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Operational Profit & Working Capital Improvement

Operational Profit & Working Capital Improvement

Forensic margin expansion, surgical cost rationalization, and working capital optimization engineered to unlock trapped balance sheet cash, accelerate cash conversion, and drive sustainable EBITDA growth.

Unlocking Trapped Liquidity and Driving Sustainable Margin Expansion

Strong top-line revenue means little if margin leakage, bloated overhead structures, and sluggish cash conversion quietly erode enterprise value. Whether preparing an asset for a high-multiple exit, navigating post-acquisition integration, or correcting operational drift under pressure, leadership teams require granular visibility into the true unit economics of their business. Generic cost-cutting damages core capabilities; sustainable profit improvement requires surgical, data-led intervention that translates operational efficiency directly into bottom-line EBITDA growth.

We embed directly alongside chief financial officers, operational directors, and private equity portfolio teams to bridge the gap between raw financial data and commercial execution. By uniting forensic data analytics with hands-on senior finance leadership, we diagnose exactly where profitability is lost across customer cohorts, SKUs, and supply chains—turning complex operational data into an actionable blueprint for immediate margin recovery and pricing power.

Precision Working Capital Control and Cash Conversion

In high-rate and tight-liquidity environments, the fastest and cheapest source of growth capital sits trapped on your own balance sheet. Excess inventory, unbilled work-in-progress, lax credit control, and suboptimal supplier terms silently drain cash reserves and constrain strategic flexibility. We overhaul your cash conversion cycle from end to end—optimizing receivables (DSO), payables (DPO), and inventory (DIO) governance to release trapped liquidity without disrupting vital supplier or customer relationships.

Institutional-Grade FP&A and Fractional CFO Execution

Operational gains only endure when backed by disciplined financial architecture. We deploy dynamic 13-week rolling cash forecasts, automated Power BI management reporting, and driver-based financial models alongside senior fractional CFO oversight. Every recommendation is grounded in rigorous quantitative modeling, giving board directors, lenders, and sponsors complete confidence in the cash impact, timing, and sustainability of every operational lever pulled.

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How we help

Working Capital & Cash Release Optimization

Overhauling DSO, DPO, and DIO cycles—tightening credit control, optimizing supplier payment terms, and rationalizing inventory holdings to unlock trapped balance sheet cash.

Granular Margin & Unit Economics Diagnostics

Dissecting profitability across customers, SKUs, and contracts to expose hidden margin erosion, recalibrate pricing strategies, and exit value-destructive commercial activity.

Surgical Overhead & Cost Rationalization

Zero-based cost reviews and operational efficiency benchmarking that eliminate non-essential expenditure while protecting core revenue-generating capabilities.

Rolling 13-Week Cash & Liquidity Governance

Implementing institutional-grade short-term cash forecasting and payment authorization controls to give boards and lenders absolute visibility over liquidity.

Commercial FP&A & Automated BI Reporting

Building automated management reporting, live KPI dashboards, and dynamic driver-based forecast models that empower leadership to act on real-time financial intelligence.

Senior Fractional CFO & Execution Oversight

Providing hands-on, board-level finance leadership to drive cross-functional accountability, oversee system/ERP upgrades, and embed lasting financial discipline.

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