Strategic Finance Advisory

We help CXOs and Private Equity Firms who lead scale-ups and ambitious & growth-driven industrial SMEs, predominantly in the DACH region, who value expertise, forward-looking innovation, fast improvements, increased company valuations, sustainable and streamlined operations, adaptability, and business expansion. We grow business value, focusing on the top and bottom line, cash flow, and resource efficiency. We provide diverse, end-to-end solutions when internal resources are stretched thin or an outside perspective is essential. Our network of C-Level executives is ready to step in and deliver lasting impact, ensuring your business’s continued success.

* Future Edge CFO * Bringing Value Of Your Business To Life

Business value depends essentially on increasing profitability, cash flows and asset efficiency. If you want to get more value out of your business, you have to think of value enhancement. Using our proprietary financial and strategic frameworks, we can help with the following business challenges:

Profitability problem, with the goal to maximize your sales margins (gross and net)
Enter a new market problem or introduce a new product, with the goal to assess desirability, feasibility and profitability of doing so
Sales growth problem, with the goal to produce consistent and growing revenue streams
Asset efficiency problem, with the goal to maximize asset performance and return it generates to the business through revenue generations.
Cash flow problem with the goal to find a “sweet spot” between too much cash, too little cash
Capital structure problem, with the goal to find optimal balance between debt and equity financing and through this maximize the business worth

“Every business wants to create value, and you need to polish your “shining red apple” before it is too late. There are so many destroyers of business value and even more untapped opportunities for increasing the worth of your business. Don’t let these destroyers and untapped opportunities take away money from you”

We offer you the opportunity to x-ray your business, both from a strategic and financial perspective, and realize the full potential of it, this with our team of experienced finance professionals and business strategists. Our approach is tailored and collaborative rather than prescriptive and proprietary as in traditional consulting. We engage for project duration, we listen, focus on building mutual trust, we act with transparency and integrity, we seek to maximize ROI to your business with the quickest possible payback, and we are guided by your needs and priorities. And we don’t leave till the job is done!

Strategic Financial Advisory: A Word From The Founder

Our competencies are grounded in 7 pillars that make us effective

Boutique financial advisors such as us offer a more personalized and cost-effective alternative to large advisory firms, or in-house subject-matter experts in your business, by providing tailored strategic finance advisory services, and doing so faster and cheaper. Key advantages of working with us include:

Unlocking the full power of our world-class methodology combined with the power of our experience and commitment to bring value of your business to live, and doing so cheaper and quicker than large advisors do, since we have both consulting and business experience and bring both together in a unique solution.

It is rare for business executives to fully understand and appreciate the complexity of modern finance and its link to the business strategy. Our holistic approach is one of a kind, and the combination of both strategy and finance methodologies increases exponentially the value that can be extracted from your business.

Our approach is holistic, as we deliver not only a world-class insights and advice, but in doing so, we apply project and change best-in-class methodologies which increase exponentially the commercial and financial opportunity available to you business while minimizing disruption to your organization.

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Why You Should Use Porter’s 5 Forces Model: Competitive Landscape Analysis

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Natalia MeissnerDecember 27, 2024

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The 5 Pillar SaaS Model: A Comprehensive Framework for Success

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Natalia MeissnerDecember 27, 2024

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Is Your Business Strategy Red or Blue? Mastering Market Analysis

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Natalia MeissnerDecember 26, 2024

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Understanding Your Business and Strategy: The Value Chain Framework

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How to Use the McKinsey 7S Model to Align Your Business for Long-Term Success

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Rescuing a Swiss Machine Builder from the Brink: My Journey as Interim CFO

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Natalia MeissnerJuly 5, 2024