Audit support
SOC readiness bookkeeping
SOC readiness bookkeeping from Finbryn keeps billing, revenue and vendor-payment records reconciled and organized while your company prepares for a service-organization examination. Our accounting team tracks finance-related evidence requests and coordinates with your security or compliance lead; a licensed audit firm performs the actual examination and issues the report.
Auditor request list
Illustrative client · August 2026
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- Trial balance and general ledger exportDone
- Bank confirmations and statementsDone
- Receivables and payables listingsDone
- Fixed asset register with additionsIn progress
- Accruals and prepayments supportNext
Illustrative. An example of the document, not a client's figures.
Where finance fits into a SOC examination
A SOC 2 examination is mostly a security and operations exercise, but a share of the evidence an examiner asks for is financial: billing accuracy, revenue-recognition consistency, vendor-payment controls, access to systems that touch customer data. We keep that financial slice current and organized through the examination window.
Books stay reconciled month by month rather than caught up right before the examiner's fieldwork begins, since an examination period usually spans several months and inconsistent recordkeeping across it is itself a finding.
Evidence, not opinions
We maintain a tracker for the finance-related evidence items your examiner requests, whether that is a billing report tied to signed contracts or a vendor-payment approval trail. Where a request needs technical or security context beyond the accounting records, we route it to your security or compliance lead rather than answering outside our scope.
What we do not do
We do not perform the SOC examination, and we do not issue or hold a SOC report. That examination is performed by a licensed audit firm under AICPA attestation standards, working from the evidence your team, including us, provides. Anything a page or a conversation implies otherwise is wrong, and we correct it plainly rather than let a prospect assume more than is true.
This work runs alongside internal controls documentation, since much of the financial evidence a SOC examination asks for traces back to a control that needs to be written down and evidenced consistently.
Questions
Frequently asked questions: SOC readiness bookkeeping
Do you get us a SOC 2 report?
No. SOC 2 is an examination and report issued by a licensed audit firm under AICPA attestation standards. We do not issue or hold that report ourselves. We keep the financial records and evidence behind it organized.
Which SOC report are you supporting, Type I or Type II?
We support the underlying financial recordkeeping either way; a Type II examination covers a longer window, which is why consistent monthly bookkeeping through that period matters more than for a Type I point-in-time review.
Do you coordinate with our security team or the examiner directly?
We coordinate primarily with your internal security or compliance lead on financial evidence requests, and can join a call with the examining firm when a finance-specific question needs a direct answer.
What does sOC readiness bookkeeping actually include, month to month?
SOC readiness bookkeeping covers books and financial records kept current and reconciled through the examination window, along with billing, revenue-recognition and vendor-payment records organized for evidence requests. The work runs inside QuickBooks Online, Xero, NetSuite or Bill.com, the file stays under your own subscription, and a senior principal reviews the output before it reaches you each period.
What access do you need to start sOC readiness bookkeeping?
View or edit access to QuickBooks Online, Xero, NetSuite or Bill.com is enough to begin; nothing about your existing subscription or login changes on our side. Any additional access needed for a specific deliverable, such as a bank portal or receipt inbox, is agreed with you first, and the scope is set out in your engagement letter.
Do you perform the SOC examination or issue the report?
No. An independent, credentialed audit firm you engage separately performs the examination and issues the report. We keep the financial records and evidence behind it organized and current.
What is the difference between this and general bookkeeping?
The bookkeeping itself is the same discipline, kept to a documentation and consistency standard that holds up when an examiner asks for evidence on demand rather than at month end.
Who reviews the work before it reaches us?
Every deliverable under sOC readiness bookkeeping is reviewed by a senior principal before it reaches you. You keep access to the underlying file at every stage, so nothing about the work happens somewhere you cannot see it.
What is included in sOC readiness bookkeeping?
SOC readiness bookkeeping covers books and financial records kept current and reconciled through the examination window and billing, revenue-recognition and vendor-payment records organized for evidence requests. The exact scope is agreed and set out in writing before work starts, so you know precisely what is and is not covered before the first deliverable arrives.
Related services
- Audit supportInternal controls documentationFinancial process controls, such as who approves a payment or reconciles an account, written down and walked through with your team, so an auditor or funder can see how the numbers are actually produced.
- Audit supportWorking paper preparationSupporting schedules and reconciliations built the way an auditor expects to see them, cross-referenced to the trial balance, so review comments come back with fewer open questions.
Industries
- SaaSBookkeeping and reporting for subscription software businesses tracking recurring revenue, deferred revenue and burn.
- Startups and VC-backed companiesBookkeeping and reporting for early-stage, venture-backed companies watching burn, runway and investor reporting closely.
- Agencies and consultanciesBookkeeping for marketing agencies, design studios and consulting firms billing clients on retainers and project fees.
Next step
Talk to the team that would run your books
A short call covers your setup, your software and what a first month would look like. You get a written scope and price after it.