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Your team handles the work.You run the company.

Fractional operations and back-office management, so you stop managing every moving part.

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I've been quoted in

  • Forbes
  • CNBC
  • Fast Company
  • New York Post
  • Yahoo Finance

Here's where the work usually breaks down

The processes and systems you have were built for a smaller version of your business.

Operations

Your processes live in one person's head, or nowhere at all

When a new hire has a question, it comes to you. When something slips, nobody's sure who owns it.

What I take off your plate

  • New processes, built and documented
  • Repetitive tasks automated
  • Software chosen, set up, and connected
  • Launches run start to finish
  • Hands-on fractional operations leadership

I find where the work stalls, then build the fix myself.

Back office

You don't know where you really stand financially

Receipts are in the truck, invoices are in a drawer, and every decision about money is a guess.

What I take off your plate

  • Bookkeeping cleanup and monthly bookkeeping
  • Tax-ready books for your CPA
  • Payables and invoicing workflows
  • Payroll and new-hire onboarding setup
  • A review of the tools and software you use
  • Going digital, so paper stops piling up

I get the paper organized and the intake automated, so the books stay current without anyone chasing documents.

Here's how we find what's really going on

No roadmap works without the "You are here" pin. Discovery is how we find yours.

  1. 1

    Talk it through

    A free 30-minute call. You'll leave knowing where your business is getting stuck and what it's likely costing you.

  2. 2

    We dig in

    Typically over two weeks, I talk with you and your team, watch how the work actually gets done, and review your books and tools. This is Discovery, starting at $950.

  3. 3

    Get your plan

    What to fix first and what it takes, laid out as clear options with prices, so you choose what fits.

Once you have your plan, you decide how far to take it

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A good fit when

In their words

With her at the helm, I never had to worry about the project slipping on delivery or costs. She proactively brought potential issues to me before they became issues, whether there was a risk to a project deliverable, need for new resource(s) or cost overrun.
Senior Vice President and Data OfficerNational security services company
My spearheading a complex and large IT integration of our blood centers' information systems and infrastructure, required dedicated and skilled project managers and Jackie fit that role exactly. Her ability to work under high pressure and tight deadlines while maintaining a level of professionalism is one to admire.
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Information OfficerHealthcare nonprofit
This complex reporting initiative was critical to centralize data from fragmented legacy systems into one centralized repository. … She worked directly with me as a stakeholder to define success, pulling together business subject matter experts and IT professionals for a successful outcome.
Vice President, SalesNational security services company
She navigated the challenges of our company's CRM rollout, managing timelines, resources, and stakeholder expectations with ease. … Jackie was always proactive in identifying potential risks and addressing them before they became issues, which instilled a sense of confidence across the entire team.
PMO LeaderCredit union
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Jackie Mitchell, founder of CJ Matthews Consulting

I started in accounting, where every operations problem eventually shows up

My career started in accounting. That's where you see the truth about a business. A missed handoff upstream turns into a late invoice, and a workaround nobody documented turns into books that don't reconcile.

That pulled me into the systems behind the numbers. I spent my corporate career building and integrating ERP and accounting systems, then fixing the operations around them, for health systems, financial services companies, and national retailers. Much of that work happened mid-merger, when nothing could stop running.

Now I bring that to owner-led businesses: the operations and the back office, built around how money actually moves through your company.

Beyond client work, I've been a featured speaker at the PMI Washington, DC Chapter Symposium and a workshop facilitator for Indeed.

Jackie MitchellFounder, CJ Matthews ConsultingM.S. Management Information SystemsProject Management Professional (PMP)

FAQ

How long does Discovery take?

Typically up to two weeks from our first session to your plan. More complex businesses can need more time, and when that's the case, we agree on the timeline together before we start.

What does Discovery cost?

Discovery typically starts at $950, depending on the size and complexity of your business. I'll quote it on our call. If you hire me within 30 days of getting your plan, the full fee goes toward the work.

Am I making a commitment by booking Discovery?

Only to Discovery itself. The plan is yours to keep, and you decide whether and how to move forward.

I already have a CPA. Why would I need you?

Your CPA files your taxes and advises you once or twice a year. Your bookkeeper keeps the books right every month, so you're making decisions with current numbers. Bookkeeping isn't a twice-a-year job: when the books only get caught up at tax time, mistakes sit for months. Clean monthly books also mean your CPA spends less time, and bills you less, at tax season.

Do you work remotely?

Yes. I'm based in Florida and work with clients anywhere, using video calls and online collaboration tools.

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Jackie Mitchell on a call with a client

A trucking company's books, rebuilt before tax time

What they thought was wrong

The books were behind, and tax filing was coming.

What was actually wrong

Expenses were miscategorized, a full year of credit card statements had never been reconciled, and lump-sum owner distributions had buried more than $30,000 in valid business expenses. Settlements and invoices had never been matched, so missing invoices and payments owed to the company went unnoticed.

What I did

Reconciled every card and account, reclassified the buried entries, and matched settlements against invoices and fuel costs. I moved the company from QuickBooks 2014 to QuickBooks Online, automated receivables, payables, payroll, settlement reconciliations, and receipt capture, and set up online federal tax payments so payroll tax deposits no longer depend on checks and mail. I also took over registration renewals: handling the annual heavy vehicle use tax filing through a filing service, keeping the confirmations on file, and entering the mileage reports from the carrier the company is leased to into each renewal application.

What changed

A software vendor billing for hours that didn't match the work

What they thought was wrong

A CRM rollout for a credit union serving 200,000 members kept slipping, and every configuration change seemed to take longer than it should.

What was actually wrong

The contract signed before I arrived was vague about how delivery and training would happen, which left the credit union bound to terms that weren't realistic. The vendor had little experience with credit unions, and its offshore team lagged on every change. When I reconciled the vendor's time-and-materials invoices, the hours billed didn't match the work I was seeing delivered. The vendor was also marketing a rules-based feature as AI.

What I did

Walked the contract line by line, documented every gap, and escalated the billing discrepancies to the credit union's leadership with the evidence behind them. That led to a leadership-level conversation with the vendor and a zero-dollar change order closing the contract gaps. I rebuilt the cost to complete the project against the new timeline and go-live date, moved unused hours from another workstream into the CRM build, and restructured how the engagement ran, removing vendor staff from recurring meetings where they weren't adding value. I also recommended de-scoping the overstated feature.

What changed

An implementation partner reporting progress that wasn't real

What they thought was wrong

A nationwide consumer finance company's Salesforce rollout had stalled, but the implementation partner's reports said it was on track.

What was actually wrong

The partner's reported progress was hiding rework, which had pushed the budget more than 25% past its approved limit. Discovery had been rushed at the start, leaving the environment setup and data readiness incomplete.

What I did

Took over oversight of the partner, assessed the true state of the build, the data, and how the partner was executing, and took the findings straight to the CIO and steering committee with a full financial and risk analysis.

What changed