Chris Musser

’m the owner of Accounting for Clarity, and I’m passionate about helping businesses navigate the often confusing world of accounting with clarity and precision.

​As a teen, I learned bookkeeping from my mom, using green ledgers and a kerchunking 10-key calculator and did the books for the family auto repair shop. In college, I temped as an accounting specialist in numerous settings, including a wholesale nursery, a nonprofit think tank, a K Street lobbying firm, and a property management company.

After college, I transitioned into technical writing, creating help guides for electronic design automation software. Though I didn’t have a background in electrical engineering, I worked closely with subject matter experts to translate complex technical concepts into clear, user-friendly language for engineers.

Since returning to bookkeeping in 2018, I've set up books for Lyft drivers and cleaning businesses, cleaned up books for a dog groomer, a furniture store, and a preschool, migrated a growing construction business to the cloud, set up inventory management for a new wine bar, and streamlined and documented the accounting process for a local nonprofit. I jump into accounting disaster zones and clean up, organize, and upgrade bookkeeping processes.  

​​​​As an accounting professional, I bring that same skill of translating complex ideas into easily understandable terms, helping business owners make sense of their financials without the jargon.

University of Maryland, BA