period, filings and W-2s handled, your numbers by the 15th, monthly contractor reporting with job costing and margin by job, and quarterly strategy with Leslea.
Monthly Investment
$1M–$3M: $1,600/mo
Over $3M: $2,400/mo
Keystone
Your bills paid. Your numbers live.
Get Your Week BackYou're paying every bill yourself — and the big calls still feel like guesses.
Vendor bills pile up, cash gets tight in the slow season, and you're deciding on equipment, crews, and bids without seeing where the money is going. You're the CFO in practice. You deserve the support.
Everything in Cornerstone — plus your bills paid twice a month, your contractor dashboard live, a weekly cash dashboard, cash flow and budget vs. actual, and a monthly dashboard review with Leslea.
Monthly Investment
$1M–$3M: $2,800/mo
Over $3M: $4,200/mo
The Onboarding Path
Here's how we start working together.
You don't have to have everything organized before you reach out. You just have to be ready to stop guessing.
Let's Talk
A 15-minute call with Ana.
Tell her about your business and who sent you. She'll answer your questions and make sure we're the right fit before anyone's time is spent.
Right Fit
We match you to the right tier.
Based on your business, your goals, and the level of support that makes sense right now. No upselling. No pressure.
Onboarding
Ana handles your onboarding.
Our Client Relations Specialist walks you through the TaxDome portal, gathers what we need, and sets up your account. You don't have to do the heavy lifting.
In Motion
Your team gets to work.
Your accounting team manages the books and runs the close. Paul leads the review. Leslea leads tax strategy. You get clean books, clear reporting, and a team that knows your business — so you can run yours.
The Simply Balanced Approach
Why Women in Contractor Businesses Work With Us
We work exclusively with women who own and operate electrical, plumbing, HVAC, and construction businesses in Michigan. We don't fit you into a generic small-business template. We know contractor financials inside out.
We don't just "do your books." Every engagement is a bundled advisory relationship — accounting, tax strategy, and financial planning working together. You get a team that knows your business, speaks your language, and shows up every month ready to move you forward.
We're the advisor women in the trades trust. Let's Talk →
This is Personal.
"Every woman I work with already has what it takes to lead her business. What she's missing is the clarity. Confidence comes from knowing your numbers — and knowing your numbers is exactly what we're here to give you."— Leslea Burnett-Little, EA | Founder, Simply Balanced Accountants
Let's Figure Out What Support Looks Like for You
Ready to Talk About What Support Could Look Like?
The first step is a 15-minute intro call with Ana, our Client Relations Specialist. She'll get to know your business, answer your questions about how we work, and make sure we're the right fit. If it's not a match, we'll tell you. If it is, she'll map out next steps.
Let's Talk → 15 minutes with Ana. No pressure. No pitch. Tell her who sent you.