Jayanthi “Jay” Ganapathy is the Founder and CEO of FinAccurate LLC, an accounting firm that delivers business sense. Jay is dedicated to helping her clients grow their business and achieve their goals. She’s passionate about helping small business owners understand the ins and outs of their business by explaining their key financial statements and cash flow positions on any given day so that they can make better business decisions. Her mission is to help small business owners increase cash flow, bring about better processes, lower risks and increase value by offering high quality outsourced bookkeeping and accounting services.

FinAccurate LLC offers a comprehensive range of accounting and bookkeeping services, including financial analysis, reporting and budgeting, payroll support, controller services, consulting and training for QuickBooks®, and much more. Jay is proficient at working with all accounting systems—from enterprise software, like Oracle and SAP, to online software, such as QuickBooks and Sage. She has worked with businesses across many different industries, but specializes in working with small businesses (both for-profit and non-profit).

Jay has recently helped clients with the following types of work:

• Helped a business client catch up on a year’s worth of bookkeeping backlog
• Set up QuickBooks integrations for reconciled accounts and accurate financial reports
• Created and established monthly reports
• Established a business entity in Europe after a client’s business was restructured due to an acquisition, completed the acquisition accounting, and set up the subsidiary in the U.S.
• Set up chart of accounts, bank accounts, and operational accounts
• Established a state sales tax filing process and put a client’s company financials in place
• Converted a client’s processes from paper to electronic for increased efficiencies
• Established accurate and complete financial reports with comparison to current year forecast, prior year actuals and actual vs. budget comparison

Prior to starting her own business in 2015, Jay held various accounting roles at Philips Electronics, one of the largest electronic companies in the world. Jay worked as the Assistant Manager of Financial Services at Philips Electronics India, before she relocated to the North American branch of Philips Electronics where she worked in roles such as Financial Accountant, Corporate Accountant, and Manager of Accounting Operations. During her career at Philips Electronics, she was accountable and responsible for the general accounting function, including timely and accurate transaction processing, account analysis, reconciliations and schedules, and fixed asset and inventory/cost accounting.

Jay earned her Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Finance from the University of Madras. She is a certified cost accountant and a Chartered Accountant. She also holds a FICO certification.

When she’s not busy with work, Jay loves spending quality time with her family—especially her two “naughty” little boys. Jay also enjoys supporting a local, non-profit organization in her community that promotes peace, culture and education thru dialogue. In her spare time, she often finds herself reading books on personal and business development not only to learn, but to constantly improve herself and her skills.