Interim Controller & Finance Leadership
Provides experienced finance leadership during a vacancy, rapid growth or a finance rebuild. Takes ownership of the close, reporting, cash, priorities and team coordination, then prepares a clean transition.
Interim Controller & Finance Transformation
Your numbers shouldn’t require detective work.
Ledger Luca brings experienced finance leadership to growing businesses with unreliable reporting, cash surprises, broken processes or a leadership gap—then fixes the issues behind the numbers.
Experience12+ yearsControllership and finance transformation
Company sweet spot$5M–$50MRevenue range for growing businesses
Operating scale1–20+ locationsSingle-site businesses to multi-state operations
Inventory scale40–1,200+ SKUsConsumer products, manufacturing and distribution
Ledger Luca doesn’t stop at producing reports. The work traces bad numbers, slow closes, cash issues and recurring errors back to the accounting, systems, controls or ownership behind them—then builds a finance function the business can rely on.
Services
Finance leadership that fixes the problem—not just the symptom.
Hands-on support for the accounting, cash, reporting and operating problems that slow decisions and strain the team.
Clean Books, Faster Close & Reliable Reporting
Fixes the general ledger, reconciliations, revenue, product costs, consolidations and controls so the books close faster and the financial statements can be trusted.
Cash Flow, Budgets & Forecasts
Builds a practical cash forecast, budget, operating plan and key performance reporting so hiring, spending, debt and growth decisions happen before cash becomes a problem.
Profitability & Better Business Decisions
Shows which products, projects, clients or locations make money, explains why margins changed and turns the analysis into clear pricing, cost and operating decisions.
Systems, Processes & Controls
Repairs or redesigns accounting systems and connected workflows across e-commerce, inventory, payables, receivables, payroll, expenses and reporting. Reduces manual work, strengthens controls, documents the process and trains the team.
Finance for Complex & Growing Operations
Builds finance infrastructure for inventory and manufacturing, including landed cost, multi-entity or multi-location operations, project-based businesses, international activity and multi-state compliance.
More ways Ledger Luca can help:
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Bookkeeping Cleanup
QuickBooks Cleanup
Inventory & Landed Cost
E-Commerce & Shopify
Selected results
Proof in the numbers.
Measured improvements in speed, accuracy, control and financial visibility across complex businesses.
$20M
Creative Agency Finance
Led end-to-end finance across project accounting, cash forecasting, payroll, international payments and systems. Resolved $10K+ in payroll penalties and fees.
$5M+
Inventory Controls Built to Scale
Built scalable inventory systems and controls for 1,200+ SKUs, 120+ bills of materials, landed cost, purchasing, warehouse workflows and multi-state sales tax.
<48 hrs
Customer Order Cycle
Cut cycle time from 3–4 days to under 48 hours by redesigning accounting and order workflows while improving pricing, invoicing and inventory accuracy.
50%
Faster Month-End Close
Cut close time by 50% by unifying accounting and point-of-sale reporting across 20+ locations in five states. Payroll errors also fell 30%.
12 → 27
Expansion Infrastructure
Built finance operations to support expansion from 12 to 27 locations, connecting management, construction and operating entities with location reporting, budgets, funding controls, payables and payroll.
<1%
Post-Payment Errors
Reduced errors below 1% by redesigning attorney commissions and strengthening trust accounting, billing, receivables and profitability controls.
Engagement models
Bring in Ledger Luca for the gap, the cleanup or the build.
Meet the founder
Michelle Brown
Curious about how the business works. Clear about what needs to happen next.
Michelle founded Ledger Luca after spending nearly 10 years with a CPA firm and more than 12 years helping business owners and leadership teams work through financial and operational challenges.
What Michelle enjoys most is understanding how a business actually works. She asks questions, follows information through accounting systems and operating processes, and connects the financial results to what is happening day to day. That curiosity helps her identify problems that may not be obvious from the financial statements alone.
Her working style is direct, hands-on and collaborative. Michelle is comfortable digging into the details, but she also understands that business owners need clear answers—not more accounting language. She focuses on explaining what is happening, why it matters and what should happen next.
Ledger Luca reflects that approach. Michelle built the firm to provide experienced, practical finance support without forcing every business into the same service package. She values accurate work, straightforward communication and solutions that the client’s team can continue using.
Michelle is based in Rockford, MI, and enjoys building relationships throughout the Grand Rapids business community.
Outside of work, Michelle enjoys spending time with her daughter, who attends Michigan State University. She also enjoys cooking, strength training and being outdoors—especially camping, mountain biking, skiing and boating. When life slows down, she enjoys creating modern macramé.
Certified expert in:
M.S. of Accounting | University of MichiganPart of Michelle’s path toward CPA licensure.
Professional affiliations
Call or email Ledger Luca
Fix what’s holding finance back.
If unreliable reporting, cash surprises or a slow close are holding the business back, call or email directly. The first conversation will identify the problem, confirm the timing and outline the right next step.