An accounting practice built on thirty-eight years inside the finance function.

Mansoor Elahi trained at KPMG, where the habit the rest of his career has run on was formed: a file that can be handed to somebody else and still make sense.

Since 1988 he has been a chief accountant, a finance manager, an accounting manager, a consultant inside a chartered professional accounting firm and, most recently, a controller. The work has rarely been the textbook version. He closed the books of a national golf equipment wholesaler while leading its migration onto Oracle NetSuite. He ran cash flow and consolidation for a multi-store retailer as it expanded into Los Angeles and New Jersey, registering payroll accounts with the California Employment Development Department after a merger. And he held the accounting function together for a group of private colleges while a court-appointed receiver was in place, reconciling tuition collections daily against a trust account and preparing cut-off statements for the buyer.

Mansel Financial brings that experience to businesses that need it a few days a month rather than five days a week, and to individuals who want their tax return prepared by someone who reads the slips and asks the questions. The practice is deliberately small, the scope is always written down first, and one person is accountable for the ledger, the returns and the advice.