Workplace productivity consulting.
Make decisions with clarity & confidence.
We see what you’re up against.
The Challenges Leaders Face
In roles where every misstep carries weight, you don’t get the luxury of confusion. Even the most capable leaders hit walls and leading in the public eye comes with real pressure — and little room for guesswork.
Complexity without clarity
Budgets, audits, and compliance requirements that pull you away from your mission.
Operational chaos
Too many systems, too few hands, and no single source of truth.
Decision fatigue
Constant, high-stakes choices with incomplete or outdated information.
Stakeholder pressure
Boards, councils, and communities who expect transparency — and answers — yesterday.
These challenges aren’t a sign of weakness.
They’re signs you need the right partner in your corner.
Our Approach
We work with nonprofits and small businesses that need to bring order, efficiency, and insights into their daily operations.
Our approach is built on three pillars that keep strategy, operations, and values in balance.
Strategy & Insight
We clarify what’s at stake and help you analyze objective data to navigate forward — from annual budgeting to longer-term planning.
Systems & Structure
We help you understand systems and structure through the lens of objective data that can help you lead your constitutents with clarity and purpose.
Stewardship & Trust
We help leaders act with transparency and integrity — if you are on your own or part of a board, councils, or community organization.
How we help.
Turning our approach into real-world results.
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Executive Learning
Want help demystifying the complexity behind your numbers? We provide structured learning advisory sessions for leaders seeking data-driven insights from their own financial and operational data.
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Operational Reviews
Want to understand how healthy your business is? We use the numbers to build diagnostics that help identify inefficiencies, map out existing data, and point to a more data-driven way to navigate the road ahead.
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Workflow & Tech Consulting
Drowning in spreadsheets? We help strong leaders and their teams modernize to a collaborative cloud-based back office, securely and efficiently.
Gain peace of mind.
Grow confidence.
Lead with purpose.
When you’re responsible for people, budgets, and a bottom line—you need more than guesswork. You need confident clarity in the numbers.
Harborstead Advisory was founded by Brigid D’Souza — CPA, former Big 4 consultant, tenured accounting professor, and civic literacy advocate. For more than a decade, she has distilled complex local budgets and property tax systems into clear, actionable insights for communities, public officials, and the press.
Experienced in the c-suite, the classroom, and the public square, Brigid brings experience and know-how to clients who are servant leaders and need operational clarity drawn form objective data. Recognized by NJBIZ and the NJ Society of CPAs for leadership in higher education and the accounting profession, Brigid is a trusted teacher and advisor when the numbers are public-facing and high stakes.
Her work has helped families, civic leaders, and church communities understand — and act on — the financial realities shaping their missions. Today, she brings that same rigor and clarity to institutional leadership, building finance, strategy, and governance systems that allow leaders to move forward with confidence, integrity, and transparency.
A thought-leader with a proven track-record.
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Contact us.
Please book a discovery call as a first step.
Jersey City, NJ. | Florham Park, NJ