Meet the team behind Harmony.

A CPA-led firm built specifically for churches and nonprofits.

About the owner

Heather Ruhter

Heather, a Nebraska certified CPA, is a seasoned accountant and financial reporting professional with over 30 years of experience. She is highly skilled at assessing financial needs of an organization and implementing processes to streamline accounting and financial reporting functions resulting in operational efficiencies and increased financial stewardship.

Heather worked in corporate finance and accounting for seven years, including a stint at a Fortune 100 company. From there, she brought the experience and lessons learned in corporate to the Christian ministry world. For nearly 25 years, Heather served a variety of roles, including Director of Operations and Chief Financial Officer of a large, 3,000 member church with annual budgets exceeding $6M. In addition, Heather has a passion for systems integration impacting the accounting and financial reporting functions, serving as a super-user and Certified Trainer/Consultant for Shelby Systems.

As founder and CEO of Harmony Accounting, she has diligently grown her business from a fledgling "niche" accounting firm in 2014, to a robust company serving over 30 clients in the Christian ministry and non-profit world.

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Our team

Heather has steadily built a team of four staff accountants with a variety of experiences and skills that bring an additional combined 25+ years in ministry accounting — including a licensed CPA.

How we work

Built on direct communication and steady follow-through.

Dedicated enough that you will always have a specific person assigned to your work. Experienced enough that nothing about your organization's finances is new to us. Personal enough that you can always reach Heather directly.

Trust

Faith & integrity

We work with organizations whose mission we share, and we treat every dollar as accountable to that mission.

Systems

Built on the right tools

Cloud-based accounting systems set up correctly from day one, so your reports are accurate and your data is never a mystery.

Access

Direct, honest communication

Questions get answered by the person doing the work — not routed through a support queue.

Reach

Local roots, remote-friendly

Based in Ashland, Nebraska, working with organizations across the Omaha-Lincoln corridor and nationwide.

Let's connect

Tell us about your organization, and let's see if we're a fit.

A short questionnaire is usually enough to know. No pressure, no sales pitch — just a look at what you need and how we'd approach it.

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