Portland Baroque Orchestra

"Portland Baroque Orchestra has benefited from the professional bookkeeping services of Susan Matlack Jones and Associates for over 10 years now, and I have personally worked with the group since 2004.

Their professional services have allowed this organization to develop and maintain accurate financial statements suitable for review and full board presentation on a monthly basis, with a level of reliability I have found unsurpassed by any other sub-contractor we employ.

What we particularly value in our relationship with Susan Matlack Jones & Associates is the friendly, personable and highly professional approach displayed by all the members of Susan’s team. They are flexible and extremely responsive to our developing needs, particularly as our operations have grown and become more complex over the past decade.

Their level of customer service is exemplary and greatly appreciated by my small, dedicated staff, as well as our highly engaged board of directors. They have even taken the time, on occasion, to provide invaluable feedback on the level of efficiency of our own internal staff in assisting in our internal accounting functions.

The accuracy of their bookkeeping and preparation of our monthly statements has been proven by the successful and efficient completion of full independent audits in each of the past four fiscal years. We believe that this is not only because of their great expertise in providing bookkeeping services for nonprofit clients, but also because of the organization’s commitment to high-integrity accounting standards and the ability to educate and inform their clients on best practices.

Finally, I find the total value of services provided to Portland Baroque Orchestra by Susan Matlack Jones & Associates one that is well justified by the costs associated with the service. I would wholeheartedly recommend the services of Susan Matlack Jones & Associates to any company concerned with achieving maximum staff efficiency while ensuring the highest level fiscal integrity and the additional security benefit of external bookkeeping."

Thomas Cirillo
Portland Baroque Orchestra