Finance partner · service companies

Revenue is growing.
Margin is not.
Let's find out why.

A full picture of margin by every product, project and client. Specific recommendations you can actually put into practice. First results within a month.

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Margin · by business line
updated 2 min ago

Revenue

€184K

▲ 12.4%

Margin

31.2%

▲ 2.1 pp

Cash

€57K

4 months of reserve

TrainingDesignSupportConsultingDevelopment
Loss-making lines2 found
Improvement potential+4.3 pp margin
Recommendations3 actions

30 days

to the first reporting with recommendations

2–3 h/month

of your time — the rest is on me

Yours for good

the accounting architecture stays with you

from €1,500/mo

one format — a retainer

Sound familiar?

This is for you if this is where you are

Each of these situations is a reason to build a finance system rather than keep running the business on gut feeling.

01

Revenue is growing, margin is not

You hire people and take on projects, yet profit stays where it was. It's unclear which lines of business make money and which don't.

02

An investor or partner is asking for transparency

You need verifiable reporting for a round, a new partner coming in, or due diligence. Every request turns into a fire drill.

03

Your finance person left, or the accountant doesn't cover it

The accountant files taxes, but there is no management accounting. It needs to be built again — and better than it was.

04

Decisions are made on gut feeling

Data arrives too late or in an awkward form. It's unclear where the money goes and when the next cash gap will hit.

What you get

Concrete deliverables, not abstract promises

Every item here is something you can open and use. A system that keeps working even if we stop working together.

Accounting architecture

Chart of accounts, reference lists, registers — designed around your business. Yours for good, whatever happens.

Detailed reporting

Profit and loss and cash flow by every product, project and client. Not a single profit figure — the full picture.

Monthly analysis note

A monthly review: what changed, where it's worth looking closer, and what specifically I recommend doing.

Margin recommendations

Specific actions: what to revisit, where to focus, which lines of business are worth letting go.

Cash flow forecast

Knowing how much cash you'll have in 1, 3 and 6 months. No surprises and no cash gaps.

Policies and guides

Accounting policy, rules for the team, video guides. The system runs without your involvement.

How it works

Three stages — from a review to a working system

01

Economics review

1–2 calls · free

We look at how your accounting works today and what you want to get out of it. You end up with a short note: three observations about your numbers and what to do about them. It's yours to keep either way.

02

Building the system

Months 1–3 · from €1,500/mo

I design the accounting architecture, connect the data sources and build the first detailed reporting. The first recommendations arrive in month one.

03

Ongoing support

Month 4+ · from €1,500/mo

Period closes, monthly analysis with recommendations, developing the system, help on request. Your part: 2–3 hours a month.

The accounting architecture is yours for good. If we stop working together, you keep a complete, working system.

Not sure you need a finance partner? Drop me a line — we'll figure it out in 20 minutes. If tidying up two spreadsheets is all it takes, I'll tell you so.

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From practice

Two projects, two different tasks

Different industries and scale, the same path: understand the economics of the business and build a system.

Education · Lisbon

Clarity International School — finance infrastructure for investors

MetricBeforeAfter
Month-end close1–2 weeks3 days
Data entrythe founderthe team, by the rules
Investor reportfrom scratch every timestraight from the system

The school raised investment, and the old spreadsheet-based accounting stopped keeping up. I designed the accounting architecture from scratch: detail by project, product and account. Built the reporting and the monthly analysis note. Handed the system over to the team — it now runs on its own.

“Closing the month used to mean days of manual reconciliation. Now the team enters the data by the rules, and I only check the final report.”

Alexander, co-founder of Clarity International School

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Beauty · Lisbon

Pause salon — automating data collection for financial reporting

MetricBeforeAfter
Data collectionhours of manual workautomatic
Quality controlhunting for discrepancies by handautomatic reconciliation
Support costa recurring feecut to a minimum

The salon was paying every month for manual data collection and report preparation. I built a system that pulls the data from the CRM and the transaction register on its own, then assembles the reports. We are still working together.

“I used to be afraid to ask how the money was doing — the answer only came a month later. Now the numbers come together into a report by themselves.”

Dasha, owner of Pause

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Klim Korotkov

Klim Korotkov

Fractional Finance Partner

15+ years in finance and business management. CFO, VP of Operations, co-founder. Managed budgets from $1M to $10M+ and teams of up to 30 people. Built finance functions from the inside — now I do the same as an external partner.

US, UAE, EU — international experience Русский / English Working remotely

Pricing

One format — a retainer

You get a finance partner who keeps your numbers in order and under control, and shows you the margin of your business. The first 1–2 calls are free.

Economics review

1–2 calls · free

We look at how your accounting works and where the bottlenecks are We see whether we're a good fit for each other No obligations You get: a note with three observations about your numbers
Main format

Retainer

from €1,500/mo · 3 months minimum

Months 1–3: accounting architecture, detailed reporting, first recommendations Month 4+: period closes, monthly analysis, developing the system The architecture is yours for good Your part: access to the data + 2–3 hours a month

If a retainer isn't the right fit, we can discuss a project format.

How it pays for itself

€3M

revenue of a service company

€30K

is what each 1% of gross margin is worth

€18–36K

is what a year of working with me costs

≈ 1 pp

of gross margin pays for a year of the retainer

This is arithmetic, not a promise. How much margin can be recovered in your particular business becomes clear in the first month of work.

AlternativeWhat you getHow I differ
Junior finance analyst €800–1,500/mo Compiles the numbers I build the system and give recommendations on margin
Outsourced accounting €1K–2.5K/mo A template approach I design around the economics of your specific business
In-house CFO €3K–5K/mo A full-time hire The same level — without the full-time commitment

Questions

Everything you need to know before we start

Can't find your question? Message me on Telegram — I'll answer personally.

From €1,500 to €3,000 a month, depending on the number of data sources and the complexity of your accounting. We agree on the exact price after the first calls, once I understand your situation.

2–3 hours a month. Give access to the data (bank, CRM, spreadsheets), then once a month go through the results and make decisions. No need to let your accountant go, change software or sit through training.

No. The accountant keeps the books and files taxes. I build the management system — margin by business line, forecasts, recommendations. The two roles complement each other; they don't compete.

The accounting architecture is yours for good: chart of accounts, reference lists, registers, report templates, policies. Nothing breaks. You can hire a finance person and have them work by the ready-made policies.

30 days. In the first month you get working registers, the first reporting with detail by product and project, and specific recommendations: what to revisit and where to focus.

I work remotely with companies in the EU, the CIS and the US. The format is fully remote. What matters is that our time zones overlap for the regular reviews.

Three months — the minimum it takes to build the system and get the first steady results. After three months, it rolls over month to month.

Message me on Telegram — tell me briefly about your business and what you want to solve. We'll get on a call and go through your economics; afterwards I'll send you a short note with observations. If we're a good fit, we start.

Let's find out how the economics of your business really work

Message me on Telegram — tell me briefly about your business and what you want to solve. I reply within a day.

Discuss your situation

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