03 / ELEVATE

Free your best people
for judgment-grade work.

The finance professionals you pay the most are spending the least time on the work only they can do. After you delete the waste and automate the repeatable, what's left is the work that actually moves the business. That's Elevate.

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6hrs average time a CFO spends on strategic work per week
ROI on strategic finance decisions vs. operational work
$0 cost to redeploy capacity you already paid for
12hrs per week freed for CFO strategic agenda on average

The problem

Your CFO is running
a reporting function.

The average mid-market CFO we work with is spending 70% of their time on operational and reporting tasks — not on the capital allocation, M&A prep, board strategy, and organizational decisions that justify their seat at the table.

This isn't a performance problem. It's a structural one. The DELETE and AUTOMATE work clears the path. ELEVATE is where we walk your best people into the role they were hired to play.

70%
of CFO time: operational + reporting tasks
30%
of CFO time: strategy, M&A, capital, org
AFTER EPIC
70%
strategic agenda — the work that moves valuation

What we elevate

The work only
your best people can do.

Strategic FP&A

Driver-based models that connect operational decisions to financial outcomes. Scenario analysis that's ready before the board asks for it. Rolling forecasts that reflect what the business is actually doing — not what last year's budget assumed.

Board & Sponsor Communication

Board packages that tell a story, not just report numbers. PE sponsor dashboards that give your investor what they need without a call every week. M&A data rooms built for diligence, not reorganized in a panic when the process starts.

Capital Allocation Framework

A structured process for deciding where to put the next dollar — CapEx prioritization, acquisition sizing, working capital optimization. Built so the CFO is leading the conversation, not reacting to it.

Finance Team Design

After you've deleted the waste and automated the repeatable, your team structure is probably wrong for what's left. We help you redesign roles around judgment work — and identify where you're over- or under-resourced.

CFO Transition Support

New CFO stepping in? Interim CFO holding the seat? We stand up the reporting infrastructure, establish the operating cadence, and create the board relationship — so the transition doesn't cost you six months of momentum.

Decision-Grade Reporting

Reports that actually surface decisions. Variances that explain themselves. Metrics that reflect how the business works, not just what the ERP can extract. Finance output that operators act on the day it drops.

The shift

Before and after
we build the Elevate layer.

Before
  • CFO running the close instead of reviewing it
  • FP&A team updating spreadsheet models every week
  • Board packages assembled the night before the meeting
  • M&A conversations driven by the banker, not the CFO
  • Capital allocation decided in hallways, not frameworks
  • Analysts answering "can you pull that number" all day
After
  • CFO runs the strategy agenda; controller runs the close
  • Models update on data refresh — no analyst in the loop
  • Board packages done on Day 3 of close, not Day 15
  • CFO owns the M&A conversation with a ready data room
  • Capital allocation is a quarterly process with a clear owner
  • Answers are in the dashboard — available without a request

Ready?

Tell us what your
best people are wasting time on.

Bring us your CFO's week. We'll identify how much of it is work they're uniquely qualified to do — and how much is work we can take off their plate.

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