Bookkeeping, Accounting and Strategic Financial Consulting Services

The issuing organization seeks a vendor to provide bookkeeping, accounting, and strategic financial consulting services for a complex and growing entity working at the intersection of public authority, community development finance, and emerging investment capital markets. The selected firm will support financial operations with particular emphasis on investment fund management, multi-year financial planning, and real estate transactions.

Strategic advisory responsibilities include developing and maintaining a multi-year financial model for the fund, including annual operating budget projections, cash flow forecasting, and scenario planning tied to land disposition activity, grant cycles, congressional earmark deployment, and earned revenue development. The vendor will also help design the financial architecture and capital structure for a Gulf Coast community development investment platform, including fund accounting setup, investor reporting templates, capital deployment tracking, and compliance frameworks for philanthropic, program-related investment, and bank investment capital. Additional advisory support includes input on investment decisions, capital deployment timing, organizational growth projections, and implementation of a long-term earned revenue and financial sustainability strategy.

Operational accounting duties include reviewing the existing QuickBooks Online general ledger system, performing monthly bank and balance sheet reconciliations, supporting month-end close activities, and preparing monthly financial reports and schedules. The vendor will also enter and reconcile purchase requisitions and purchase orders, process invoices within a 30-day timeframe, and assist with payroll processing and related retirement plan contribution documentation. The contract term is two years, and questions are due by July 27, 2026.