FRACTIONAL ACCOUNTING & ADVISORY FOR MINISTRIES
Clear books.
Confident leadership.
Faithful stewardship.
Fractional accounting and CFO support built for churches and ministries.
We put the right finance team in place so your leaders can stay focused on the mission.
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THE LEADERSHIP BURDEN
Financial fog
follows
you home.
You shouldn't have to become the finance department just because the ministry needs one.
The numbers are always behind
When reports arrive late, leadership ends up making decisions without a clear picture of where things actually stand.
You don’t fully trust what you’re seeing
The reports may exist, but questions remain about accuracy, completeness, or what the numbers actually mean.
Too much depends on one person
A staff member, volunteer, treasurer, or ministry leader becomes the keeper of processes and financial knowledge that should belong to the organization.
Finance keeps pulling you back in
Work that should be handled by a dependable finance function keeps landing on leaders who are supposed to be leading the ministry.
THE RIGHT LEVEL OF SUPPORT
Put the right
finance team in place.
Some ministries need someone to run the accounting function. Others already have good people and need experienced oversight. As complexity grows, leadership may also need a CFO-level partner.
SBK meets your ministry where it is.
Our primary service
Fractional Accounting
We run the accounting function.
For ministries that need a dependable accounting team without building the entire department in-house.
Day-to-day bookkeeping and accounting
Monthly close and reconciliations
Financial reporting
Payroll and accounts payable workflows
Accounting systems and processes
Support for ministry-specific accounting needs
Already have good people?
Controller Oversight
Keep your people. Add experienced oversight.
If you already have capable staff or volunteers handling the day-to-day work, SBK can provide the financial leadership, review, and structure they need.
Review and oversight
Stronger close and reporting processes
Internal controls and workflows
Support for your existing accounting team
Ongoing financial guidance and systems improvement
STRATEGIC FINANCIAL LEADERSHIP
Fractional CFO
When reporting isn’t enough.
For ministries that need financial information to shape decisions, not just report what already happened. Use your numbers to lead to what's next.
Forecasting and cash planning
Budgeting and scenario modeling
Leadership and board support
Financial decision support
Strategic financial planning
Need CFO guidance but not an outside CFO?
CFO Advisory
A coach to guide and support leaders.
Coaching, planning, financial interpretation, and leadership support for organizations keeping the strategic finance function internally.
Financial review and interpretation
Forecasting and cash-flow planning
Budgeting and scenario support
Leadership coaching for financial decisions
Ongoing strategic finance guidance
PAYROLL
Ministry Payroll
Payroll built for churches and ministries.
We handle the recurring payroll work while accounting for the ministry-specific details that general payroll providers often miss.
Payroll processing and administration
Clergy compensation and housing allowance workflows
Minister withholding and SECA coordination
Payroll reporting and year-end support
ClergyCadence™️ annual clergy pay and tax review
ClergyCadence™️
A better rhythm for clergy pay and taxes.
Annual clergy pay and tax review designed to help churches and ministers catch issues before tax season.
TAX + FILING
Tax & Filing Support
Ministry-specific filing support built around ministry.
We’re expanding into the tax and filing work that naturally connects to ministry finance.
Clergy individual tax preparation
Schedule C support for qualifying clergy income
Form 990-N filing
Form 990-EZ filing
Full Form 990 preparation
Clergy Tax Preparation
1040 + Schedule C
Built for ministers and clergy who need tax preparation that understands housing allowance, SECA, and the unique treatment of ministerial income.
Ministry 990 Filing
990-N · 990-EZ · Form 990
Annual information-return preparation for churches and ministries that need filing support from a team that understands nonprofit finance.
MINISTRY-FLUENT BY EXPERIENCE
The work our
team knows.
Our team has spent years serving inside churches and ministries ourselves.
We’ve planted churches, served in pastoral and ministry leadership, worked alongside boards and executive teams, and experienced firsthand the tension between ministry priorities and the financial systems required to support them.
That matters because ministry finance comes with its own language, responsibilities, pressures, and relationships.
We don’t want your team teaching its accounting firm how ministry works.
Experience inside ministry
Our team brings decades of combined vocational ministry experience alongside professional accounting and financial leadership.
Built for ministry finance
SBK has one primary aim - to serve churches and ministries, from our roots in the Bible Belt to organizations across the country.
A team, not one person
We help eliminate a single-person bottleneck and add a ministry-fluent finance team with different levels of accounting and financial expertise.
Trusted by ministries such as
CLIENT STORY: PROJECT RESCUE
The treasurer stepped out of financial management.
For Project Rescue, financial management had become a responsibility that leadership was carrying alongside the work they were actually there to do.
SBK stepped in to help provide the accounting and financial leadership the organization needed.
BEFORE SBK
The treasurer remained involved in financial management while organizational leadership carried responsibilities that needed a more dependable finance structure.
AFTER SBK
With SBK involved, the treasurer was able to step fully out of financial management and leadership gained a team to help carry the finance function.
NOT SURE WHAT YOU NEED?
Start with Clarity.
The SBK Diagnostic Review gives your ministry an independent look at its accounting and finance function.
$495
You'll walk away with:
a review of the current finance function
the most important problems and risks we've identified
recommended priorities
a 90-day cash-flow forecast
a clarity roadmap
a recommendation for what to do next
If SBK appears to be the right partner, we'll also show you what working together could look like.
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HOW WE ENGAGE
Getting help shouldn’t
create another project.
The goal is simple: get clear on what your ministry needs, choose the right level of support, and put a better financial system in place.
01
Diagnostic Review
Start with clarity.
A focused review of your current accounting and finance function.
You leave with:
+ key issues and priorities
+ a 90-day cash-flow outlook
+ a clarity roadmap
+ our recommended next step
$495 + credited toward an ongoing engagement if you move forward with SBK.
Not sure you’re ready for a Diagnostic?
Book a free Right-Fit Meeting first.
02
Review the Roadmap
See what needs to change.
We walk through what we found, answer your questions, and show you the clearest path forward.
If SBK is the right fit, we’ll recommend the right level of support.
03
Get the Right Support
Get what your ministry needs.
That may include:
+ Fractional Accounting
+ Controller Oversight
+ Fractional CFO
+ CFO Advisory
+ Ministry Payroll
Straightforward pricing, sized-right to your ministry. No one-size-fits-all solution.
04
Build. Run. Improve.
Put the system to work.
We implement the agreed plan, own the work we’re responsible for, and keep improving the finance function as your ministry changes.
You get better systems, clearer information, and a finance team you can rely on.
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OUR CORE CONVICTION
The money isn't
the mission.
But how you steward it matters.
Financial systems are supposed to support ministry, not compete with it.
Better information helps leaders make better decisions. Dependable processes keep financial administration from becoming an unnecessary weight on the people responsible for leading the mission.
We believe good stewardship should produce greater clarity, confidence, and freedom to focus on the work your ministry exists to do.
The mission is yours.
Your ministry deserves clarity.
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SBK Accounting & Advisory
Fractional accounting and CFO support for churches and ministries.
Better systems. Stronger ministries. SBK.
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