Finance & accounting
Close the books, reconcile project costs, and plan cash with a senior finance practitioner.
Explore finance & accountingFinance · HR · IT · Contracts
One team for your back office.
One view of the whole business.
Ascent Advisory Group runs your internal operations and connects people, processes, and technology through C-OPS Command Center. Our U.S.-based senior advisors manage finance, accounting, HR, IT, and contracts, giving leadership one integrated view to spot risks earlier, align priorities, and act on opportunities with confidence.
Coordinated operations
We connect the work across finance, accounting, HR, IT, and contracts through shared responsibilities, reconciled reporting, and regular leadership reviews.
Explore our servicesThe work we take on
Get the back office running as one business.
Most businesses buy these four functions separately, then spend their time reconciling them against each other. We run them as one operation, with one set of owners and one set of records.
HR & people operations
Keep hiring, payroll, benefits, and employee records moving as the business grows.
Explore HR & people operationsIT & business systems
Administer the systems people use, manage access and licenses, and test the information that moves between them.
Explore IT & business systemsContracts & commercial operations
Carry contract terms through project setup, funding changes, invoices, and renewals.
Explore contracts & commercial operationsIn the systems you already run
We are system agnostic and work in the platforms you already run. Unanet is our specialty. We also implement and support Deltek Costpoint, QuickBooks, FreshBooks, Oracle Fusion, and SAP, and administer Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, and the payroll, expense, and HR platforms around them.
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C-OPS Command Center
See the whole business in one view.
C-OPS Command Center brings financial reports, cash, staffing, contracts, and system access into one leadership view across every entity.
Start with the consolidated picture, then open the company, project, person, or agreement behind any number. We built it from the work our advisors do every month, and it is available to Ascent clients now.
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Who we serve
Built for project-based businesses.
We work with project-based companies, employers across multiple states, and owners preparing for growth or a transition.
Senior advisors. Coordinated delivery.
A U.S.-based senior advisor leads every engagement, with specialists in finance, HR, IT, and contracts. When the records need it, we start with a fixed-scope cleanup or transition. Then we run a monthly calendar with named owners, set deliverables, and a leadership review.
What needs to work better next month?
Tell us which deadlines, systems, or commitments are taking attention away from the business.