Finance leadership without the overhead of a full-time CFO

Turn financial complexity into better decisions.

Finova helps growing businesses find where cash, margin and finance capacity are being lost — then builds the processes, models and decision support to fix it. From clean books and filed taxes to boardroom decisions, one team.

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Cash & working capital Product costing & margin FP&A & decision support Accounting & corporate tax

The Finova model

DiagnoseFind the root causes

ImplementBuild the tools & processes

AdviseKeep financial discipline in place

LeadFractional CFO partnership

A diagnostic is the beginning of the relationship — not the end.

Start with a focused diagnostic

Three problems. Three practical entry points.

Each engagement is designed to answer a business question quickly, produce a concrete roadmap, and leave your team with usable tools — not a report that sits on a shelf.

01 1–2 weeks

Cash & Working Capital Diagnostic

Where is our cash going, and what can we change?

A comprehensive review of the drivers that create, consume or trap cash — from margins and pricing through AR, AP, inventory, operating costs, taxes and CAPEX.

We review

Margins and fully burdened pricing
AR, AP and working capital commitments
Inventory, prepaids and operating costs
Financing, taxes and CAPEX cash impact

Outcome A prioritized cash improvement roadmap

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02 3–4 weeks

Product Costing & Margin Visibility Diagnostic

What does each product really cost — and what margin are we making?

A deep dive into BOMs, routings, labor, overhead and manufacturing processes to create a clearer product-costing foundation and faster, more confident pricing decisions.

We review

Product portfolio and manufacturing processes
BOM, routing, labor and overhead drivers
Fully burdened product cost and margin visibility
Estimated vs. actual cost variance processes

Outcome Better costing, clearer margins, faster pricing

See what happens next →

03 1–2 weeks

Finance Function & Decision Support Diagnostic

Is Finance helping management run the business — or just close the books?

A focused assessment of month-end close, management reporting, forecasting, modelling, KPIs, FP&A and Finance technology to build a path toward a more value-creating Finance function.

We review

Close process, bottlenecks and upstream issues
Management reporting and financial KPIs
Forecasting, modelling and FP&A maturity
Automation and conversational AI opportunities

Outcome A roadmap from reporting to decision support

See what happens next →

Diagnose → implement → advise → lead

We don't just tell you what's wrong.

A diagnostic creates the roadmap. Finova can stay involved to build the tools, implement the processes, provide ongoing finance leadership — and run your accounting and corporate tax, so the whole finance function sits with one team.

Cash & Working Capital

Implementation support

Build and implement a 13-week cash-flow model, working-capital cadence and management routines around AR, AP, inventory and cash commitments.

Ongoing advisory

Monthly cash reviews, rolling forecasts, working-capital actions, scenario analysis and management decision support.

Fractional CFO

Ongoing leadership around liquidity, financing, capital allocation, major spending decisions and cash discipline.

Product Costing & Margin

Implementation support

Rebuild costing templates, fully burdened cost models, pricing tools and a practical actual-vs-estimated variance framework.

Ongoing advisory

Monthly product margin reviews, cost-driver monitoring, pricing support and investigation of material cost variances.

Fractional CFO

Leadership support for pricing strategy, margin improvement, product economics, investment decisions and commercial finance.

Finance Function & FP&A

Implementation support

Accelerate the close, redesign management reporting, establish financial KPIs, improve forecasting and create repeatable FP&A processes.

Ongoing advisory

Monthly management reporting, forecasting, KPI reviews, variance analysis and decision-support cadence.

Fractional CFO

Senior finance leadership across planning, performance management, capital decisions, executive reporting and strategic decision support.

The natural next step

Fractional CFO & Advisory

For businesses that need an experienced finance partner but aren't ready for a full-time CFO, Finova provides a recurring advisory relationship built around a defined monthly cadence — plus hands-on support when you raise capital, from lender packages through due diligence. Once the books are clean and reconciled, we can deploy AI tools on top so you can ask questions of your numbers in plain English.

Management reporting Rolling forecast Cash review Margin review KPI review Decision support Board & lender reporting Financing & due diligence Finance AI tools

The financial foundation under everything Finova does

Accounting & Corporate Tax

Every diagnostic, model and decision on this page depends on accurate, timely books. For businesses that would rather hand the whole function over, Finova runs accounting end to end — from day-to-day bookkeeping and a clean monthly close through year-end statements and corporate tax filing — delivered by a team led by experienced CPAs.

Bookkeeping AP & AR Bank reconciliations Payroll coordination Monthly close Year-end financial statements Corporate tax (T2)

What Finova is built to do

Bring finance closer to the decisions that create value.

“What happened?” matters. But growing businesses need Finance to help answer three more important questions:

Why did it happen? What happens next? What should we do?

Finova is designed around that progression.

About Finova

Finance experience grounded in how businesses actually operate.

Finova brings together controllership, FP&A, operational finance and executive decision support — with a practical focus on cash, margins, forecasting and the financial mechanics underneath day-to-day business decisions.

The approach is intentionally hands-on: understand the business, find the root cause, build something usable, and help management put it into practice.

ControllershipClose, working capital, reporting

FP&AForecasting, modelling, KPI management

Operational financeCosting, pricing, inventory, margins

Executive supportCash, decisions, planning, value creation

Financing & diligenceLender packages, debt raises, transaction due diligence

Accounting & taxBookkeeping, year-end, corporate tax — CPA-led team

The team

55+ years of combined finance, accounting and tax experience

Finova is led by an ACCA-qualified senior finance executive with 15+ years of experience, including CFO-level leadership in PE-backed manufacturing — controllership, FP&A, lender due diligence and board-level reporting.

Accounting, year-end and corporate tax work is delivered with our CPA partner firm, in practice for more than eight years and led by CPAs with 20+ and 10+ years of experience, supported by senior practice staff.

You'll meet the team on your first call.

Start with the problem

Let's determine where Finova can create the most value.

Tell us what's creating financial friction today. We'll identify the most appropriate starting point and whether a diagnostic, implementation project or ongoing advisory relationship makes sense.

Serving Sarnia, London and Southwestern Ontario · info@finovacfo.com