Committed to providing excellent service
Outsourced Finance and Accounting Solutions for the Non-Profit Industry
Committed to providing excellent service
Outsourced Finance and Accounting Solutions for the Non-Profit Industry
ABOUT ACCOUNTING 501
About Us
Accounting 501 (formerly Pery Consulting Group, founded by Rafe Pery) includes a team of 25 consultants with a broad range of experience in the non-profit sector from the day-to-day transactional accounting level up to the CFO level.
What We Do
Accounting 501 works exclusively in the non-profit sector and assists organizations that are experiencing rapid growth or operational challenges such as…a financial crisis, staffing transitions, accounting system clean-up, merger/reorganization, the need to establish and/or fine tune systems, policies, and procedures.
Specialization
At Accounting 501, we specialize in assisting organizations with complex private and public funding sources to maximize grants and contracts and to ensure compliance with grant requirements. We understand the importance of cost allocation as well as cost center reporting as key to meeting the goals of the organization.
WHO WE ARE
-Rafe Pery- Managing Partner
-Sarah Jessup- Principal & Chief Accounting Officer
-Sarah Jessup- Principal & Chief Accounting Officer
Rafe Pery has over twenty-five years of leadership experience in business operations with expertise in finance, accounting, program development, volunteer management, event production, direct marketing, information technology and human resources.
Rafe was instrumental in the 2004 merger of the Starlight Children’s Foundation and Starbrig
Rafe Pery has over twenty-five years of leadership experience in business operations with expertise in finance, accounting, program development, volunteer management, event production, direct marketing, information technology and human resources.
Rafe was instrumental in the 2004 merger of the Starlight Children’s Foundation and Starbright Foundation, integrating the business functions, organizational structures and administrative policies.
Prior to his tenure with Starlight Starbright, Rafe managed the reorganization and legal separation of the Jewish Community Centers of Greater Los Angeles, developing and implementing a long-range strategic plan to resolve debt while re-investing in programs to insure the financial stability of independent locations.
At Project Angel Food, Rafe implemented cost-saving measures in conjunction with his oversight of government grants to enhance the production, distribution and quality of more than 1,000 meals delivered daily throughout Los Angeles County to homebound individuals living with HIV/AIDS and other serious illnesses.
Rafe supervised the financial and administrative functions of Pallotta Teamworks, a fundraising consulting company specializing in large-scale multi-day events. He designed an infrastructure that supported the organization from startup through a 350% growth period, including the creation and implementation of centralized accounting and financial systems to unify the regional offices throughout the United States.
Rafe holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Mathematics from the University of Pennsylvania. He has been a featured lecturer to accounting professionals, board members, and students on topics relating to practical business operations as well as managing organizations through mergers, growth, and crisis.
-Sarah Jessup- Principal & Chief Accounting Officer
-Sarah Jessup- Principal & Chief Accounting Officer
-Sarah Jessup- Principal & Chief Accounting Officer
Sarah has enjoyed a career of almost 30 years in executive and financial management, providing oversight in operations, finance, fundraising, governance, infrastructure and business process improvement. In addition, since 2017 she has been working as the CFO (previously CIO) of FlyawayHomes, an organization committed to introducing and sc
Sarah has enjoyed a career of almost 30 years in executive and financial management, providing oversight in operations, finance, fundraising, governance, infrastructure and business process improvement. In addition, since 2017 she has been working as the CFO (previously CIO) of FlyawayHomes, an organization committed to introducing and scaling a sustainable, replicable production model of building permanent supportive housing to Los Angeles. In the past, she has held various executive positions in privately held companies in the high tech and health care industries.
She began her career at Price Waterhouse, where she was certified as a Public Accountant. Since 2005, she has been a Director of The People Concern (formerly OPCC), a 57 year-old non-profit organization in Los Angeles that serves homeless individuals, victims of domestic violence, at-risk youth and people with severe physical or mental illness. She currently serves as the Board Chair.
Sarah originally joined the Pery Consulting Group team to serve as its Chief Accounting Consultant to oversee all general ledger accounting functions for the company.
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