This page lists bookkeeping and accounting firms that serve home-service and trades businesses such as HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing, landscaping, and general contracting in Lewiston, ME. Each entry summarizes the firm based on its own website, and notes when a firm serves the area remotely rather than from a local office.
Firms listed: 2.
LA Professional Bookkeeping Service #
Website: https://lapbookkeeping.com
Phone: 207-782-0436
LA Professional Bookkeeping Service is a bookkeeping company serving the Lewiston, Maine area. According to its website, the practice operates from 19 Martin Drive, P.O. Box 430, in Sabattus, ME 04280, a community near Lewiston, and works with local businesses that need help keeping their financial records in order. The firm presents itself as a local bookkeeping service company and frames its role as handling the books so that business owners can concentrate on running their operations.
The website attributes the practice to Claudette Jewell, identified as the owner and accountant and a QuickBooks ProAdvisor. According to the site, Jewell joined the company in 2017 as a QuickBooks ProAdvisor certified on both the Desktop and Online versions and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting. The firm states that she has more than 40 years of accumulated tax and accounting knowledge, gathered through handling the books for her own work in construction, preparing taxes over the years for family and friends, and working as a bookkeeper in a CPA firm. The site adds that she spent 11 years with the State of Maine in the tax department as a Senior Staff Accountant, where the website says she oversaw incoming revenues for all taxes and payables for the MRS department and was responsible for transferring funds to departments from the weekly tax revenues received.
In terms of services, the firm describes offerings that range from consulting and training to full charge bookkeeping. The website notes that its bookkeepers specialize in QuickBooks Desktop, QuickBooks Online, and Peachtree/Sage accounting software. The site also indicates that the practice can provide a tax packet for a client’s tax accountant at year’s end, intended to help make tax preparation more straightforward. It is described as proficient in Excel and Word, including the use of formulas in spreadsheets and documents needed for reporting information. The firm directs prospective clients to its services page to determine which offerings fit their needs.
The website connects the practice to construction work in particular, noting that part of the owner’s experience came from taking care of the books while working in construction. This background is relevant to home-service and trades businesses that need bookkeeping support tailored to that type of work. The site presents the practice as suited to businesses of varying sizes and states that no project is considered too large to figure out, describing the owner as a problem solver who enjoys tackling projects that require thinking through unconventional solutions.
The firm describes its working hours as Monday through Friday, by appointment only. It notes that Zoom calls and Google Meets are available and encouraged, which allows clients to meet remotely as well as in person. The website lists an office phone number of 207-782-0436 and a fax number of 207-782-0867. The practice invites prospective clients to call for a free consultation.
The overall tone of the website is personal and oriented toward small business owners who feel they are juggling bookkeeping alongside the demands of managing a business. The site frames the service as an option for those who want experienced help with their accounting and bookkeeping needs rather than handling everything themselves. A phrase featured on the site, attributed to the owner, sums up this approach by inviting clients to let the firm do what it does best so they have time to do what they do best.
For a directory user looking in the Lewiston area, LA Professional Bookkeeping Service represents a small, owner-operated bookkeeping practice based in nearby Sabattus. Its focus is on full charge bookkeeping, consulting, training, and year-end preparation support for a tax accountant, with stated experience in QuickBooks and Sage software and a background that includes construction bookkeeping and state tax department work. Anything beyond what the website states, including specific pricing, client counts, or additional credentials, is not described here.
Supporting Strategies Southern Maine #
Website: https://www.supportingstrategies.com
Supporting Strategies Southern Maine is listed in this directory as a remote provider serving the Lewiston, Maine area. The website presented for the firm is the national Supporting Strategies site, which describes the organization as a virtual provider of outsourced bookkeeping, accounting, and operations services rather than a walk-in local office. For Lewiston, the engagement is remote, and the source does not describe a physical office located in the city. Clients in the Lewiston area would work with the firm through its virtual service model rather than at a local storefront.
According to its website, Supporting Strategies has supported thousands of businesses since 2004 with accounting, bookkeeping, financial analysis, payroll administration, and back-office services. The site describes the company as people focused and optimization driven, and states that its team is 100 percent U.S. based. The firm reports more than 20 years in business and says it has supported more than 4,000 companies. The website emphasizes a virtual model that places work behind the scenes so that business owners can focus on growth, while noting that the company is not a CPA firm.
The website organizes its bookkeeping and accounting offerings into several categories. Under Essentials, the firm describes keeping books up to date and accurate, reviewing financials on a monthly call, and handling higher transaction volumes or multiple accounts. Under Insights, it describes a standard financial analysis package along with more complex monthly reporting, including weekly cash flash reporting, forecasting, and class, location, and budget analysis. Under Compliance, the site lists financial compliance tasks ranging from basic to complex, including 1099s, sales tax filings, financial audit assistance, and business insurance requests, and notes that this work can help prepare a client’s CPA partner, especially at tax time.
Additional service areas described on the website include Revenue, Expenses, and People. The Revenue category covers accounts receivable management, invoicing, collections, and tracking cash-based sales and transactions through external online and point-of-sale systems. The Expenses category covers accounts payable management, expense approvals, and timely vendor payments. The People category covers payroll administration along with management of benefit and PTO plans, plus onboarding and offboarding support. The site also references controller services and operational support functions delivered as part of its offering.
The website outlines an engagement process that begins with a discovery meeting to discuss a client’s specific challenges and needs, followed by a proposal that sets out a solution package and budget. The firm then describes assigning financial operations professionals based on the volume of work, establishing a workflow, reporting structure, and timeline, and scaling the team as a business grows. According to the site, every solution includes a dedicated team of U.S.-based professionals, technology and software tools, a seamless onboarding process, and a partner based in the client’s local community rather than overseas. The firm states that its team remains available to answer questions and assist with new requests as needed.
The website lists service pages aimed at particular sectors, including small business operations, outsourced bookkeeping services, controller services, small business bookkeeping, and bookkeeping services for law firms, healthcare practices, and nonprofits. The source material reviewed here does not single out home-service or trades industries such as HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing, or construction, so no such specialization is claimed for this listing.
The firm describes itself in promotional terms on its own website, including statements positioning it as a virtual leader in outsourced services and a best-in-class team. Those characterizations are the firm’s own. For directory purposes, the key points are that Supporting Strategies provides outsourced, virtual bookkeeping, accounting, payroll, and back-office services to businesses, that it is not a CPA firm, and that for the Lewiston market it operates remotely rather than from a local office. Prospective clients are directed to find a location and to schedule a free consultation through the website. No phone number specific to the Lewiston area appears in the source provided.