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I run finance for companies that have outgrown their bookkeeper and are not ready for a full-time CFO. Most have between five and forty million dollars in revenue, and most are owned by the people who work in them.
Monthly
A close you can read. Books closed by the tenth working day, with a two-page report written for owners instead of accountants.
2 days a month
Weekly
A thirteen-week cash forecast. What comes in, what goes out, and the week it gets tight, updated every Monday.
1 hour a week
Quarterly
Margin by product and customer. Which lines earn their keep, and which ones the business is quietly paying to sell.
1 day a quarter
As needed
The bank, the bonding company, the buyer. I prepare the package, sit in the meeting, and answer the hard questions.
By the project
2023 to now
Orchard supply distributor, three locations. Rebuilt the chart of accounts and the close calendar after the long-time bookkeeper retired.
Close: 24 days to 8
2022 to 2024
Family-owned packing house. Built the first cash forecast and used it to renegotiate a seasonal credit line before harvest.
Line: $1.2M to $2M
2021 to 2023
Regional well-drilling contractor. Costed every job type and repriced the three that were losing money.
Margin: +6 points
2020 to 2022
Second-generation cabinet shop. Prepared three years of clean statements for a sale to the employees.
Sold 2022
Clients are described, not named. References are available once we have spoken. Full experience
Week 1
A forty-five minute call. You tell me what keeps you up at night. I tell you whether I can help, and who can if I cannot.
No charge
Weeks 2 and 3
A review of your books. I read two years of statements, the bank agreements and the close process, and talk to whoever keeps the books.
Fixed fee
Week 4
A written plan. Three to five pages: what I found, what I would fix first, and what an ongoing arrangement would cost.
Yours to keep