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 businesses with $1M–$5M in annual revenue
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 $1M–$5M 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."— Dana, Michigan Business Partner, 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 when my partner asks about cash flow or whether we can afford something, I don't hesitate. I know the numbers. I trust them. That shift — from overwhelmed to confident — that's what Simply Balanced gave me."— Dana, Michigan Business Partner, Residential Construction
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 →Where Do You Start?
Every client relationship begins the same way — with a clear picture of where you stand.
No guessing. No pressure. Just a path that makes sense for your business.
Step 01
FreeStart Here
Download the free guide and take the 10-question quiz — under four minutes — to find your stage. Not sure what stage you're in? This is where you find out.
No cost. No commitment.
Start Here →Step 02
Entry PointFinancial Clarity Session
90 minutes. We review your actual numbers before we meet — so when we sit down, we're already in the conversation that matters. You leave with your Business Health Snapshot and one defined next step.
$497 — applied toward your onboarding fee if we move forward.
Get clarity →Step 03
Monthly AdvisoryGrow or Build
Year-round advisory — accounting, tax strategy, and financial planning bundled together. No standalone tax prep. No one-off bookkeeping. A real relationship, every month.
From $1,100 / month
See what's included →Step 04
Full Financial PartnershipSimply Balanced CFO
Full financial leadership. Starts with your Business Health Snapshot — we read your business across five pillars using your numbers. A fresh Snapshot every quarter. Direct access to Leslea. For women ready to run their business like the CFO they already are.
From $3,500 / month
Learn more →Business Advisory Packages
Every tier includes accounting, tax, and advisory. What changes is the depth.
Grow manages your books. Build shows you your numbers — jobs, margins, and how you compare. Simply Balanced CFO reads your business health and works the numbers until the stage moves — quarter by quarter.
Pricing shown per month, billed monthly. Revenue bands: $1M–$3M · Over $3M. Your rate locks at your band when you join.
Grow
Your back-office team.
We Manage Your BooksYou'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
Most Popular
Build
Someone watching your numbers with you.
You See Your NumbersThe books are clean — but nobody's watching the numbers with you.
You know the reports exist. What you don't know is which jobs are making money, how your margins compare to businesses like yours, or what to watch next month. Every financial decision still feels like a guess between tax returns.
Everything in Grow — plus work-in-progress and margin by job, your live dashboard, industry benchmarks, a plain-English monthly numbers note, and your personal taxes planned all year (Clarity tier included).
Monthly Investment
$1M–$3M: $1,600/mo
Over $3M: $2,400/mo
Simply Balanced CFO
Your financial leadership.
We Work the NumbersYou're running a $1M+ business without anyone at the financial leadership table with you.
You're making big calls — equipment, crews, expansion — without a real financial partner. The numbers are there. But no one is reading them with you or helping you decide what comes next. You're the CFO in practice. You deserve one in support.
Everything in Build — plus your Business Health Snapshot, the CFO Financial Health Report, a fresh Snapshot every quarter so you watch the stage move, and strategy with Leslea directly.
Monthly Investment
$1M–$3M: $3,500/mo
Over $3M: $5,000/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.
Start Here
Book a Financial Clarity Session.
A 90-minute working session. Not a sales call. We look at your actual numbers — where the business is, where you want to go, and where the gaps are. You leave with your Snapshot and a next step.
Right Fit
We match you to the right tier.
Based on your revenue, your goals, and the level of support that makes sense right now. No upselling. No pressure. The right fit is the only fit.
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 — with $1M–$5M in revenue. 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. Start Here →
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.