About Cipher & Co
Cipher & Co is a remote bookkeeping firm for Canadian small businesses — founded on the belief that financial clarity shouldn't cost a fortune or require a big firm. Just clean books, straight answers, and people who actually care about your business.
Most small business owners handle their own books because they think professional bookkeeping is too expensive, too complicated, or too much hassle. We built Cipher & Co to prove that wrong. Remote, straightforward, and priced for real businesses — we handle your finances so you can focus on building something you're proud of.
Aaron founded Cipher & Co with a clear conviction: small business owners deserve the same financial clarity that large corporations take for granted — without the big firm price tag or the runaround.
With years of full-cycle bookkeeping experience across industries, Aaron brings deep expertise in accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll remittances, and financial reporting. His approach is methodical — every reconciliation is airtight, every report tells the real story. He leads all client relationships personally and ensures every file meets the highest standard.
Aaron believes clean books are more than a compliance exercise. They're the foundation of every good business decision — and he takes that seriously.
When Aaron isn't deep in a client's books, you'll find him on the ice watching his kids play hockey, shooting hoops, or chasing his aussiedoodle around the backyard. Family first — always.
Brandon brings a rare combination of precision and calm to every client file. With extensive experience in full-cycle bookkeeping across industries, he has a particular talent for untangling complicated financial records and making them clean, current, and comprehensible.
His specialty is accounts payable and receivable — tracking every dollar owed and owing with the kind of meticulous detail that prevents surprises. Brandon is the person you want reviewing your payroll remittances and producing your monthly financial statements. If there's an error, he finds it. If there's a deduction being missed, he flags it.
Clients who work with Brandon consistently say the same thing: their books have never looked better, and they finally understand what's in them.
Brandon is an avid cyclist and weekend golfer who takes both sports with the same quiet intensity he brings to a client's balance sheet. He's also an enthusiastic home cook — always testing a new recipe, rarely following it exactly.
You always know what you're paying, what we're doing, and where your books stand. Scope is agreed upfront. Invoices are predictable. No hidden fees, ever.
Your monthly report lands by the 15th. Not approximately, not when we get to it. We treat your deadline like it's our own deadline — because in our business, it is.
We don't hide behind accounting jargon. Every report comes with a plain-English video walkthrough so you understand your numbers, not just receive them.
We use secure, cloud-based systems. You have access to your books at all times. When you leave — which we hope you won't — your data comes with you, cleanly organized.
We don't lock clients in because we don't need to. The work speaks for itself. Stay as long as we're making your life easier. Leave with 30 days notice if we're not.
When you email us you hear back from Aaron or Brandon — not a ticketing system, not a virtual assistant. Real bookkeepers who know your file and respond the same day.
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Book a free 30-minute Books Checkup. We'll look at your current setup, tell you exactly what needs attention, and give you a clear plan — no obligation, no pressure.
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