What Is Accounting Automation? How It Creates Back Office Freedom
This article has since been updated with new discoveries and research in January 2026. TL;DR Accounting automation is the system that turns repeatable finance work into reliable workflows, so your team stops living in cleanup mode. The biggest wins come from automating cash-adjacent work first (AP, expenses, reconciliations, close), then expanding once controls and exception […]
How to Build a Scenario-Based Financial Model for Your Startup
When you build a single-track forecast, you’re betting the business on one set of assumptions. That works until your pipeline slows, a competitor undercuts pricing, or a key hire takes three months longer than planned. Suddenly, your 18-month runway shrinks to 11, and you’re scrambling to recut the budget mid-quarter. Scenario-based forecasting replaces that fragility […]
Understanding Key Financial Metrics: KPIs Every Founder Should Track
Most startup founders run their companies on gut feel longer than they should. You know revenue is growing, burn feels manageable, and customers seem happy. Then a board member asks about your CAC payback or net revenue retention, and you realize you’ve been flying blind. Disciplined KPI tracking beats gut feel in startup decision-making. The […]
Top Financial Tools & BI Platforms for Strategic Finance Teams
Most finance leaders know the drill. Your team spends days in spreadsheets trying to make financial forecasting software behave like a real planning system. Sales quietly updates the pipeline, HR tweaks hiring, and someone asks for three new scenarios by Friday. You copy formulas across tabs, pray nothing breaks, and present numbers that already feel […]
7 Strategic Finance Strategies to Strengthen Growth in 2026
You’re staring at a 2026 forecast that looks more like a choose-your-own-adventure novel than a financial plan. Interest rates hover in uncertain territory, and customer demand shifts faster than your sales team can pivot. In the background, AI and machine learning promise productivity gains you haven’t captured yet. According to Deloitte’s finance leadership research, CFOs […]
Strategic Finance for Construction: Turning Data Into Direction
You’ve built a strong operation. Projects are getting done, your FinOps is dialed in, and your books finally make sense. But now what? At a certain point, construction leaders stop asking “Are we caught up?” and start asking “Where are we headed?” That’s where Strategic Finance comes in. From financial management to financial foresight FinOps […]
All You Need to Know About Construction Financial Operations
Your construction accounting and construction financial operations (FinOps), are what make your growth goals possible. Think of it like this: You’re ready to take on bigger projects, or bid on a really great opportunity, but you can’t tell which projects are profitable and whether you’ll have the cash you need to start this big of […]
Why Growing Construction Firms Reconsider Outsourcing
If you’re leading a growing real estate or construction business, the in-house versus outsourced question will surface sooner or later. It’s easy to frame it as a practical decision about control, efficiency, or cost. In reality, it typically stems from a deeper instinct: the desire to take back control as your business accelerates or changes. […]