Business Advisory
Plan ahead, understand your options, and connect your numbers to the decisions that shape your business.
Book your free 30-minute consultationYour numbers should help you decide what comes next. Focused Fiscal Force, LLC connects financial information with the everyday realities of running a business, so you can plan ahead, understand your options, and make informed decisions.
Whether you need help with one decision or ongoing financial support, we begin with your goals, your records, and how your business operates.
Financial Planning, Budgets & Cash Flow
Plan for where your business is going and what it will take to get there. We help you build budgets, forecast cash flow, and compare actual results with your plans.
- Understand when money is expected to arrive and when expenses need to be paid.
- Explore the financial effects of hiring, opening another location, changing prices, or adding products and services.
- Estimate the sales and margins needed to support your expenses and growth plans.
- Compare different scenarios and adjust your plan as circumstances change.
Forecasts reflect the information and assumptions available at the time. We help you understand those assumptions and review what changes could mean for your business.
Virtual CFO Services
Get a financial package prepared for you and your leadership team to use in your own discussions and decisions.
Depending on your engagement, this can include financial reports, cash flow forecasts, budgets, performance dashboards, and presentation materials. We meet with you online to explain the package and answer questions.
With this service, your leadership team takes the information forward into its decision-making meetings. To include our participation in leadership or board meetings—presenting the financial information, answering questions, and contributing to the discussion—you can upgrade to our fractional CFO services.
Fractional CFO Services
Bring financial preparation and active advisory participation into your leadership discussions without employing a full-time, in-house CFO.
We prepare the agreed financial information and also participate in leadership, advisory, or board meetings. We present the results, answer questions, discuss assumptions, and help you evaluate the financial effects of the options being considered.
Your engagement defines the reporting package, meeting schedule, and follow-through support. Your owners and leadership retain final decision-making authority.
Profitability & Business Performance
Understand what is driving your results and where your business may need attention.
- Review profitability by product, service, project, or customer where your records support that analysis.
- Establish key performance indicators—practical measures of progress—and reporting tools that make them useful.
- Review pricing, labor costs, expenses, and relevant industry comparisons.
We look beyond a single number to explore what is happening in your business. That can mean discussing sales opportunities, scheduling, capacity, or process changes before deciding on the next step.
Individual and Business Tax Planning
Tax planning looks ahead. We help individuals and business owners consider estimated payments, the timing of income and expenses where permitted, and the tax effects of upcoming decisions.
For business owners, this can also include evaluating business structure and eligible tax elections, including S corporation tax treatment. When a decision involves legal changes, we can coordinate with your attorney or other trusted professionals.
Explaining a prepared return and developing a forward-looking tax plan are different services. Any additional planning work is discussed and agreed before it begins.
Ownership Transitions & Succession Planning
Prepare for a business sale, an ownership change, or a transition to the next generation with financial information and an organized handoff.
We offer two levels of support:
- Financial preparation: We prepare the agreed reports, spreadsheets, and supporting financial information, explain the package, and hand it over for you and your advisers to use.
- Hands-on transition support: We also help organize the handoff, participate in transition meetings, and support the agreed implementation work as responsibilities move to the next owner or leadership team.
Your engagement identifies the financial and operational support involved and how we will coordinate with the other professionals participating in the transition.
Business Systems & Process Improvement
Good information depends on more than software. We examine how work moves through your business: who does what, when information is collected, and where tasks or handoffs are breaking down.
We can help assess and streamline QuickBooks Online, connected platforms, bill-payment tools, expense management, and related workflows. We start by looking at the tools you already have before recommending additional software.
Automation and AI can reduce repetitive work, but the process still needs clear responsibilities, appropriate access, approvals, and human review. We help identify what can be automated and where a person needs to stay involved.
Support Built Around Your Engagement
Start with a free 30-minute accounting and bookkeeping consultation to discuss your needs. Advisory work can be a defined project or ongoing support, with services and fixed pricing discussed before work begins. Additional work is discussed before we proceed.
Our advisory and CFO services provide financial information, analysis, and practical options within the scope of your engagement. Recommendations reflect the information available and the assumptions discussed at the time.
Business owners and leadership retain responsibility for final decisions and authorize any actions taken. Our engagement agreement defines the services, deliverables, and responsibilities of each party.
Questions About Business Advisory
FAQ
What is the difference between your virtual and fractional CFO services?
Our virtual CFO service prepares and explains the financial package for your leadership team to use. Our fractional CFO service also includes participation in the agreed leadership or board meetings, presenting information and helping evaluate options. The distinction is our involvement in the decision-making discussion, rather than whether a meeting is online or in person.
Can I get help with one business decision?
Yes. We can discuss a defined project, such as a hiring budget, cash flow forecast, or pricing analysis, as well as ongoing support. Your engagement identifies the work and deliverables.
Do I need to be an existing bookkeeping client?
No. Start with a consultation so we can discuss your goals and the records needed. We will identify whether your information is ready for analysis or whether bookkeeping cleanup is needed first.
Do I need another app or software subscription?
Not necessarily. We first review the tools you already use and the information you need. Additional software is considered when it addresses an identified need.
Do you offer tax planning for individuals?
Yes. We offer forward-looking tax planning for individuals as well as business owners. We discuss the planning services separately from preparing your tax returns.
How are advisory services priced?
Our advisory services use fixed pricing based on the agreed scope of work. We discuss the services and pricing before work begins, and any additional work before proceeding.
Let’s find your next step together.
Start with a conversation about your needs and questions. We’ll listen, talk through your situation, and explore how our services could support you.
Book your free 30-minute consultation