Get your fundamentals right!
Make finance more fun & easy
Gain the confidence that rock solid finance providesOUR SUCCESS IS YOUR SUCCESS
We are Fractional Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) of a different kind!
We help founders, and other CFOs do more for less (Lean Finance).
WE MEET YOU WHERE YOUR NEEDS ARE ...
Where Do You Need us To Intervene?
Get Better Directional Clarity from your Data?
Your financial model should provide direction and guidance on execution - whether you are growing or pivoting your business. Get clarity on a multitude of finance & administrative questions including pricing, timing of investment (for example funding, hiring or rightsizing).
Right Size your Team & Business Processes?
Remove obstacles that are in the way of smooth business operations, profitable growth or even profitable sale of your business.
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Financially Savvy Business Decisions?
You may be wondering where best to invest your cash or how much funding you may need to accelerate your growth. We help you model your growth and interpret the feedback from your performance data. We coach you in the process, so that you become more comfortable making these decisions.
CFO OVERSIGHT & ONE ON ONE COACHING
Gain valuable financial insights; experience how quickly you and/or your team can build scalable business processes that will give you a clear advantage.
Kickstart your profitable growth with step-by-step guidance, hands-on resources, and weekly team accountability check-ins (we use a "scrum" approach).
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Level Up Your Financial Skills
Your success is our success. Our UFO platform and blog posts are designed to help you better see opportunities, make smarter business decisions and overall improve your financial outlook.
NICE TO MEET YOU
We Are a Team!
I (Brigitte) am an experienced, hands-on fractional CFO.
In the past, I was responsible for full fiduciary financial management of international entities in Fortune 500 companies. After decades working in some of the best run corporations, I intuited that the fundamentals of these most successful companies would also apply to managing finance for small businesses ... And I never looked back!
I (Mike) graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1983 with a double BS in Chemistry & Psychology and from UT McCombs Graduate School of Business in 1988 with a double concentration in Finance & Management Science. I spent decades managing financial projects for Fortune 500 companies, state pension funds and startups. I am passionate about financial modeling and finance best practices. I am dedicated to bringing to startups the know how and expertise that used to be reserved for Fortune 500 companies.
MORE STORIES TO COME ....
"UFO tools gave me visibility into my cash flow, and I regained control instead of trying to guess my cash position at the time of payroll. In addition, by using UFO’s pricing model I am now for the first time able to give customers quotes and at the same time estimate my costs for every job in real time. This keeps me from accidentally selling at a loss. Brigitte’s broad knowledge of business was extremely useful to me."
- Rick
"Brigitte brings sound best practices, financial discipline, and an operational acumen to growth minded companies. I greatly appreciate all that Brigitte brings to an engagement, and would highly recommend her. I always felt extremely confident in Brigitte’s abilities to execute on the numerous requirements on a consistent basis, freeing me and team up to focus on other areas of our core business. But perhaps Brigitte’s greatest attributes, are her integrity and honest communication…an even rarer find that I have appreciated in her."
- Anthony
"As head of finance, Brigitte is an amazing strategic contributor to the entire organization as she presents both financial data and performance / productivity metrics that are extremely helpful to management. Brigitte throughly understands the business and often recognizes problems / challenges early and always comes to management with possible solutions. Everyday I work with Brigitte improves the odds of our success."
- Doug
THE CFO AS A COACH
UFO Best Practices "School"
As you work with us, you should see yourselves increase control of your financial future thanks to the hands on, easy to understand building blocks of the UFO platform.
The 7 deadly sins startups must avoid
All businesses are vulnerable. Learn the basics of sound financial management with this hands on 2 x 2 hours course.
Financials, Mastered!
We don't want any one to feel helpless when looking at a financial statement.
Insightful Financial Modeling & Reporting
Gain the confidence that your business decisions will be supported by meaningful financial data.
Scalable Business Processes
How do you know your business processes are correctly sized for where you are in your business?
MORE FINANCE BEST PRACTICES ...
Profitable growth is a marathon, not a sprint. It may seem overwhelming at times, however you are not alone in this. We are in the process of building a community of finance experts who generously share actionable, bite-sized best practices in various areas of finance, and are willing to address frequently asked questions. If this is of interest to you, please provide your information below.
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