Saturn BPO
For SaaS & startups

Investor-ready books from day one. Not “later, when we have time.”

Saturn BPO handles ASC 606 revenue recognition, MRR/ARR tracking, deferred revenue, equity accounting, and tax filing for SaaS startups. The finance function your Series A investors are expecting to see — built before the term sheet shows up.

Stripe · Chargebee · Recurly native · ASC 606 compliant · Diligence-ready

Credentialed by the people who set the rules

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The startup founder's bookkeeping debt

What every SaaS founder pays for later.

The hidden tax of running on a $200/mo bookkeeper for your first two years. Every line below costs real money at the next raise.

  • Revenue recognized wrong

    Booked when charged, not earned. Deferred revenue ignored. Your P&L lies.

  • MRR sheet doesn't match books

    Your board can tell. So can every investor who has seen this before.

  • ASC 606? "What's that?"

    Common answer pre-Series A. Costs real money during diligence at the next round.

  • Equity off the balance sheet

    Founder stock, SAFEs, convertible notes. Cap table and books drift apart.

  • Year-end redone by investors

    Their accountant rebuilds the financials. Billed back to you, of course.

  • Term sheet → 6 weeks of cleanup

    Diligence can't open until your books match reality. Closes slip.

The shift

Hacky books → diligence-ready financials.

Before Saturn BPO

  • Stripe charges = revenue (no deferred treatment)
  • MRR/ARR in a sheet your CFO doesn't trust
  • SAFEs and notes never on the balance sheet
  • Year-end requires a $15K cleanup from an outside CPA
  • Term-sheet diligence = 6 weeks of panic

After Saturn BPO

  • ASC 606 revenue recognition baked into the close
  • MRR/ARR tied to the GL — one source of truth
  • Equity, SAFEs, and notes properly on the balance sheet
  • Board-ready monthly financials in plain English
  • Diligence-ready every quarter, not just at fundraise time
Why operators stick with us

A modern finance team. Not a part-time bookkeeper with a backlog.

  • Always-on accuracy

    Reconciled weekly, not at month-end.

  • Nothing slips through

    Follow-ups and deadlines handled in the background.

  • Real-time visibility

    Weekly summary. Monthly report. No black box.

  • Books + tax, one roof

    Federal & state filing via our partner. No CPA shuffle.

Pricing for SaaS & startups

SaaS engagements start at $2,500/mo.

Final price is sized to ARR scale, transaction volume, and board-reporting cadence. Custom quote in 24 hours after a 30-minute discovery call.

What that buys you

  • • ASC 606 revenue recognition baked into the monthly close
  • • MRR/ARR tracking tied to the GL (one source of truth)
  • • Deferred revenue reconciled to billing platform
  • • Equity, SAFEs, notes properly on the balance sheet
  • • Board-ready monthly financials with cohort breakdown
  • • Federal + state income tax filing via our tax partner

Typical engagement

$2,500/mo

Most SaaS startups land between $2,500 and $5,000/mo

Get a custom quote

Price scales with

  • • ARR scale + customer count
  • • Billing platform complexity (Stripe Billing, Chargebee, Recurly)
  • • Cap table activity (raises, SAFEs, notes, option grants)
  • • Board reporting cadence (monthly vs quarterly)
  • • Multi-entity or international expansion needs
The real questions

What people actually ask before they sign.

Yes. Five-step model applied to your subscription, usage, and one-time revenue. Deferred revenue tracked, recognized monthly, reconciled to billing platform. We'll walk through how your specific contracts get treated during onboarding.
Yes. We book the round properly (cash in, equity or debt out), track SAFEs as additional paid-in capital until conversion, and keep the cap table mirrored on the balance sheet. We don't manage the cap table itself — use Pulley, Carta, or AngelList for that. We make sure the books reflect it.
Yes. Monthly board pack includes MRR, new/expansion/churn ARR breakdown, gross margin by product line, customer cohort retention if you want it, and a cash runway view tied to actuals.
Two weeks if there's a clean starting point. Four to six weeks if we need to clean up 12 months first (common post-raise). We'll be honest about scope during discovery — no surprise change orders.
Most SaaS engagements land between $2,500 and $5,000 a month depending on ARR scale, transaction volume, and board reporting cadence. Custom quote in 24 hours.

Build the finance function your Series A investors expect.

Thirty minutes. We'll review your current books, your billing platform, and your last cap-table event — and show you exactly where diligence would break today.

Book a 30-min SaaS audit

No contract. No high-pressure follow-up. If we're not a fit we'll say so.