We have basic QuickBooks data but we do not have clean management accounting or unit economic clarity. Do we need to hire a fractional CFO to clean up our numbers before we can align on our V/TO and build an effective Scorecard with you?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

You do not need perfect, institutional grade financials to start your EOS journey. Waiting for the perfect financial setup is often just a form of operational resistance that delays your progress. We will begin with the raw financial data you currently have, using our sessions to expose exactly where your reporting is failing you.

During our Focus Day, we will build a basic Scorecard utilizing the leading operational indicators that drive your revenue and cash flow. These are often non financial metrics, such as sales activities, client service calls, or production milestones, which do not require a clean balance sheet to track. This initial Scorecard will show us exactly where your administrative and financial systems are lagging.

As we work through our quarterly cycles, the gaps in your financial data will naturally become issues that we prioritize and solve using the IDS process. If those discussions reveal that you truly need a fractional CFO to clean up your unit economics, we will make that a clear Rock for the upcoming quarter. We use our sessions with you to identify and build the need for financial clarity, rather than letting a lack of clean data keep you stuck at the starting line.