After the contract is signed
The contract gets signed.
The invoices keep arriving.
Who checks that they still agree?
SGG checks recurring vendor charges against agreements and approved changes—and puts the findings and unanswered questions in writing.
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Founder-led. Direct involvement from initial review through findings.
The ownership gap
Each team can do its job well. The check can still fall between them.
- Procurement
- Negotiated the agreement
- Operations
- Knows whether the service happened
- AP
- Processes the invoices
- Management
- Sees the spend
Does what you’re paying today still match what was actually authorized, including every price change, add-on and renewal since?
Often, no one specifically owns that question. The job falls between jobs. Not because anyone is doing something wrong, but because it was never assigned. We call it the ownership gap.
It exists whether your portfolio changed last month or hasn’t changed in ten years.
What SGG does
SGG owns the check.
What matches. What doesn’t. What we couldn’t verify.
- We check charges against what was approved.
- We compare recurring vendor charges with agreements and approved changes.
- We identify what’s unverified.
- When supporting records are missing, we say so and identify what would resolve the gap. Prior payment alone doesn’t establish that a charge was approved.
- We keep open questions visible.
- For ongoing clients, each agreed review carries forward unresolved findings, missing records, and documented client decisions.
You could build this internally. SGG provides a named owner for the check and a written record your team can return to.
Your team manages vendors and makes the decisions. We don’t contact or negotiate with vendors or run your operations.
What SGG does and doesn’t doFrom an actual pilot
What this looks like in practice.
The 2016 contract listed $160 per weekly service. A July 2026 invoice listed $190.55 before tax.
A price change over ten years is not, by itself, evidence of an incorrect charge. The question was whether the current rate was authorized by the agreement or an approved change.
SGG checks that question within the agreed scope and records what is supported, what remains unverified, and what further record is needed.
Anonymized property-management pilot, based on actual client records. This example does not establish that the charge was improper.
See the full pilot resultsThe first engagement
Start with one recurring service.
Pest control, waste, landscaping, elevators—whatever recurs. Choose one service and start with the records you already have: an AP or GL export, agreements, invoices, or an existing folder. We identify any specific follow-up needed.
You receive a written review showing what the records support, what remains unverified, and which records would resolve the gaps.
We agree on the scope and a fixed fee before work begins. Follow-up analysis and ongoing reviews are optional and priced separately.
The fee is the same whether everything checks out or not. We’re paid to establish what the records support. No contingency fees. No savings promises.
Agreed scope. Fixed fee. Written findings.
Requesting a scope does not commit you to a paid review.
Who it’s for
Many sites.
Many vendors.
One check.
We work with organizations that have recurring vendors across many properties, facilities or sites. We’re starting with property management.
Large organizations can build a department for this. Most operators don’t need one. They need the check owned.
If someone on your team already checks recurring bills against current agreements, consistently, SGG may not add much.
The contract was signed.
The invoices are still arriving.
Not reviewing doesn’t preserve the status quo. It preserves uncertainty.