Accounting and Financial Concierge Services

Santa Barbara Fiduciary

Professional Fiduciary Services

Our Services

Accounting and Financial Concierge Services

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We focus on your day-to-day financial tasks, so you can focus on life

In everything we do, we believe in making the lives of our clients better. We are more than a fiduciary team entering data and providing financial statements; we are your are partners in ensuring you feel up-to-date and in control, while we manage the details. We want to make a difference in your life through holistic and proactive planning.

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Your Vision. Our Focus.

We make your financial life better by providing you with the needed clarity on finances without the complicated headache of managing them. Working as a direct extension of you, we specialize in coordinating all aspects of your financial life and keeping you up-to-date and in control, so you can focus on what’s most important to you.

Your financial well-being

We provide fully managed accounting and financial concierge services that are tailored to meet your specific and changing needs. Our detail-oriented and insightful team offers a broad spectrum of meaningful bookkeeping and client accounting services, in order to deliver longterm, conflict-free relationships that honor your planning, life and wishes, including:

Fully Managed Accounting Services

Prepare and make bank deposits
Bill pay, including calls to payees regarding incorrect bills and preparation of payments
Transaction review and entry into QuickBooks
Account categorization, classification and coding
Monthly reconciliation of financial statements
Monthly reporting of balance sheet and income & expense report(s) from the accounting system
Maintenance of accounting records supporting financial statements in our electronic filing system
Banking and cash management, including assistance with transfers, funding and bank communication
Evaluate/assist with establishing efficient systems for day-to-day financial tasks

Establish & maintain custom accounting structure via QuickBooks
Inventory, manage and value financial accounts
Aggregate financial data and evaluate/assist with consolidation of financial accounts
Determine nature and extent of liabilities, claims, and debts
Forecast revenue and liquidity needs
Vendor (data) management with special attention to taxable status
Reviewing medical insurance papers and verifying proper processing of claims
Ensure accuracy of expense transactions, including invoices and bills charges
Ensure appropriate income received

Evaluate/assist/report on real property, business, trust/prospective inheritance interests
Provide real property guidance/support/recommendations as applicable
Risk assessment and management including insurance policy reviews
Gathering tax documents, including filling out tax organizers and communicating with CPA/tax professional at tax time
Ensure timely tax filings and management of tax payments
Facilitate communication and coordination among CPAs, attorneys, insurance agents and other professionals
Financial counseling and coaching
Preparing budgets of spending plans
Review/assess/report on account titling, particularly as it relates to trust funding and estate planning

We have experience holding and managing a wide variety of assets including:

Investment portfolios
Private equity placements
Commercial real estate
Residential real estate
Limited liability partnerships
Oil & mineral interests
Automobiles, artwork and antiques

We take pride in our ability to handle accountings, manage complex assets, and implement complex estate plans.

It may be time to bring a financial concierge into your life.

Do You Need To Get Financially Organized?

Your financial well-being requires focus and attention.

Whether your an individual with aging parents, someone going through a life transition, or a business owner, your financial life can be complicated.

Assets and financial holdings need to be tracked. Paperwork and bookkeeping for properties, investments, contributions, and accounts often require more time and attention than you may initially foresee or have available. Scheduling involves the coordination of several calendars.

Santa Barbara Fiduciary has built its reputation on making order out of chaos.

Whether you are looking for a professional, personal, or financial organizer, need a bookkeeper, a daily money manager, or an accountant, Santa Barbara Fiduciary can help by simplifying your life and giving you the one thing that you can’t get back- time.

Our Financial Concierge Services

Are you drowning in your own paperwork because you can’t find the time or energy to do it yourself?

As your financial concierge, we pay your bills, organize your financial documents for your CPA and work closely with your tax attorney. We handle routine financial transactions, maintain and reconcile your credit card and bank accounts by paying and organizing your bills either online or by check.

Are your files a big mess?

We organize and set up home filing systems in a way so you can immediately put your finger on an important piece of paper.

Did you miss a tax payment or fall behind on your mortgage or credit card payment because of a medical issue?

We not only maintain the records but we ensure timely payment of estimated taxes, property taxes, insurance premiums, credit card bills, auto registrations, mortgages, utility bills, and others. Being a personal financial concierge we track your charitable contributions and make sure we have the supporting documents; and fill out your tax organizer, so you can relax on the beach in March and April.

Are you part of the sandwich generation trying to juggle helping your older parents with their finances as well as dealing with your own financial affairs? Are your parents becoming more and more dependent on you for daily money management?

For older adults, we will make timely bill payments, organize their financial records, manage their mail, and maintain lines of communication with family members.

Santa Barbara Fiduciary frees you from the stress and worry of managing your bills and paperwork.

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Benefits of Our Accounting & Financial Concierge Services

Create and manage budgets

Forecast future revenue

Determine the best time to make major purchases

Keep track of expenses

Keep accurate records

Determine when to make adjustments

Track financial health

Protect your wealth

Who We Serve

We deliver essential financial services to seniors and older adults, people with disabilities, busy professionals, high net worth individuals, small businesses and others. The demand for accounting and financial services has grown steadily in recent years, due largely to a growing elderly population. As their parents grow old, children often take over their financial tasks, but many find themselves unable to do so because of their work and family commitments. The growth of the industry can also be attributed to the increase in dual-income families: With both parents working, there is often not enough time to run around ensuring documents are properly signed or bill payments are processed on time. Wealthy people may hire daily money managers, accountants and financial advisors, to avoid taking care of menial money tasks, or because they feel their time is better spent doing other things that could earn them more money.

Bookkeeping vs Accounting - Explained

While bookkeeping and accounting are both essential business functions, there is an important distinction. Bookkeeping is responsible for the recording of financial transactions. Accounting is responsible for interpreting, classifying, analyzing, reporting and summarizing financial data. The biggest difference between accounting and bookkeeping is that accounting involves interpreting and analyzing data and bookkeeping does not.

Our Services

We focus on your day-to-day financial tasks, so you can focus on life

Your Vision. Our Focus.

Your financial well-being

Prepare and make bank deposits

Bill pay, including calls to payees regarding incorrect bills and preparation of payments

Transaction review and entry into QuickBooks

Account categorization, classification and coding

Monthly reconciliation of financial statements

Monthly reporting of balance sheet and income & expense report(s) from the accounting system

Maintenance of accounting records supporting financial statements in our electronic filing system

Banking and cash management, including assistance with transfers, funding and bank communication

Evaluate/assist with establishing efficient systems for day-to-day financial tasks

Establish & maintain custom accounting structure via QuickBooks

Inventory, manage and value financial accounts

Aggregate financial data and evaluate/assist with consolidation of financial accounts

Determine nature and extent of liabilities, claims, and debts

Forecast revenue and liquidity needs

Vendor (data) management with special attention to taxable status

Reviewing medical insurance papers and verifying proper processing of claims

Ensure accuracy of expense transactions, including invoices and bills charges

Ensure appropriate income received

Evaluate/assist/report on real property, business, trust/prospective inheritance interests

Provide real property guidance/support/recommendations as applicable

Risk assessment and management including insurance policy reviews

Gathering tax documents, including filling out tax organizers and communicating with CPA/tax professional at tax time

Ensure timely tax filings and management of tax payments

Facilitate communication and coordination among CPAs, attorneys, insurance agents and other professionals

Financial counseling and coaching

Preparing budgets of spending plans

Review/assess/report on account titling, particularly as it relates to trust funding and estate planning

We have experience holding and managing a wide variety of assets including:

Investment portfolios

Private equity placements

Commercial real estate

Residential real estate

Limited liability partnerships

Oil & mineral interests

Automobiles, artwork and antiques