Genuine accounting credentials
Your books, records and financial statements are prepared by accounting professionals with more than 20 years of experience, holding a bachelor's degree in accounting and a master's degree in business and accounting.
Bookkeeping & accounting services
Clean books, prepared by accountants who have done this for 25 years.
Bright Star Bookkeeping LLC helps small businesses and start-ups set up QuickBooks Online, keep accurate day-to-day books, and get financial statements they can actually rely on — all prepared in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
No obligation — and once you are a client, we are available any time of the day for questions.
A typical month-end with us
- Accounts payable postedDone
- Customer billing issuedDone
- Cash applicationDone
- Payroll processedDone
- Month-end closeDone
- Financial reportingDelivered
25+ years
Leading accounting departments
Fortune 500
And start-up experience alike
3 regions
North America, Latin America, Asia Pacific
GAAP
And current accounting codifications
Why Bright Star
What makes Bright Star Bookkeeping different
Small businesses deserve the same quality of accounting that large companies pay a great deal more for.
Prepared the right way
Books and records are prepared based on Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and current accounting codifications — so your numbers hold up with lenders, investors and auditors.
Very competitive pricing
You get senior-level accounting expertise at a price built for a small business — scaled to your size, your transaction volume and the complexity of the work.
We look for savings
As part of the service, we will always look for areas where your business can save money — process improvements and cost reductions are part of the job, not an upsell.
Always reachable
We are available any time of the day for any question or concern you may have. No ticket queues, no waiting until the end of the quarter to get an answer.
Built to help you grow
Bright Star was founded specifically to help small businesses and start-up companies manage their books and records — and to give owners the numbers they need to grow.
Services
Everything from set-up to a part-time CFO
Take a single piece off your plate or hand over the whole accounting function — the engagement is built around what your business actually needs.
QuickBooks Online set-up & automation
General ledger accounts, company lists, products and services, departments and the ad hoc reports you need — configured properly from day one.
See what is included →Bookkeeping services
Accounts payable, customer billing, cash application, payroll processing, month-end close and financial reporting — or the full accounting cycle.
See what is included →Accounting consulting
Part-time controller or CFO, system onboarding, process improvements and automation — senior help without a senior salary.
See what is included →Accounting outsourcing
We manage your outsourced Payable to Payment, Billing to Cash Application and Record to Reporting processes so quality does not slip.
See what is included →Other outsourcing management
Personal assistant support and small call center management, run with the same discipline we bring to the books.
See what is included →Not sure where you fit?
Tell us your size, your transaction volume and what is currently painful. We will tell you honestly what you need — and what you do not.
Who you work with
Ray Del Prado
Ray is an accounting executive with over 25 years of experience leading and managing the accounting departments of Fortune 500 and start-up companies — accounting operations, revenue recognition, intercompany and fixed asset accounting, system conversions, consolidation and financial reporting.
He spent a decade at Microsoft managing and leading their North America, Latin America, and Asia and Pacific accounting teams, where his process improvements saved millions of dollars and a great many hours. Before that he helped Harley-Davidson Financial Services build their accounting processes, systems and internal controls from scratch, managed budgeting and forecasting for departments at General Electric, and audited full-cycle financials at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
He and his wife, Vicky Del Prado, founded Bright Star Bookkeeping LLC to help small businesses and start-up companies manage their books and records — and grow.
Career highlights
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Microsoft
A decade leading global accounting teams
Full-cycle accounting across three regions, worldwide project launches and accounting innovation for new product releases.
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Harley-Davidson Financial Services
Accounting built from scratch
Created the division's accounting processes, systems and internal controls.
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General Electric
Budgeting & forecasting
Managed the budget and forecast for the engineering, IT and HR departments.
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PricewaterhouseCoopers
Audit
Completed full-cycle financial audits for numerous clients.
How we work
Three steps to books you stop worrying about
Free consultation
We learn your business — your size, your transaction volume, how much customization you need and what is currently costing you time.
Set up or clean up
We configure QuickBooks Online around your chart of accounts, product and service lists, departments and reporting — or clean up what is already there.
A reliable monthly rhythm
Payables, billing, cash application and payroll run through the month; the close and your financial statements land on schedule.
Let's talk about your books
Tell us what your business looks like today and we will explain exactly how we would handle it — and what it would cost. For more information, message us at info@brightstarbookkeeper.com.