Quick Comparison
| Firm | Credentials | Focus |
|---|---|---|
| NOLA Bookkeeper | Advanced QuickBooks Online ProAdvisor; ICBUSA Certified Associate Bookkeeper | Small businesses and nonprofits across the Greater New Orleans area, with virtual office management add-ons |
| E & H Accounting Services, LLC | Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor; IRS Enrolled Agent; NAEA member | West Bank and metro New Orleans small businesses needing combined bookkeeping, payroll, and QuickBooks training |
| Accounting Services Unlimited, LLC | Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisors on staff; CPAs on staff | Louisiana small businesses in restaurants, construction, medical, legal, real estate, and nonprofit sectors |
1. NOLA Bookkeeper
- Address: 1931 Laurel Street, New Orleans, LA 70130
- Phone: (504) 224-9291
- Founder / Owner: Leslie M. Molson
- Operating Since: 2016 (10 years)
- Credentials: QuickBooks Online Advanced ProAdvisor; Certified Associate Bookkeeper (Institute of Certified Bookkeepers, ICBUSA)
- Service area: Greater New Orleans plus remote clients across the United States
- Industries served: Small businesses and nonprofit organizations
- Website: nolabookkeeper.com
A Cloud-Forward Practice Built on QuickBooks Online
Leslie Molson runs NOLA Bookkeeper as the sole bookkeeper of record for every engagement, which keeps client communication direct and the chart of accounts consistent month to month. The practice standardizes on QuickBooks Online and the Advanced ProAdvisor toolset, which means cleanup engagements, recurring reconciliations, and class tracking move on the same platform from intake through year-end handoff to the client’s CPA. Cloud-first delivery also lets the practice keep an Orleans Parish presence while supporting remote owners who travel or live outside Louisiana.
Twenty-Plus Years of Administrative Depth
Before launching NOLA Bookkeeper through her parent entity Matuko Enterprises LLC in 2016, Leslie spent more than two decades in professional administrative and office management roles. That background shows up in engagements that go beyond ledger work, including human resources coordination, productivity tooling decisions, basic cybersecurity hygiene, and payroll administration. For owner-operators who lack a back-office, the combination of bookkeeping plus virtual office management often replaces two or three part-time hires.
Nonprofit and Small Business Specialization
The client roster leans toward small businesses and 501(c)(3) nonprofits, two segments where grant tracking, restricted fund accounting, and donor reporting demand more than a generic chart of accounts. Leslie carries the Certified Associate Bookkeeper designation from ICBUSA, which requires completed advanced qualifications and ongoing maintenance of professional standards, giving nonprofit boards an outside credential to point to during audit or grant compliance reviews.
Local Office, National Reach
The Laurel Street office sits in the Lower Garden District, putting the practice within a short drive of the Central Business District, Uptown, and the Warehouse District client base. At the same time, cloud-based delivery means the company regularly supports clients located outside Louisiana, with secure document exchange replacing the courier-and-paper workflow that older bookkeeping shops still rely on.
2. E & H Accounting Services, LLC
- Address: 5201 Westbank Expressway, Suite 215, Marrero, LA 70072
- Phone: (504) 309-1832
- Founder / Owner: Emelie Granier
- Operating Since: 2018 (8 years documented)
- Credentials: Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor; IRS Enrolled Agent (EA); National Association of Enrolled Agents member; American Society of Tax Problem Solvers member; QuickBooks value-added reseller
- Service area: West Bank of Jefferson Parish, Orleans Parish, and the Greater New Orleans metro
- Industries served: Small businesses across professional services, retail, and trades, plus individual taxpayers
- Website: eandhaccounting.com
A Locally Owned West Bank Practice
E & H Accounting Services operates from Marrero on the West Bank, giving Algiers, Gretna, Harvey, and Westwego business owners a bookkeeper they can reach without crossing the Crescent City Connection during rush hour. Emelie Granier owns and runs the shop, with Haley Simon supporting day-to-day client work. The practice presents itself as a locally owned, all-in-one accounting and tax service, which fits the owner-operator profile common across the West Bank’s small-business corridor.
QuickBooks ProAdvisor Plus Enrolled Agent
Two credentials anchor the practice. Emelie holds the Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor designation, which covers setup, customization, troubleshooting, and migration from legacy software to QuickBooks Online or Desktop. She also holds the IRS Enrolled Agent license, the federal credential that authorizes a practitioner to represent taxpayers before the IRS at every administrative level. The pairing lets a single firm own the books month to month and then defend the same numbers during an examination or collection matter, which avoids the handoff problems clients run into when bookkeeping and tax representation sit at different shops.
Training, Migration, and Supervision Services
Beyond monthly bookkeeping, the practice sells QuickBooks training in one-on-one, online, and classroom formats, plus a supervision option that pairs an owner who keeps their own books with periodic reviews from the firm. That tier suits founders who want to do the data entry themselves yet need a credentialed reviewer to catch coding errors before they distort the financial statements. The firm also handles migrations from older Quicken files or competing software into current QuickBooks editions.
Notary and Tax Problem Resolution
Membership in the American Society of Tax Problem Solvers signals a focus on collection cases, audits, and Offer in Compromise work, which complements the bookkeeping side for clients who arrive with several years of unfiled returns and disorganized records. The office also offers notary services for wills, testaments, affidavits, titles, and donations, a practical add-on for small business owners closing estate or property matters.
3. Accounting Services Unlimited, LLC
- Address: 3939 N. Causeway Boulevard, Suite 301, Metairie, LA 70002
- Phone: (504) 838-7140
- Founder / Owner: Thomas Fontes
- Operating Since: 2007 (19 years)
- Credentials: Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisors on staff; CPAs on staff; tax attorneys on staff
- Service area: Greater New Orleans (Metairie, Ponchatoula, Slidell offices) and remote clients nationwide
- Industries served: Restaurants and bars, construction, medical and dental, legal, oilfield and energy, real estate, retail, nonprofits, professional services, franchises
- Website: asu-llc.com
Founder-Led Since 2007
Thomas Fontes founded Accounting Services Unlimited and continues to own the company from its primary office on N. Causeway Boulevard in Metairie, a short drive from Lakefront and the Bonnabel exit. The Jefferson Chamber of Commerce lists the shop under accounting and bookkeeping, and the SIC classification 8721 confirms the same. Nineteen years of continuous operation under one owner gives the practice a track record that newer remote-only outfits cannot match, particularly for clients who value a stable point of contact across multiple years of returns and audits.
Three Louisiana Offices Plus Remote Delivery
The firm runs three Louisiana locations, with the Metairie headquarters supported by satellite offices in Ponchatoula on the North Shore and Slidell on the East Bank of Lake Pontchartrain. This footprint means clients in St. Tammany Parish and Tangipahoa Parish can drop off receipts locally rather than driving into Metairie every quarter. A San Diego office handles California work, and cloud-based QuickBooks Online delivery covers remote clients in other states.
Industry-Specific Bookkeeping Tracks
The practice publishes bookkeeping tracks tailored to ten industry segments, including restaurants and bars, construction, medical and dental, legal, oilfield and energy, real estate, retail, nonprofits, professional services, and franchises. Each track addresses chart-of-accounts conventions specific to that industry, for example job costing in construction, tip pooling in food service, and royalty tracking in oilfield work. This depth reduces the back-and-forth that generalist bookkeepers run into when a client’s books require industry-aware coding from day one.
Bookkeeping, Tax, and Penalty Guarantee Under One Roof
The firm pairs bookkeeping with on-staff CPAs and tax attorneys, allowing complex matters to stay inside the same building rather than getting referred out. The firm also publishes a guarantee that it will pay any penalties and interest assessed against a client because of a firm error on a tax return, which is a stance that few independent bookkeeping or tax practices put in writing.
Reference Notes
Selection draws on verified web profiles published by each firm, plus third-party records. NOLA Bookkeeper details cross-reference the firm’s About and Contact pages with the Intuit ProAdvisor directory entry for Leslie Molson and the Matuko Enterprises LLC entity record. E & H Accounting Services details cross-reference the company’s About page, the QBExpress New Orleans ProAdvisor directory, the PTIN Directory listing for Emelie R. Granier, and the shop’s Yelp and BBB business profiles. Accounting Services Unlimited details cross-reference the practice’s website, the Jefferson Chamber of Commerce member directory, the founder’s LinkedIn ownership record, and the Manta business profile that lists 2007 as the year established.
Year-of-establishment values reflect the earliest publicly documented year of operation under the present ownership and entity name. Where a firm has a longer informal history than its current LLC filing, the directory uses the LLC formation year as the anchor for consistency across the entry.
Selection Methodology
Four criteria filter the New Orleans list down to three firms. First, the firm must be independent, family-owned, or founder-led under the original principal who still works the books, which excludes private-equity rollups and nationally-managed franchises. Second, the company must hold or staff the Intuit Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor designation, the baseline platform credential for modern small-business bookkeeping. Third, the shop must show a minimum five-year tenure under its current name and ownership, documented through directory profiles, chamber records, or LLC filings. Fourth, the practice must offer bookkeeping as a primary service line rather than positioning it as an afterthought to a pure CPA tax practice.
Several national operators were excluded by design, including Bench, Pilot, QuickBooks Live, BELAY, Bookkeeper360, Bookminders, Supporting Strategies, Bookkeeper.com, and 1-800Accountant. These platforms do not meet the independent local ownership test that anchors the directory.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What does a QuickBooks ProAdvisor designation actually verify?
A: The ProAdvisor designation confirms that an individual has passed Intuit’s certification exam covering QuickBooks Online or QuickBooks Desktop setup, navigation, transactions, reports, and troubleshooting. Advanced ProAdvisor status, which Leslie Molson holds at NOLA Bookkeeper, requires additional exam content on inventory, projects, and complex transactions. The credential renews annually with continuing education requirements published by Intuit.
Q: Should I pick a bookkeeper on the West Bank or in Orleans Parish?
A: For most cloud-based engagements the physical office does not affect service quality, since QuickBooks Online and document portals handle the file exchange. Geography matters mainly for clients who want quarterly in-person reviews or who prefer to drop off receipts. West Bank firms like E & H Accounting Services serve Algiers, Gretna, Harvey, and Westwego efficiently, while Orleans Parish practices like NOLA Bookkeeper are closer to CBD, Uptown, and Warehouse District clients.
Q: Can a bookkeeper also handle my tax return?
A: A bookkeeper without a CPA or Enrolled Agent license can prepare books, run payroll, and reconcile accounts, but signing and representing a return at the IRS requires a credentialed preparer. E & H Accounting Services pairs ProAdvisor bookkeeping with Enrolled Agent representation under one roof. Accounting Services Unlimited keeps CPAs on staff for the tax side. NOLA Bookkeeper hands tax returns off to the client’s chosen CPA at year-end, which suits owners who already have a tax preparer.
Q: How long should I expect a books cleanup engagement to take?
A: A clean-up engagement covering one to two years of disorganized books typically runs four to eight weeks for a single-entity small business, depending on transaction volume, the state of bank feeds, and how many missing receipts need to be sourced. All three firms in this directory accept clean-up engagements as a path into monthly recurring bookkeeping, with most quoting flat fees rather than hourly rates once the scope is set.
Editorial Note
This directory was compiled on May 11, 2026, from publicly available firm websites, Intuit ProAdvisor directory entries, the Louisiana Secretary of State business records search, the Jefferson Chamber of Commerce member directory, and BBB business profiles. Listed phone numbers, addresses, and credentials reflect the most recent published information as of that date. Readers should verify current details with each firm directly before engaging services.