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Sphere on Spiral Stairs

OUR SERVICES

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FP&A and Operating Performance

Connect the forecast to the business

The challenge

Management needs a consistent view of performance, profitability, and the assumptions driving the outlook across budgets, forecasts, and operating reports.

Our solution

We build forecasts, operating models, and KPI reporting that connect financial results to business drivers and support management and sponsor discussions.

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Liquidity and Treasury

Make near-term cash needs visible

The challenge

Collections timing, payment demands, and debt service make liquidity difficult to predict. Finance needs clear cash forecasts and funding assumptions.

Our solution

We develop cash forecasts and treasury reporting that clarify assumptions, organize payment priorities, and connect operating activity to liquidity decisions.

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Sponsor and Lender Reporting

Build a consistent financial view

The challenge

Sponsors and lenders need supportable financial information. Inconsistent reports, fragmented models, and unclear assumptions can complicate financing and performance discussions.

Our solution

We organize reporting and analysis so management can explain performance, assess financing scenarios, and respond to sponsor and lender requests.

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Finance Processes and Systems

Strengthen the work behind the reporting

The challenge

Manual workarounds, unclear ownership, and disconnected systems can make recurring finance work difficult to complete reliably or transfer between team members.

Our solution

We reconcile critical data and establish reporting workflows that support accurate updates, clear ownership, and continuity.

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Interim Finance Leadership

The challenge

A finance leadership vacancy, reporting backlog, or urgent project can stretch the team while operating, sponsor, and lender demands continue.

Our solution

We provide hands-on finance support with defined responsibilities, clear priorities, and a transition plan for the internal team.

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SERVICES PROVIDED

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FP&A and Operating Performance

Key Components & Deliverables
Support can include the following, depending on the scope of the engagement.
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  • Budgeting & Forecasting: Develop annual plans and rolling forecasts tied to operating assumptions.

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  • Operating Models: Link revenue, staffing, operating costs, and capital needs to business drivers.

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  • KPI Reporting: Establish consistent definitions and reporting across facilities or business units.

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  • Profitability Analysis: Analyze margins and cost drivers by location, service, or business unit.

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  • Cash Flow Modeling:  Connect operating plans to collections, payment timing, and funding requirements.

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  • Variance Analysis: Explain changes against plan and distinguish operating issues from reporting differences.

Benefits for Your Business

  • ​​A forecast grounded in operating assumptions.

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  • Clearer visibility into facility and business-unit profitability.

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  • Consistent metrics for management and sponsor discussions.

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  • Better understanding of revenue and cost drivers.

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  • Scenarios that show the financial effect of operating decisions.

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  • Earlier visibility into gaps against plan.

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  • Documented models the finance team can maintain.

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Liquidity and Treasury

Key Components & Deliverables

Support can include the following, depending on the scope of the engagement:

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  • Working Capital Analysis: Review receivables, payables, and cash conversion by operating unit.

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  • Collections Analysis: Reconcile revenue, receivables, and receipts to explain cash timing and gaps.

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  • Cash Forecasting: Build 13-week forecasts and longer-range liquidity scenarios.

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  • Banking Support: Analyze bank balances, account structures, fees, and treasury reporting needs.

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  • Debt Service Analysis: Model payment schedules, financing assumptions, and their effect on liquidity.

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  • Payment Processes: Establish clear payment assumptions, priorities, and ownership within the cash forecast.

Benefits for Your Business

  • A clearer view of near-term cash availability.​

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  • Earlier identification of funding requirements.

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  • Payment decisions informed by an updated cash forecast.

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  • A practical basis for collections follow-up.

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  • Visibility into debt service and financing sensitivities.

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  • More consistent bank and treasury reporting.

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  • A documented weekly cash forecasting process.

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Sponsor and Lender Reporting

Key Components & Deliverables

Support can include the following, depending on the scope of the engagement:

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  • Long-Range Planning: Translate operating assumptions into financial forecasts and funding scenarios.

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  • Debt and Liquidity Modeling: Evaluate financing structures and their effect on cash requirements.

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  • Diligence Support: Organize financial information and reconcile supporting schedules for review.

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  • Covenant Analysis: Build calculations from agreed definitions and document assumptions and open questions.

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  • Sponsor Reporting: Prepare performance commentary, operating KPIs, and financial outlook materials.

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  • Portfolio Scenarios: Model facility ramps, capital projects, divestitures, and changes in operating scope.

Benefits for Your Business

  • A consistent basis for sponsor and lender discussions.

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  • Clear links between reported results and supporting schedules.

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  • Documented financing assumptions and sensitivities.

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  • Better visibility into covenant requirements.

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  • More organized responses to diligence requests.

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  • An operating outlook connected to liquidity and debt service.

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  • Reporting that supports management accountability.

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Finance Processes and Systems

Key Components & Deliverables

Support can include the following, depending on the scope of the engagement:

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  • Process Review: Map close, consolidation, forecasting, and reporting routines to identify gaps and handoffs.

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  • Cost Analysis: Review operating and corporate spending to support management decisions and tracking.

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  • Data Reconciliation: Trace financial and operating discrepancies to their source and explain their impact.

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  • Planning Systems: Support requirements, model design, testing, and adoption of finance reporting tools.

Benefits for Your Business

  • Clearer responsibility for recurring finance work.

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  • Consistent definitions and reporting logic.

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  • Less reliance on undocumented workarounds.

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  • A clearer basis for cost and profitability decisions.

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  • Reporting tools connected to operating needs.

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  • Documented processes that support continuity and handoff.

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Interim Finance Leadership

Key Components & Deliverables

Interim and project engagements can include the following:

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  • Establish Priorities: Define immediate reporting needs, cash visibility requirements, responsibilities, and deadlines.

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  • Deliver the Work: Own agreed forecasting, analysis, or reporting activities alongside the existing team.

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  • Transfer Ownership: Document models and workflows, support onboarding, and complete a structured handoff.

Benefits for Your Business

  • Continuity through finance leadership transitions.

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  • Additional capacity for urgent or complex work.

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  • Clear ownership of agreed deliverables.

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  • Practical support for CFOs and management teams.

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  • A handoff built into the engagement.

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