Get Started With Kai Crest
From Financial Flow to Financial Clarity
Our Services
Monthly accounting at three tiers built on structure and accuracy. CFO-level advisory for owners who need financial leadership without a full-time hire. Hawaii GET compliance. Catch-up work for books that need rebuilding. Start with one service or bring us the whole picture.
Who We Work With
Recreation and consumer businesses, real estate investors, professional services firms, technology companies, and other businesses that have outgrown basic bookkeeping. We work with clients who value structure, transparency, and clear financial guidance.
What Happens Next
After you submit this form, we review your message and respond within one business day. We schedule a conversation to understand your business and your needs. Then we provide a clear recommendation based on what we learn.
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27+ Years Experience • CFO-Led • Hawaii & the West Coast
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Why Owners Come to Us
Most of the big decisions in a business, hiring, borrowing, expanding, restructuring, are numbers questions underneath.
Flying Blind on Big Decisions
Revenue is up and cash seems fine. But you can't answer whether that equipment purchase makes sense, whether a new hire pays for itself, or which customers are actually profitable. We give you financial reports you can trust and the clarity to decide with confidence.
The CFO Gap
Your business needs senior financial perspective but doesn't justify a full-time hire. You need someone who can look at the numbers, help you understand what they mean, and think through decisions with you. We fill that gap with fractional CFO services built for growing businesses.
Multi-Entity Complexity
Two LLCs became four. Intercompany transactions are tangled. You're not sure what each entity actually earned last year. We specialize in complex multi-entity structures and bring order to the books across your entire portfolio.
Financing Readiness
Banks want clean financials before they'll fund the next project or acquisition. We keep your books ready for that conversation and prepare the reporting that lenders expect to see.
Outgrowing Your Setup
The bookkeeper who worked fine three years ago can't keep up with the business you have now. You need a partner who can handle higher volume, greater complexity, and the advisory conversations that matter to you.
Growth Without Direction
You're growing but not sure where the profit actually is. Is that service line worth keeping? Should you expand into a new market? The answers are in your numbers. We help you find them.
Why Work With Us
A Maui-based accounting and advisory company built on CFO-level experience and more than 27 years in accounting and finance.
Planning, Not Just Reporting
Clean books tell you where you've been. Kalea builds the budgets and cash flow forecasts that show you where you're headed, so you know what each decision means for tomorrow's cash, not just today's balance.
CFO Background
As Chief Financial Officer for complex multi-entity organizations, Kalea has guided businesses through growth, acquisitions, financing, and the financial decisions that shape companies.
Based in Hawaii
Kai Crest is headquartered in Kihei, Maui. We serve business owners throughout Hawaii and work with clients across the West Coast.
An Owner's Perspective
Kalea has been on the client's side of the table as an entrepreneur herself. The advice comes from running businesses, and from knowing how a decision feels when it's yours.
Our Services
Accounting and advisory structured around what your business actually needs.
Base Accounting
Accounting: Core
The foundation tier. Clean, reliable monthly accounting for a single entity. Bank and credit card reconciliations, a standard monthly close, monthly profit and loss and balance sheet, and basic email support. The disciplined baseline every other engagement builds on.
Accounting: Growth
Accrual-based monthly accounting with CFO-level review. Everything in Core plus accrual adjustments, financial review notes, limited class and location tracking, and a quarterly financial review meeting with Kalea.
Accounting: Managed
The fullest accounting tier with accrual books, detailed close review, monthly financial review calls, and priority support. For businesses that want their accounting function genuinely managed with monthly time on the numbers.
Advisory
Advisory: Quarterly
A standing quarterly seat with a CFO-level advisor. Each quarter, Kalea reviews the business's financial picture with you, covering performance, cash flow, opportunities on the table, and the decisions ahead.
Advisory: Monthly
Monthly CFO-level advisory for owners in motion. A monthly working session covering profitability, cash flow, pricing, financing preparation, and growth, with an advisor who knows your business between sessions.
Advisory: CFO-Lite
Ongoing CFO-level financial leadership without the full-time hire. Kalea works as your senior financial partner on forecasting, cash flow, financing preparation, growth decisions, and entity structure guidance.
Standalone Services & Add-Ons
Hawaii GET Compliance
Hawaii's General Excise Tax handled correctly. Accurate classification of gross income, periodic and annual filings on schedule, and clean records behind every return. We handle standard filings and the complex situations that come with multiple entities or income types.
Accounts Payable
Vendor bills managed end to end as an add-on to your accounting engagement. Tracking, scheduled payment runs, vendor setup and maintenance, and clean recording in the books.
Accounts Receivable
Invoicing oversight that keeps receivables organized: monthly aging and tracking at the lighter tier, monthly reporting with structured follow-up at the standard tier. Scoped deliberately: organized oversight and follow-up rather than a collections operation.
Cleanup & Catch-Up
Books that have fallen behind need more than catch-up. Kai Crest rebuilds your accounting to a standard worth building on, then helps you keep it there.
1099 Filing
Year-end 1099 preparation and filing for contractors and vendors. Forms are prepared accurately and filed on deadline, with per-form pricing that scales with your vendor count.
FAQ
Answers to questions that come up before getting started.
How much does it cost?
Monthly accounting starts at $1,200 per month per entity. Advisory services start at $750 per month. We provide specific pricing after understanding your business, the scope of work, and the number of entities involved.
My books are behind. Can you fix them?
Yes. Cleanup and catch-up work is priced per engagement based on how far back we need to go and the condition of the records. Most cleanups run between $1,500 and $10,000. Once the books are current, we move into ongoing monthly accounting.
Is there a contract?
Yes. We work with an engagement letter that outlines scope, pricing, and expectations. The relationship is month-to-month after an initial period, and you can cancel with 30 days notice.
How do I share documents with you?
We use a secure client portal for document uploads and communication. We also connect directly to your accounting software and bank feeds where possible. We walk you through setup when you start.
Do we need to meet in person?
No. Everything can be handled remotely. Most clients prefer it that way. If you are in Hawaii and want to meet, we can arrange that.
What accounting software do you work with?
We work with QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Desktop. For bill payment workflows, we also work with Bill.com. If you need help choosing or setting up software, we can guide you through that.
What do I need to do each month?
Grant us access to your bank and credit card feeds, upload receipts and invoices as needed, and respond to questions when they come up. Most clients spend less than 30 minutes a month on this. We handle the rest.
Do you handle payroll?
No. We do not process payroll. We recommend working with a dedicated payroll provider like Gusto or ADP, and we coordinate with your provider to make sure payroll data flows correctly into your books.
Do you file tax returns?
No. We do not prepare or file income tax returns. We prepare accurate financials so your CPA or tax professional has a clean file at year-end. For Hawaii businesses, we do handle General Excise Tax filings.
How quickly do you respond?
Within one business day. If you reach out with a question or need something, you will hear back the same day or the next business day.
How soon can you start?
Usually within one to two weeks of our initial conversation. If your books need cleanup first, we start there. If they are current, we move directly into monthly accounting.
What makes you different from other bookkeepers?
We are built for business owners who need more than bookkeeping but less than a full-time CFO. Kai Crest is led by Kalea DeYoung, a CFO with 27 years of experience in accounting and financial leadership for multi-entity organizations. You get structured accounting with real financial guidance behind it.
Hawaii's Trusted Accounting and Advisory Partner
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