Finance, people, and governance strategy
Get structured to scale, raise, or sell.
We build the finance, people, and governance structure behind your next chapter.
The experience behind our work
15+
years of finance and operations leadership behind our work
$50M+
in revenue growth across organizations our principals have served
6
continents of multi-entity finance infrastructure built and run
Every
leadership role our founder has held ended with a trained successor in place
When organizations call us
Most of our clients aren't in crisis. They're at a turning point, and they need the structure to handle what comes next.
You're growing faster than your systems
New programs, entities, or markets, running on spreadsheets and workarounds built for a smaller organization.
You're raising capital or major funding
Investors, lenders, and large funders want clean books, sound controls, and reporting that holds up to diligence.
You're thinking about selling or stepping back
Buyers pay more for a business that runs without its owner. We help you get the finances, processes, and team in shape well before you go to market.
You need to build your team's capacity
Growth means new roles, new hires, and new leaders, sometimes while key people are moving on. We help you design the team, hire for it, and build structure that doesn't depend on one person.
Who we work with
The sector changes. The work doesn't: getting finance and operations to a place where leaders can trust the numbers and the team can run without heroics.
Nonprofits and foundations
Organizations managing grants, restricted funds, fiscal sponsorships, and multi-entity or international operations.
Growing businesses and B Corps
Founder-led and mission-driven companies that have outgrown their back office, or are preparing for investment or a sale.
Government and public initiatives
County and city agencies, public programs, community funds, and companies coming to a city that need their plans, hiring, and investment to deliver for residents.
Organizations working across borders
Multi-entity, multi-currency operations with international payroll, intercompany allocations, and employer-of-record compliance.
Three ways to work together
01 · Diagnose
Fixed-scope diagnostics
A focused review of your finances, team structure, or governance that shows what's standing between you and growth, funding, or a sale, with a roadmap you can act on with or without us.
02 · Lead
Interim and fractional leadership
Senior finance and operations leadership for three to six months through growth, a raise, or a leadership change, ending with your team in place and trained.
03 · Build
Organizational infrastructure
The finance, people, and governance systems that investors, funders, buyers, and boards expect, from audit readiness and finance systems to org design, key hires, and SOPs.
Not sure which fits?
Each engagement has a defined scope, a clear end date, and a plan for what happens after we leave.
The bigger picture
Money should do what it was meant to do.
Every dollar that moves through an organization carries a promise: to a funder, an investor, a customer, or a community. When the structure behind that money is weak, the promise gets harder to keep. When it's strong, organizations can grow, raise, sell, and serve on their own terms.
That's the work we do every day, one organization at a time. We're now bringing the same discipline to how money and opportunity reach a city's residents: the policies behind economic development, the community investments companies and funders make, and the hiring and pay decisions that come with growth.
Candice Crawford McCalop, Founder
Where our experience comes from
me too. International · Goldman Sachs · Georgia-Pacific · PwC · Generation USA · NASDAQ · EY · Citigroup · Exalt Youth · nsoro · Phipps Neighborhoods · Families First · Community Catalyst · City of Atlanta
Start with a conversation.
Tell us where you're headed. We'll talk through whether a diagnostic, a build, or interim leadership is the right way to get there.