Save Time

Majjag knows business owners wear many hats, and their time is valuable.  Our services can help owners save time:

·         Data-Driven Insights – know ROIs to make informed decisions quickly

·         Access to high-quality financial information – Reduce guesswork when you want answers

·         Strengthen Internal Controls – Reduce fire drills

·         Tech Stack Integration – make applications perform the work and integrate with each other

·         Finance Process Improvement – reduce manual tasks

·         Start to sleep again – We can manage the finance function so owners can get back to running their business.

·         Reclaim Personal Time away from the office – Have confidence in the finance function while away from the office.

CASE STUDY - How Two Founders Got Their Lives Back

The Bottleneck

The owners of a $5M manufacturing company had a problem most entrepreneurs would envy: strong revenue growth and healthy margins.

But they also had a problem most entrepreneurs know all too well: they were drowning.

Every night until 9 PM, the husband-and-wife team stayed late processing invoices, reconciling accounts, running payroll, and chasing down numbers. Weekends were spent catching up on paperwork. Vacations were interrupted by "urgent" accounting questions.

They'd built a successful business but couldn't escape the back office.

The Breaking Point

"We have 21 employees," the owner told us, "but the two of us are still doing the work of five people. We know we need help, but we don't know what to hire for or how to let go without everything falling apart."

The Majjag Solution

We didn't just tell them to "hire a bookkeeper"—we redesigned their entire finance function:

Phase 1: Process Mapping & Task Analysis (Week 1-2)

  • Documented every back-office task the owners were handling

  • Identified which required owner judgment vs. routine execution

Phase 2: Strategic Staffing (Week 3-4)

  • Created three distinct roles: AP/AR Specialist, Payroll Administrator, Staff Accountant

  • Wrote detailed job descriptions with clear responsibilities

  • Helped find a reputable bookkeeper

Phase 3: Process Documentation (Month 2)

  • Built step-by-step procedures for monthly close

  • Created approval workflows that didn't require owner bottlenecks

  • Implemented exception reporting (owners only see what needs attention)

Phase 4: KPI Dashboard (Month 3)

  • Weekly cash flow forecasting with variance analysis

  • Real-time AR aging and collection metrics

  • Monthly budget vs. actual with automated variance reconciliation

  • Gross margin by product line visibility

The Transformation

Within 90 days, the finance function was running independently:

  • Monthly close completed by day 5 (previously day 12-15)

  • Owners' involvement reduced from 50 hours/week to 5 hours/week

  • Cash flow forecasting accuracy improved from ±30% to ±5%

  • Zero late vendor payments (previously 2-3 per month)

The Real Result

Six months later, the owner called us: "Last weekend, my wife and I went camping for the first time in eight years. We didn't check email once. The business ran perfectly without us."

But the impact went beyond personal freedom:

  • The husband finally had time to visit the top 10 customers—resulting in 3 major contract renewals

  • The wife relaunched their dormant product development initiative—now 2 new products in testing

  • Both started attending industry conferences again—generating 5 qualified leads

The owner's take: "We thought we couldn't afford to hire help. Turns out, we couldn't afford not to. Our only regret is not doing this three years ago."

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