Built for the gap between a bookkeeper and a finance team.
You've outgrown basic bookkeeping. You're not yet ready to build a finance team.
Lakeside Partners exists for that stretch. Every growing business reaches a point where it needs real financial leadership: someone to build the reporting, the controls, and the discipline behind the numbers — but a full-time hire is hard to justify.
That's where we come in: clean books, reporting and controls you can trust, and the insight to make confident decisions as you grow.
The Team
Dylan Farwell
Managing Partner
Dylan brings more than eight years of experience across finance, accounting, audit, and consulting. A graduate of Babson College, he began his career at Deloitte, serving as controller on engagements for multiple global brands. He then joined Verizon's internal audit team, spending three years evaluating financial controls and operations inside one of America's largest companies.
Dylan cofounded Lakeside Partners to bring that Big Four and Fortune 500 experience to growing businesses. His conviction is simple — the quality of your financial insight shouldn't depend on the size of your business. He's especially effective where every dollar has to work, and where a clear view of costs and cash flow is the difference between a strong month and a stressful one. With every client, his focus is the same: helping owners see their numbers clearly, protect their margins, and make decisions with confidence.
Alec Larue
Managing Partner
Alec's career began in government defense contracting, where he served as a project controller managing budgets ranging from $3 million to $100 million. In that highly regulated, high-stakes environment, he developed a rigorous approach to budget management, compliance, and financial reporting — discipline that continues to shape how he approaches this work today.
He later joined a small-to-midsize business as its controller, stepping in to build the company's financial infrastructure from the ground up: implementing internal controls and reporting systems, standing up a payroll platform, and helping leadership secure bank financing to fund the company's growth. He continues to lead the company's finance function today, applying the same rigor and hands-on execution that now define his work at Lakeside Partners.
Alongside that role, Alec cofounded Lakeside Partners to bring that same combination of financial discipline and hands-on execution to other growing businesses — turning financial data into a clear, actionable roadmap for growth.
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