Services
Smart, Scalable Financial Ops Support
We’re not just bookkeepers. As CPG experts, we know the nuances from spoilage deductions to trade spend and use that expertise to help your brand move forward. And we do it all under one roof, without the headache of a patchwork team.
Accounting
Timely, accurate numbers that evaluate performance and keep your business calibrated.
Accounts payable and bill pay
Accounts receivable and collections
Point of sales reconciliation
Financial statement creation
Finance
Forward-looking insights that turn your numbers into a roadmap for dynamic growth.
Industry-specific analysis
Cash flow forecast
Budget to actual variance analysis
Compliance
Complex rules made simple, with industry-specific sales tax and alcohol regulations handled.
Sales tax nexus monitoring and multi-state sales tax compliance
Alcohol beverage compliance
State filings and registration
Operations
Our proven experience and smooth systems prevent out-of-stocks, oversells, and wasted effort.
Software integrations
Inventory reconciliation
Inventory costing
Payroll & Benefits Admin
We’ll get your team up and running with payroll and benefit administration.
Payroll administration
Health insurance plan set up
401(k) set up
Workers compensation set up
Trade Spend
Every dollar accounted for and every dispute handled, to keep your spend on track.
Software integrations
Inventory reconciliation
Inventory costing
Loan Support
Our deep lender network and negotiating experience will help you find the right fit and the best terms.
Lender matching
Loan negotiation
Ongoing advice and management
CASE STUDY:
Alec’s Ice Cream
SERVICES:
Alec’s Ice Cream was growing fast, but cash and inventory stress threatened to melt it all down.
We stepped in to tighten the numbers, secure $11M in equity funding, and keep everything on track.
The sweetest part? Sustained growth, stronger cash control, and a founder who could finally breathe easy.
TRUSTED BY:
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“Cultivar helped us understand what was really going on under the hood, and gave us the clarity to grow without chaos.”
—Jordan Scherer, Co-Founder, Spirit Tea
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“Working with Cultivar has been great because it feels like you have an extension of your team. They’re willing to get hands-on with the details, and help with everything from weekly accounting to high-level strategy”
—Alec Jaffe, Founder, Alec’s Ice Cream
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“With Cultivar, I finally have the clarity and support I need to lead both our business and our family into the next generation.”
—Andy Schweiger, Schweiger Wines
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"Pedro and the Cultivar team helped us connect the dots between the story we tell to customers and the one we need to tell to investors. They gave me the tools to speak confidently about Pistakio’s growth.”
— Nico Buffo, Co-Founder, Pistakio
The Cultivar Difference
ALL-IN-ONE FINANCE SUPPORT
Full-cycle bookkeeping, budgeting, forecasting, trade spend management, and compliance, all in one place. Get flexible support at a fraction of the cost.
SPECIALIZED EXPERTISE
From emerging food brands to family-run wineries, our team lives and breathes consumer packaged goods. We speak CPG. It’s all we do.
LONG-TERM PARTNERS
Get an expert finance team that grows with you. We lead with care and empathy to support your business through every stage, not just the numbers.
FAQs
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We work like a team, because we are one. But when you hire individual contributors or firms for each role, you’re the one connecting the dots. That creates delays, miscommunication, and a lot of extra work that falls back on you. With Cultivar, you don’t have to manage the system. You just get the results.
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We provide all-in-one financial operations support tailored to food, beverage, and alcohol brands. Our core services include bookkeeping and accounting, trade spend management, inventory and operations support, compliance (including alcohol and sales tax), payroll and benefits administration, financial forecasting, and lender-ready finance support . Everything is designed to meet the unique demands of growing CPG companies.
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Unlike generalist firms, we focus exclusively on modern CPG brands. That means we understand things like distributor chargebacks, spoilage deductions, alcohol compliance, and inventory complexity. Our team doesn’t just close books, we bring CPG-specific insight and systems that scale with your growth.
We know enough to be dangerous, but we don’t file income taxes. That’s by design. We partner with your CPA or tax preparer to make sure they get clean financials.
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Absolutely. Many clients start with bookkeeping or compliance support, then layer in other services like trade spend tracking or loan readiness over time. Our model is built to grow with you, whether you’re launching your first product or expanding to national distribution.
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Financial operations in CPG isn’t a set of separate tasks, it’s one interconnected system. When your inventory isn’t flowing right, your margins don’t report accurately. When trade spend isn’t tracked, your forecasts fall apart.
Cultivar’s model keeps everything working together. The same team that reconciles your books understands how your trade promos hit the P&L, how your inventory moves, and what your cash forecast looks like. That means fewer gaps, better decisions, and a finance function that actually functions.