Bookkeeping and QuickBooks
Monthly bookkeeping with full reconciliations and a fixed close date, cleanup and catch-up projects at a fixed fee, complete QuickBooks setup and support, and year-end close.
For service businesses
Bookkeeping, Payroll & Tax for Service Businesses
You run the crews, the routes, and the jobs. Steady keeps your books clean, your payroll on schedule, and your business tax-ready all year, for one predictable monthly fee. Based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Built to serve clients nationwide.
- QuickBooks Gold ProAdvisor
- Intuit Certified Bookkeeper
- Intuit Enterprise Suite Certified
- IRS PTIN Holder
Meet the founder
Ivan Dyakov
Founder · QuickBooks Gold ProAdvisor · Intuit Certified Bookkeeper · IRS PTIN Holder
Steady was founded to give service-business owners what most bookkeeping arrangements never deliver: accurate books on a fixed schedule, payroll and taxes coordinated under one roof, and reporting an owner can actually use. Before Steady, Ivan spent 15+ years in business development, sales, operations, and entrepreneurship, so the advice is grounded in running real businesses, not just recording them.
More about IvanIndustry focus
Built for the businesses that keep buildings running
Steady specializes in field-service and home-service companies: HVAC contractors, plumbing companies, electrical contractors, pest control businesses, and commercial landscaping. These businesses share crews, vehicles, seasonal cash flow, job costing needs, and payroll complexity, and generic bookkeeping serves none of it well. We built our workflows around exactly these operations, and we support dozens of related service industries beyond them.
The gap we close
The problem we solve
Many owners come to a firm like ours months behind on their books, guessing at job profitability, and dreading tax season. Their bookkeeper does not understand job costing. Their tax preparer sees the books once a year and asks questions nobody can answer. Payroll eats half a day every week. Steady exists to fix exactly that: accurate books closed on a fixed date, payroll administered properly, reporting that shows where the money is made, and taxes coordinated under the same roof.
One coordinated firm
What we do
Tax and compliance
Business and owner tax preparation for our bookkeeping clients, sales tax handled selectively, and 1099 season managed year-round.
Financial operations
Payroll administration for W-2 and 1099 workforces, accounts payable with your controls preserved, and accounts receivable that turns aging invoices into collected cash.
Reporting and planning
Financial reporting with KPI dashboards, cash flow forecasting and budgeting, and job costing built for field-service operations.
A clear start
How it works
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Discovery call: a free 30-minute conversation about your business, your books, and what’s not working
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Books review: we look inside your QuickBooks file and tell you exactly what shape it is in
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Flat quote: a monthly price in writing, based on your actual volume and complexity
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Onboarding in days, then your books close on schedule every month while you run the business
The Steady standard
Why owners choose Steady
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Certified, verifiable expertise: QuickBooks Gold ProAdvisor and Intuit certifications held at the founder level, with tax credentials building on an active IRS PTIN
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Books, payroll, reporting, and taxes coordinated under one firm, with defined responsibility and quality review
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Industry depth: job costing for contractors, route economics for pest control, seasonal planning for landscaping, from day one
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Flat monthly pricing quoted in writing before we start, month to month, with no long-term commitment
Before we talk
Common questions
Clear answers to the questions owners usually ask first.
How much does it cost?
Every business is different, so we quote a flat monthly fee after a free discovery call and a look at your books. The fee reflects your transaction volume, payroll, and complexity, and you will always know the exact number before committing. For market context, see our pricing guide.
We’re behind on our books. Is that a problem?
It is our specialty. We review your file, quote a fixed cleanup fee, and get you current.
Do you only work with the five industries listed?
Those are the industries where our workflows run deepest, but we serve service businesses of many kinds, from trucking and cleaning companies to salons and professional firms. If you invoice customers and run payroll, we should talk.
Where are you located?
We are based in Charlotte, North Carolina and built to serve clients nationwide through QuickBooks Online, secure document sharing, and scheduled video calls. Charlotte-area businesses can meet in person by appointment.
A steadier financial back office
Let’s talk about your books
A free 30-minute conversation. No hard sell, and no obligation.