A finance team that thinks like an owner.
Most businesses don't need more reports.
They need better decisions.
xlpros builds finance functions for growing businesses — hands-on financial modeling, automated reporting, and the financial leadership that turns your numbers into decisions you can actually act on.
Growth exposes what your finance function wasn't built for.
Rapid growth
The systems and processes that worked at half your size aren't keeping up.
Margin pressure
Revenue is up. Profit isn't moving the way it should.
Cash flow uncertainty
You're confident in the business, less confident in the next 90 days of cash.
ERP transitions
A new system promised clarity. So far it's mostly delivered confusion.
Finance growing pains
Reporting takes too long, and by the time it's ready, it's already out of date.
Acquisition activity
Deals move fast. Your financial data isn't ready to move with them.
A clear path from where your finance function is to where your business needs it to be.
Assess
We look at your financial performance, systems, reporting, and finance leadership as they actually are — not as they're assumed to be.
Build
We strengthen the fundamentals: accounting, reporting, forecasting, KPIs, and the financial operations behind them.
Optimize
We improve what drives the outcome — cash flow, gross profit, pricing, customer profitability, and working capital.
Scale
We support what's next: acquisitions, growth, capital raises, ERP evolution, and ongoing financial leadership.
What changes when your finance function actually works.
Without xlpros
Reporting arrives weeks late and is already out of date by the time you see it
Nobody can say with confidence which customers or products are actually profitable
Cash surprises happen with little or no warning
Royalty and licensing reporting is handled ad hoc, with audit risk nobody's tracking
Growth strains a finance function that was never built to scale with it
With xlpros
Reporting reflects where the business actually stands, on a cadence you can rely on
Profitability is visible by customer, product, and channel
A 90-day cash forecast you actually trust
Audit-ready royalty reporting, defended and documented
A finance function built to scale with the business, not strain against it
Experience that goes deeper than most fractional CFO firms.
Built on real operating experience.
CPA with a background in tax and audit at a top-15 public accounting firm
Led finance through a national retail expansion — scaling from wholesale-only to nearly 70 retail and outlet locations
Managed licensing, first cost, and wholesale finance for a national consumer brand
Directed financial due diligence through a company's successful acquisition
Currently leads accounting and finance — including extensive royalty reporting — for a large wholesale and ecommerce business
Experience spans retail, wholesale, manufacturing, and consumer brands
Builds hands-on financial models and automated Excel-based templates that make the close faster and free up time for analysis
Five ways we strengthen your finance function.
Strategic Finance Leadership
Fractional CFO leadership and board-ready reporting for growing businesses.
Financial Planning & Analysis
Budgeting, projections, cash flow, and business analysis built to guide real decisions.
Finance Operations
Financial reporting, KPI dashboards, ERP optimization, and a month-end close that doesn't slow you down.
Performance Optimization
Gross profit analysis, customer profitability, pricing strategy, and working capital that's actually working.
Specialized Advisory
M&A readiness, due diligence, and turnaround support when the stakes are highest.
A specialty few finance firms can offer.
Backed by hands-on experience managing 75 monthly royalty reporting packages and defending dozens of royalty audits — saving companies millions of dollars — xlpros brings audit-ready rigor to your licensing and royalty compliance. We advise, assess, and close the gaps; we don't just tell you where they are.
Talk to us about royalty and licensing advisoryBuilt for the industries that actually run on complexity.
Consumer Products
Multi-channel revenue, complex margins, fast-changing demand.
Apparel & Fashion
Seasonality, licensing, wholesale and retail all at once.
Manufacturing
Production costs, inventory, and margin visibility that has to hold up.
Distribution
Thin margins, volume, and cash conversion that can't afford delay.
Construction
Project-based revenue and cash flow that swings with every job.
Professional Services
Utilization, pricing, and profitability by client or engagement.
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Straight answers to the financial questions growing businesses actually ask.
August 2026
A 90-Day Cash Flow Forecasting Guide
A practical framework for building a cash forecast you can actually trust three months out.
August 2026
Royalty Audit Readiness Checklist
What to have in place before a licensor's audit request lands on your desk.
July 2026
Signs Your Finance Function Hasn't Kept Up With Your Growth
Six warning signs that your reporting and systems are lagging behind your business.
Your finance function should be an advantage, not a bottleneck.
Let's talk about what better financial clarity could do for your business.