We are the foundation beneath good decisions. Senior finance, strategy, and operations leadership for organizations that need the base built right, so what comes next can rise.
Most firms pick one: the safe pair of hands or the growth story. We think the two belong together. A foundation is only worth building because of what stands on it.
We build the base first: clean books, real visibility, and sound processes. Growth should stand on something solid.
We scale toward the operational moves that actually shift outcomes, not growth for its own sake.
Reskill and build people up before you ever consider eliminating a role. Your team is part of the foundation, not a line item.
Better questions beat more reports. We optimize for decisions, not activity.
Plain answers, confidence without overpromising, and value you can measure. Clarity is not pressure. Clarity is kindness.
We build capability and leaders that outlive the engagement, not dependence on us. Success is what keeps working after we leave.
We build the foundation. You build what comes next.
White-collar and back-office expertise: fractional executives who take the seat, and consulting teams who build the machinery behind it.
Financial diagnostics, forecasting, KPIs, cash-flow discipline, and a steady hand on every decision with a dollar sign attached.
Interim executive leadership through transitions, turnarounds, and growth phases. Accountable, senior, and temporary by design.
Experienced PM leadership that keeps initiatives moving. Coordination, follow-through, and honest status reports.
Roadmaps, planning, and decision support grounded in your real numbers.
Practical adoption: where automation genuinely helps, and where automation does not.
ERP and systems work: selection, configuration, integration, adoption.
On-call counsel for leaders and teams, shaped around the moment at hand rather than a fixed program. Available when the question arrives.
HR, admin, and process design. The quiet machinery that makes growth possible.
Foundations look different in every industry. These are the ones where we have stood in the work ourselves.
Nonprofit advisory remains a standing commitment: durable foundations for mission-driven organizations, with stewardship of every dollar so the work can grow.
Different organizations, one common thread: they have outgrown their foundation, or they are about to. We meet you where you stand.
You built something real. Now the finances, systems, and back office need to catch up to the business you actually run.
Every dollar carries a promise. We help you steward it with the same rigor a business would demand, in service of the mission.
Investors expect reporting, forecasting, and controls that hold up under scrutiny. We build them fast, and to institutional standards.
Every engagement is scaled to what you actually need, never more. Start with a single deliverable or a full partnership; the door swings both ways.
Defined scope, defined price. Best for one-time diagnostics or discrete build projects: a financial health check, a roadmap, a working model.
Pay for time as it is used, against a tiered rate card. The right resource is matched to the task, so you never pay executive rates for coordination work.
A reserved block of hours each month at a preferred rate: priority access, predictable budgeting, and a partner who already knows your business.
A foundation is best judged by what stands on it.
No leverage model, no hand-offs to junior staff. The people you meet are the people who do the work.
Bio to come. A few sentences on where Michael has stood in the work: the industries, the seats held, and the foundations built.
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LINKEDIN ↗A senior finance executive who works with your organization part-time: financial diagnostics, forecasting, KPIs, and cash-flow discipline at a fraction of the cost of a full-time hire. Executive-level judgment, scaled to what you actually need.
Pre-revenue to $200MM: small and mid-market businesses, nonprofits, and PE-backed growth companies. The common thread is a foundation that needs to catch up to the organization standing on it.
Three ways in, no lock-in: fixed-fee deliverables with defined scope and price, hourly and project work against a tiered rate card, or a monthly retainer with a reserved block of hours at a preferred rate.
Six stages that form a complete 12-month relationship: financial diagnostics and analysis, strategic planning and KPI development, financial model implementation and reporting, monthly strategy and profit optimization sessions, annual review and planning, plus on-demand project and decision support that runs in parallel. Commission any single stage or the full program.
Capital expenditure evaluation, financing options analysis, strategic acquisition assessment, loan application preparation, debt restructuring, pricing decisions, customer contract analysis, vendor recommendations and negotiations, and working capital optimization. Analysis and recommendations are delivered within 5 to 7 business days.
Fractional CEO and project management leadership, strategy, AI and technology adoption, ERP and systems execution, back office operations (HR, admin, process design), and nonprofit advisory. The same tiered approach applies: the right resource is matched to the task, so you never pay executive rates for coordination work.
Cimientu comes from the Asturian word for foundation. That is the belief the firm is built on: get the base right, and what comes next can rise.
The best first messages are not polished. The best first messages are clear. A few things that make it easier for us to help:
Instead of "can you help with our finances?" try "we need a 13-week cash-flow model before our April board meeting." Concrete asks get concrete answers.
"We are a $4M nonprofit that just lost our finance director." Knowing where you stand, and why you are asking now, helps us respond usefully on the first pass.
If there is a fit, we will say so plainly. If there is not, we will point you to someone better suited. Either way, you will hear back from a person.
"Clarity is not pressure. Clarity is kindness."
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