Bookkeeping for contractors, small businesses, truckers, and trades in Moundsville and Marshall County.
Local Context · 01
Moundsville contractors and small businesses are running operations in a market where clean books separate the ones who grow from the ones who grind. Right now, most don't have job costing. Most can't tell which jobs made money.
A generic bookkeeper sets it up for a business that looks nothing like yours. No job costing. No project tracking. No visibility into where the margin actually lives.
Bonding applications, equipment loans, hiring decisions — every major call gets made without a current number to support it.
Services · 02
Both start with getting your QuickBooks right.
Monthly bookkeeping, CFO advisory, and ongoing support — so you never have to think about it again.
We clan up your books, train your admin, and leave behind a guide — so your team can handle it going forward.
What that actually looks like. Cleanup. Monthly close. The leave-behind playbook. Three things we do every day for trades businesses across Moundsville and Marshall County.
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We go into your existing file, clean it up, and make it right. No blowing it up. No losing your history.
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We keep your books clean every month and actually talk to you about what the numbers mean. No surprise reports you don't understand.
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We train whoever handles your books, show them the right way to do it, and leave behind a written guide they can use every day.
The Transformation · 04
You know which jobs made money before you commit to the next one. Your books hold up when a Marshall County lender or bonding company asks for your financials. Hiring, equipment, bigger contracts — every decision backed by real numbers.
Job costing by project means every Marshall County contract tells you the truth. Stop finding out after the crew is gone which jobs actually paid.
Clean, reconciled books built around how your operation runs. When a West Virginia lender or bonding company asks for your P&L, you hand it over without flinching.
Monthly close means you see what's coming before it hits. Equipment decisions, crew additions, bigger bids — all backed by clean current numbers.
Next Steps · 05
We spend about an hour in your books. We tell you exactly what we find. No charge, no obligation.
Based on what we find, we put together a proposal — either we take over the books or we train your team. Whichever makes more sense for your business.
Cleanup first, every time. Then monthly bookkeeping or team training — whichever track you chose. No surprises.
Start with a free QuickBooks Review and find out exactly what your books are telling you.
We'll be straight with you — we wrote this section so Google shows this page when Moundsville contractors and small businesses search for a bookkeeper.
740 Accounting & Bookkeeping specializes in bookkeeping and business advisory for trades businesses and small businesses across Moundsville and Marshall County — contractors, plumbers, electricians, truckers, landscapers, and remodelers.
Most Moundsville trades businesses aren't looking for a CPA. They need someone who understands how a trades operation actually runs — job costing, subcontractor payments, equipment depreciation, bonding requirements. That's what we do.
Most Moundsville trades businesses come to us because their QuickBooks was never set up correctly. Wrong categories, no job costing, reconciliations months behind. Our QuickBooks Cleanup service fixes the foundation without starting over.
From there, we take over the books through our monthly bookkeeping service or clean everything up and train your existing team through our employee training service. It always starts with a free QuickBooks review — no charge, no obligation.
We work with businesses in Moundsville and throughout Marshall County — including New Martinsville, Hundred, and communities along the West Virginia panhandle. In-person when you need it. Virtual when that works better.
We're based in Barnesville, Ohio — right across the river. Kristal Hunkler ran a trades business for over 20 years and knows what it takes to get books clean enough to support growth in this market. She's been serving Ohio and West Virginia businesses since 2011.
Searching for "bookkeeper Moundsville WV" or "QuickBooks bookkeeper Marshall County West Virginia"? Start with a free QuickBooks review — no sales pitch, just an honest look at what's there.