About Marianne
Bookkeeping is just like building LEGO — it all clicks when the pieces are in the right place.
Marianne has been building systems since she was a kid: first with LEGO, now with businesses. She's the kind of person who automates herself out of a job — and has, more than once. Her favorite kind of work? The kind where strategy replaces repetition: streamline the process, build the system, fix the chaos, and then get out of the way.
She’s spent her career spotting inefficiencies, cleaning up operational messes, and turning vague frustrations into repeatable workflows. Bookkeeping is just the entry point; what she really delivers is clarity, structure, and momentum to small businesses that have outgrown duct tape and gut instinct.
Marianne founded Balanced Books and Beyond to channel that energy into something lasting. Today, she runs operations, finance, HR, and strategy at a law firm that never runs out of challenges—and helps other business owners build something strong, simple, and scalable.
Outside of work, she and her wife share a love of travel, board games, and two very spoiled dogs. Whether it’s bricks or businesses, Marianne’s superpower is making the pieces click into systems that are smart, scalable, and built to last.
About Balanced Books & Beyond
Balanced Books and Beyond helps business owners get control of their finances—whether that means catching up messy books, taking over day-to-day bookkeeping, or stepping in when things get more complex than what their current setup can handle.
Some clients just need someone to take bookkeeping off their plate. Others have someone doing the basics but need higher-level support—help understanding cash flow, preparing to scale, or cleaning up before a sale, loan, or audit.
We fix what’s broken, build what’s missing, and create simple, scalable systems that give business owners real clarity on where they stand—and what’s next.
If a business owner says, “I don’t even know what I don’t know,” or “This used to work but now it’s chaos,” that’s where we come in.