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CFO Advisory & Management Consulting

CFO Advice & Management Consulting for Small Businesses

Make better business decisions with clearer numbers. Numble helps St. Albert and Edmonton-area business owners understand cash flow, pricing, profitability, budgets, hiring decisions, and growth plans, without needing a full-time CFO.

  • Cash-flow planning
  • Budgeting and forecasting
  • Profitability review
  • Pricing and margin support
  • Built on clean bookkeeping
A St. Albert business owner reviewing numbers and planning decisions with a Numble advisor
Sound familiar?

You probably need CFO advice if…

  • You have bookkeeping reports but do not know what to do with them
  • Profit looks good on paper, but cash still feels tight
  • You are considering hiring, expanding, financing, or buying equipment
  • You are unsure whether your pricing is high enough
  • You want to understand margins by service, project, location, or team
  • You are growing but decisions are becoming more expensive
  • You want a budget or forecast before making a big move
  • You need better reports for a bank, lender, partner, or internal planning
  • You want financial advice throughout the year, not just at tax time
What's included

What's included

Practical financial advice for owners who have the numbers and want help deciding what to do with them.

Cash-flow review

Money coming in and out, timing gaps, debt payments, tax obligations, payroll pressure, and seasonal cash needs.

Budgeting and forecasting

A simple forecast of expected revenue, expenses, cash, taxes, payroll, and owner compensation.

Profitability analysis

What is actually making money: services, clients, projects, jobs, departments, or revenue streams.

Pricing and margin advice

Whether your pricing covers labour, overhead, tax, owner pay, and profit.

Management reporting

Clearer monthly or quarterly reports that show the numbers you actually need to watch.

Growth and hiring decisions

Whether the business can afford a new employee, contractor, vehicle, lease, software, or expansion.

Financing and lender readiness

Financial information, forecasts, and reports organized for bank conversations or financing applications.

Owner compensation planning

Conversations around salary, dividends, draws, cash reserves, and reinvestment.

A confident small-business owner with a clear plan after a CFO advice session
The outcome

Peace of mind, knowing you'll have:

  • A clearer view of cash flow
  • A simple budget or forecast
  • A better understanding of profit margins
  • Pricing or cost concerns identified
  • Monthly or quarterly KPIs to watch
  • Decision support for hiring, spending, expansion, or financing
  • A plain-language explanation of what the numbers mean
  • Specific next steps, not vague strategy
The process

How Numble's CFO advisory works

1

Start with the question

We identify the decision you are trying to make: cash flow, hiring, pricing, growth, financing, profitability, or owner pay.

2

Review your current numbers

We look at bookkeeping, financial statements, tax obligations, payroll, GST, debt, and recurring costs.

3

Build the analysis

Depending on the issue, we prepare a budget, forecast, cash-flow view, margin review, or management report.

4

Talk through the decision

We explain the numbers clearly and help you understand the tradeoffs.

5

Turn it into a plan

You leave with practical next steps, not just a spreadsheet.

Getting started

What we need from you

You do not need every item ready. Most of all, bring the decision you want help with.

  • Recent financial statements
  • Bookkeeping file or QuickBooks access
  • Bank and credit card balances
  • Current payroll costs
  • Debt or loan payment details
  • GST and corporate tax obligations
  • Revenue by service, client, job, or product if available
  • Major upcoming expenses
  • The decision or problem you want help with
Pricing

Advice priced to the question

This works as a one-time session or as ongoing support, so pricing depends on what you need. If we already handle your bookkeeping, payroll, GST, or corporate tax, advisory fits in easily. Pricing depends on:

  • One-time advisory session or ongoing support
  • Whether bookkeeping is current
  • Complexity of the question
  • Forecasting or reporting needs
  • Number of entities, locations, departments, or revenue streams
  • Whether lender or investor materials are needed
  • Meeting frequency
  • Whether Numble also handles your bookkeeping, payroll, GST, or corporate tax
Start anywhere

Book a CFO advice session

Bring one question or a few. We will help you understand the numbers and what to do next, with no obligation.

Book a CFO Advice Session Ask About Advisory Support

Available as a one-time session or ongoing, CFO-style support, whichever fits.

Worth knowing

Good advice needs good numbers

CFO advice works best when the books are current. If your records are behind or unreliable, we may recommend bookkeeping cleanup first, so the advice is based on accurate numbers rather than guesses.

FAQ

CFO advice questions, answered

What is the difference between bookkeeping and CFO advice?
Bookkeeping keeps your records accurate. CFO advice helps you use those records to make decisions, like pricing, hiring, cash flow, and growth.
Do I need a full-time CFO?
Probably not. Many small businesses need occasional or monthly financial guidance, not a full-time finance executive. That is exactly what this service is for.
Can you help with cash-flow forecasting?
Yes. Cash-flow forecasting is one of the most useful advisory tools for a small business, and one of the first things we build.
Can you help me decide whether I can afford to hire?
Yes. We can review your payroll cost, expected revenue, cash timing, and the impact on profit so the decision is based on real numbers.
Can you help with pricing?
Yes. We can review your margins, overhead, labour costs, tax obligations, and profit targets to see whether your pricing holds up.
Do my books need to be current first?
Ideally, yes. CFO advice is only as good as the numbers behind it. If your books are behind, we may recommend a cleanup first.
Is this available as a one-time session?
Yes. We offer both one-time advisory sessions and ongoing CFO-style support, depending on what you need.

Turn your numbers into better decisions.

Book a CFO advice session or ask about ongoing support, and we will help you understand your numbers and your next move.

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