Your Financial Partner for Creative Businesses

I'm Mike Manalac, a CPA and creative professional who founded a bookkeeping and advisory firm that works exclusively with creative businesses like yours.

I can talk numbers all day, but I also speak your language, creating a unique partnership that helps your business thrive.

Leave the Numbers, Take the Growth

We take time consuming accounting tasks off of your plate, and provide financial guidance to grow your business.

The 5 Element Approach

We broke down elaborate finance functions typically performed by large high-performing teams to an essential 5 elements.

  1. Bookkeeping

  2. CPA Review

  3. Advisory

  4. Consulting

  5. Transformation

With growth and financial success in mind, we then distilled the most important aspects of each element and packaged them together for our clients.

The result is top-tier financial expertise usually reserved for the big guys, offered to SMB’s at a price point that makes sense.

3 core finance functions, bundled into a single monthly offering

The Core Package

Bookkeeping

Up to date and accurate books, the foundation to business success.

CPA Review

A layer of protection and compliance, ensuring proper accounting and reliable financial statements.

Advisory

Strategy focused guidance, key metrics, budgets and forecasts.

For more nuanced financial solutions, we also offer consulting and transformation services on a project by project basis.

The Brains for Business, the Heart of a Creative

Mike Manalac is an award winning CPA (“40 under 40” and “Mover and Shaker”) with 20 years experience at top companies like PwC, Walmart and Google.

He’s also an author, writer, speaker and artist that uses drawing as a problem-solving tool. Mike’s been featured by top publishers like Forbes, Business Insider and Yahoo Finance (portfolio).

Stop worrying about the numbers and start focusing on what matters most, growing your business.

  • "Mike’s virtual whiteboarding was amazing—his way of thinking and visually laying out complex domain concepts really clarified things for me."

    “I recently launched Mesh, my AI-powered automation startup, and was looking for feedback on workflows and use cases. Mike perfectly understood our problem space, clearly mapped out our user journey, and laid out the current state and future state.

    The session was packed with insights, "aha" moments, and exciting ideas!"

    - Erin Kim, co-founder/CEO of Mesh

  • "His expertise was on full display and it’s clear he would be a valuable resource for even the most ambiguous and complex topics. "

    “I am working on a pretty difficult A.I. system and I was impressed by Mike’s ability to jump into a complex project mid-stream and immediately start dissecting the problem and workshopping solutions.

    Our meeting was full of creative solutions. I’m looking forward to my follow up session.”

    - Matthew Tschetter

  • "If you're looking for creative solutions to business problems, Mike's one-of-a-kind approach and problem-solving techniques can't be beat!"

    “Mike's consultation was unlike any problem-solving meeting I've had! He helped me see my challenges in a new way, cut through the noise, and focus my attention.

    We landed on unique solutions I would have never considered. I left with hope, a clear action plan.” 

    - Jennifer Nesmith, Owner

CONTACT

Mike@5elementFinancial.com