Perform an initial assessment of the company's current financial situation. Analyze past few years financial data, as available and determine key issues or trends that need to be addressed or monitored.

Build a comprehensive business plan that includes realistic estimates of revenues, costs and projected cash flows. The plan highlights critical milestones with a timeline. This is an important step when working with lenders for financing providing them with the necessary information to make a lending decision.

Evaluate the current systems to make sure that all the critical information is being collected efficiently and accurately. Making sure your organization is utilizing the accounting and finance system that the company invested in.

Assist in the annual process of updating the strategic business plan to reflect the factors that change over time. Help set identifiable and measureable goals for each function of the business to ensure that they tie into the overall goals of the organization.

Pathfinders can help bolster your finance team. Both short and long term help are available. Sometimes a fulltime Controller/CFO just doesn't make sense, Pathfinders brings the skills and the experience needed on a part-time basis.

Perform core accounting functions for the organization as required. The monthly results are compared to the business plan with explanations provided for material deviations.