The kind of firm you didn't know you could hire.
We leave behind the processes that belong in 1997. Automation, integration, and real data, run by people who know your business.
Your ideal back office is here.
LUCA today
2016
Founded in Birmingham
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Accounting, tax, and advisory professionals
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Clients across the country
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Years on the Inc. 5000
Systems we know, connect, and tune
What makes us different
Accounting foundations, and the tools we build on them.
Delivering traditional accounting with excellence is our baseline. We shine when we automate the legwork around it. That frees our time for the part only people can do: solving the problem in front of you with next year in mind. Then we build the reports and automations around how your company already runs.
We know the accounting.
Decades of experience across bookkeeping, tax, and advisory, so the foundation under the reporting holds.
We build the tooling.
We set up and run the software ourselves, so your numbers stay current between month-ends.
We stay ahead of it.
A dedicated team that knows your account well enough to raise a problem before it reaches you.

Before we go further
Which sounds more like you?
Running a business or leading a nonprofit? Pick one and the rest of the page is written for you. You can switch any time.
Five kinds of work
Accounting Operations
Books kept current on a schedule you pick, monthly financials, bill pay and invoicing if you want them, and a controller when you need more depth.
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Returns for you and your company, plus planning through the year so you see the bill coming.
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Setup, state registrations, and HR support across four tiers, from Essential to Elite.
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A part-time CFO, a budget, and a standing meeting on margin, cash, and getting ready to sell someday.
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We map your process, automate the manual steps, and build custom tooling around how your team actually works.
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One engagement. A full finance department behind it.
Every account gets the same core three seats, and we add specialists as your work calls for them. Choose what you need and watch the team take shape.
Start from a sample organization, or build your own below
No services selected. Every engagement starts with three core seats.
Core seat
Financial Operations Specialist
Most of your day-to-day communication. Transactions, bills, deposits, reconciliations.
In place of hiring: Staff accountant or bookkeeper
Core seat
Controller
Runs month-end close and builds the reporting package on a calendar you can plan around.
In place of hiring: Controller
Core seat
Director
Your ongoing fractional CFO, on every engagement. In the ownership conversation, the lender meeting, and the plan for next year.
In place of hiring: Chief financial officer
Your choices carry into the form, so you do not have to enter them twice.
Want to see what your team would look like for your company?
We work best with owners who want us in the room for the hard decisions.
Owner-led companies that want someone at the table when margin, cash, or a sale is on the line. We also step into senior finance roles inside larger companies.
Client reviews
Blog
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Date note: This post was written in August 2026. Tax rules, thresholds, rates, and deadlines change, so some references here may have been updated since.
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Date note: This post was written in July 2026. Tax rules, thresholds, rates, and deadlines change, so some references here may have been updated since.
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