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Austin-based. Supporting companies nationwide.

Austin finance operations and talent strategy for companies growing beyond an improvised back office.

Pink Business Advisors strengthens the financial side of growing companies through bookkeeping, controller oversight, focused finance projects, and carefully matched accounting and administrative talent.

Headquarters
Austin, TX
Client base
Nationwide
Engagement model
Boutique
Both sides
Finance + Talent
Cindy Haas, CPA, founder of Pink Business Advisors
Cindy HaasFounder, CPA

Two sides of a stronger business

Most firms solve one half of the problem.

A growing company needs the financial work to operate correctly — and the people capable of performing and leading it. Pink does both, which is why one conversation usually covers both.

Build a more reliable financial operation.

Bookkeeping, controller oversight, reporting, cash-flow visibility, and focused consulting projects — owned by people who have run the function themselves.

  • Daily activity recorded and reconciled
  • A real close calendar, reviewed by a controller
  • Reporting and cash-flow projections you can plan against
  • Cleanups, implementations, and transaction readiness
Explore Finance

The finance function ladder

Four rungs between improvised and dependable.

Companies rarely need every rung at once. They need to know which one they are standing on — and what the next one requires.

  1. Accurate daily financial activity, reconciliations, receivables, payables, payroll processing, and reporting.

    • Accounts payable — bills and payments
    • Accounts receivable — invoices and collections
    • Daily general ledger maintenance
    • Payroll processing
    • Bank and credit card reconciliation
    • Reporting on critical areas of the business

Diagnostic

What has outgrown the current system?

Select the statement that sounds most like this quarter. Pink will point you at the part of the practice that handles it.

Nothing selected yet. Choose a statement to see where it routes.

Finance services

Three groups, organized by outcome.

See the full Finance page

Group 01

Reliable Bookkeeping Operations

Daily financial activity that is accurate, current, and reconciled.

  • Accounts payable — bills and payments
  • Accounts receivable — invoices and collections
  • Daily general ledger maintenance
  • Payroll processing
  • Expense classification
  • Time tracking and job-cost reporting
  • Sales commissions
  • Bank and credit card reconciliation
Details

Group 02

Controller-Level Visibility

Someone senior owning the close, the review, and the forward view.

  • Management of the finance and bookkeeping functions
  • Month-end and quarter-end close oversight
  • Budgeting and forecasting
  • Cash-flow management and projections
  • Key metric benchmarking
  • Accounting documentation, processes, and operations manuals
  • Third-party accounting software selection
  • Audit preparation and advisory support
Details

Group 03

Focused Finance Projects

A defined problem, scoped, resourced, and finished.

  • General ledger cleanup and setup
  • Accounting software selection and implementation
  • Optimizing an existing software implementation
  • Audit support and year-end preparation
  • Due diligence support
  • Transaction cleanup and readiness
  • Restructuring financial reporting and analyzing fiscal data
  • Designing processes and procedures to optimize efficiency
Details

Talent services

Matching technical ability and personality.

Pink has found that matching personality is as critical as matching technical skills. We learn the role, the team, and the environment before a single candidate is presented.

Finance and administrative professionals collaborating

Permanent Placement

A full-time hire matched on technical ability and on how the person will actually work inside your organization.

Temporary-to-Permanent

Evaluate fit in the real environment before either side commits to a permanent arrangement.

Interim Professionals

Coverage through a leave, a departure, or a leadership transition, without losing continuity in the finance function.

Short- and Long-Term Consultants

Experienced professionals for a defined project, a system implementation, or a period of unusual volume.

Roles we place

Accounting and Finance

Chief Financial Officer · Director of Finance · Director of Accounting · Controller and more

Human Resources

Director of Human Resources · Human Resource Manager · Generalist · Recruiter

Administrative Operations

Office Manager · Executive Assistant · Administrative Assistant · Coordinator and more

See every role on the Talent page
Cindy Haas, founder of Pink Business Advisors

Meet Cindy Haas

A pragmatic problem-solver who chose to make finance work visible.

Cindy's accounting experience spans public accounting, industry, and consulting. While she enjoys the accounting work itself, she found her real strength in building relationships, and shifted her career toward business development, client management, and recruiting.

She graduated from the University of Texas with a bachelor's and a master's in accounting. She takes a different approach than most advisors, drawing on her own experience to guide clients, colleagues, and candidates through decisions that matter.

Cindy is a Longhorn who attends as many football games as she can, and has spent nearly a decade supporting Hound Rescue — including fostering hounds while the rescue finds their permanent homes.

Cindy Haas is a CPA. Pink Business Advisors is not a licensed CPA firm.

Read the story behind the name

Client proof

Brought in for the hard situations.

All client results
As a long-time consultant in the Austin area, when I need help at my clients, I turn to Cindy and Pink Business Advisors. Cindy and I have known each other for over 15 years, and I trust her ability to solve problems quickly. I was in the middle of a complex clean-up project and needed another set of hands. Cindy's partner, Tamie, came on-board and added instant value. She is very organized, a self-starter, and able to explain technical accounting issues in a non-technical way. Pink provided professional and dependable service. Moreover, when it was time for me to step away from two of my clients, I wouldn't have trusted anyone else to step in and manage the finance function for them.
Sandy PavlikController, ALTR
Pink Business Advisors stepped into a difficult situation without hesitation, and were able to make an immediate impact. Pink worked very closely with our new Assistant Controller to seamlessly implement a new accounts payable system. They knew the right questions to ask, and the possible pitfalls to avoid. At the same time, Pink's team kept the accounts payable function running smoothly. They are a trusted partner!
Brendhan BotkinController, Phunware
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When the finance function becomes a constraint, Pink becomes the next call.

Bring Pink Business Advisors the process, project, or talent problem standing between your company and its next stage.