VAO CPA

 The technical accounting expertise your
finance team needs without the overhead.

Technical Accounting and Audit Readiness for Growing and Investor-Backed Companies

VAO CPA LLC is a Houston-based CPA firm serving clients across the Houston metro area, including Sugar Land, Richmond, Katy, Pearland, Stafford, and The Woodlands, as well as clients nationwide. We provide technical accounting, transaction accounting, financial reporting support, and audit readiness services for growing and investor-backed companies.

We help companies strengthen month-end close, improve reporting quality, and stay ready for audits, lenders, and investors through project-based engagements and ongoing fractional CFO and controller support for select companies.

Schedule a consultation to discuss your accounting and reporting needs. Call us today at (832) 542-6229 or request a consultation online.

AI-Enabled Accounting Solutions

Build the accounting foundation that makes AI close and reconciliation platforms actually work. Close process documentation, reconciliation framework design, and accounting policies that give your platform something real to automate.
Audit Readiness & Close Optimization

Close the gaps before your auditors find them. Reconciliations, PBC packages, and close process documentation built for fieldwork — most engagements completed in two to six weeks.
Fractional CFO and Controller Services

Close leadership, reporting, and audit readiness for growing companies that need the expertise without the full-time headcount.
Outsourced Accounting & Bookkeeping

Strategic finance support to strengthen oversight, improve decision-making, and build better financial structure.

Specialized Accounting Support

Technical Accounting For Businesses Clear, defensible guidance on ASC 606, ASC 805, ASC 842, and complex US GAAP areas. Documented for auditors, investors, and leadership.
Transaction Accounting and M&A Integration Execution support for acquisitions, integrations, clean-up projects, and system changes. Entries, schedules, and documentation that hold up under scrutiny.
Financial Reporting & SEC Reporting Clear reporting, clean tie-outs, and audit-ready documentation to help finance teams deliver high-quality financial statements and disclosures under tight deadlines.

Industries We Serve

We work across industries where deal complexity, audit pressure, or investor reporting creates the need for technical accounting support.

Energy and
Industrial Complex contracts, multi-entity operations, and lender reporting requirements need accounting support that holds up under scrutiny.
PE-Backed and VC-Backed Companies Audit-ready close processes, integration accounting, and reporting that stands up to investor and auditor scrutiny from day one of ownership.
Professional
Services Project-based revenue, variable billing terms, and close processes that need to scale without creating audit exposure or reporting inconsistency.
SaaS
Businesses ASC 606 revenue recognition, deferred revenue schedules, and audit-ready close processes built for subscription revenue complexity.
Healthcare Technology and Healthcare Services Complex billing structures and heightened documentation expectations require close processes and reporting that hold up under scrutiny.
Growth-Stage and Founder-Led Companies When basic accounting is no longer enough — audit readiness, GAAP reporting, and close discipline built to scale with the business.