Bookkeeping and controller services in Minneapolis.
Clean monthly books and controller-level insight for growing Minneapolis businesses. Remote-first, on your schedule, with the same team every month.
Built for how Minneapolis actually operates.
Minneapolis is healthcare and medical devices, manufacturing, professional services, and a substantial base of privately held mid-market companies.
Across Bloomington, Eden Prairie, Plymouth, and into St. Paul, many of these businesses have been family-held for a generation.
Common Minneapolis industries we work with: healthcare and medical devices, manufacturing, professional services, construction and trades.
What we do here
The same service lines as every market. Nothing about the work changes with the postcode — what changes is what your books have to cope with.
Bookkeeping
Monthly reconciliations, a clean chart of accounts, and a close you can rely on.
Bookkeeping →Controller
Close ownership, margin visibility, KPIs, and driver-based forecasting.
Controller →Strategic Planning
Operating plan, rolling forecast, and scenario modelling.
Strategic Planning →Systems & Automation
QuickBooks, payroll, and AP/AR connected so data stops being re-keyed.
Systems & Automation →Long-held businesses carry long-held bookkeeping habits
The Twin Cities has an unusual density of established privately held companies — and with them, chart-of-accounts structures that made sense fifteen years ago and have been added to ever since. The result is books that reconcile but do not inform.
That matters most at transition. Owners approaching a sale or a generational handover need records that hold up to diligence, and rebuilding them under time pressure is the expensive way to do it.
Where your books get complicated
We organise by how a business gets paid, because that is what decides how the close actually works.
Frequently asked
Do you serve businesses outside metro Minneapolis?
Yes. We support clients across the Twin Cities — Bloomington, Eden Prairie, Plymouth, St. Paul, and the wider region. Engagements run remotely with calls on your schedule.
Do you handle tax filing?
No. Averan is not a CPA firm and does not file returns. We keep the books in the condition your CPA needs and work alongside them. Tax filing stays with them.
Can you work with our existing bookkeeper?
Often, yes. Some Minneapolis clients keep an internal person for day-to-day entry and bring us in at the controller level above them.
What software do you work in?
Primarily QuickBooks Online and Desktop, where we hold ProAdvisor certification. We also handle migrations between platforms.
How does pricing work?
Pricing is scoped to the work rather than billed hourly, and quoted after we have looked at the books. Cleanup of historical records is quoted separately as a one-time piece.
Areas we serve around Minneapolis
Bloomington · Eden Prairie · Plymouth · St. Paul · Maple Grove · Edina
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