Who Will I Work With, and When? (Sales, Onboarding, & Services Moving Forward)
October 3rd, 2025 | 5 min. read
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When small businesses sign up with a service, they’re often in touch with different people through sales, onboarding, and the service moving forward. Many firms don’t assign direct contacts for these processes… they just send you to a call center.
With CSI, the difference is that you’ll have a direct contact for each stage. Some clients ask why they don’t just talk to one person from the start. We want to make sure you always have the right expert at the right time.
At CSI Accounting & Payroll, we’ve sold, onboarded, and serviced thousands of new clients for nearly 60 years. That means we’ve answered thousands of transition questions, such as:
- Who will I work with for sales?
- Who will I work with for onboarding?
- Who will I work with moving forward for my monthly accounting and/or payroll service?
- What if I can’t reach my direct contact? Who else can I call, text, or email?
Sales Direct Contacts
From the moment you reach out, your direct contact will be an Accounting & Payroll Consultant (either Hunter or Ryan). They will walk you through our consultation process and will be happy to address any questions about our services, fees, case studies, and similar topics.
If they find that we’re a good fit to work with each other, they will introduce you to your new direct contact(s) for your onboarding process.
Onboarding Direct Contacts
Accounting Onboarding
If you’re an accounting client, you’ll meet your Accounting & Tax Manager (one of many on staff). This will be your permanent Accounting & Tax Manager, even after onboarding concludes. You will also meet your Bookkeeping Onboarding Specialist (either Brittny or Rob), who will be your direct contact for bookkeeping onboarding and back work (if applicable).
Payroll Onboarding
If you’re a payroll client, you’ll meet your Payroll Onboarding Specialist, Christy, who will be your direct contact for payroll onboarding.
Service Direct Contacts
Accounting & Tax Service
If you’re an accounting client, after Brittny or Rob gets you fully on board, you will be matched with a Staff Accountant (one of many on staff). They will be your direct contact for bookkeeping moving forward. Your Accounting & Tax Manager whom you met during onboarding will remain the same.
Payroll Service
If you’re a payroll client, after Christy gets you fully on board, you’ll be matched with a Payroll Specialist (one of many on staff). They will be your direct contact for payroll services moving forward.
Emergency Contacts
On occasion, every worker gets sick or schedules time off. While you should receive an out of office notification or be notified ahead of time, you might worry if you have a time-sensitive question or concern. So, what happens if you can’t reach your direct contact within a day or two, or you have an emergency?
Accounting & Other Emergencies
During onboarding, you’ll also have met the Office Manager for the office you’re being serviced out of (either Bret or Christy), who will be your backup or emergency contact. They’ll be happy to help or direct you to someone else who can assist you.
Payroll Emergencies
Otherwise, if you have a payroll emergency, emailing payroll@csiaccounting.com will immediately send your request to several Payroll Specialists, and the first team member available will help fix the issue.
Always Have the Right Expert at the Right Time!
Now that you know about who you will work with – and when – are you ready to check out our monthly accounting and payroll services?
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Brian is the owner of CSI Accounting & Payroll. After earning a double major in Accounting and Financial Management from the University of North Dakota, he joined CSI in 1996 and purchased it in 2002. With decades of experience, Brian now focuses on education: contributing to professional associations and business books, actively participating in continued learning for his team, and, of course, sharing transparent insights on CSI’s website.