When the numbers stop making sense, we get them right and show you what's coming.
One team for finance, accounting and operations, working inside your business. Books you can trust, and a plan for next quarter while you can still change it. One person here is accountable for every number you get, and tells you what they couldn't check.
Outsourced finance and accounting that actually executes.
- Accountability! Doing what we say, when we say we will do it.
- We tell you where the problem is, and why, and actually help you address it.
- We have the tough conversations and tell you the truth from an outsider and expert perspective.
- Every month you get a short read: what happened, what's coming, and what we'd do about it.
Fractional CFO
What the numbers mean and what to do next.
Controller and accounting
Books that are right and closed on time.
Fractional COO
The plan runs, the cadence holds, the work gets done.
- Fractional CFO
- Outsourced Accounting
- Profitability Engine
Chief Financial Officers you can count on
A CFO who builds your model and watches your cash, and who sits in your leadership meeting on the rhythm your package sets.
Books that are right, and closed on time
A controller and accountants who close your books on a schedule you can plan around. They run AR, AP and payroll, and one of them owns the number you get.
Transform your Profitability Engine
Our unique engagement audits all the elements that make your business tick. We leverage a proven formula that combines finance, operations, and accounting, allowing you to focus on strategizing for growth.
What working with us looks like
We work inside your business.
You'll find us in your inbox, in your QuickBooks and in your leadership meeting, and clients talk about us by first name.
Your first month comes with a plan that has dates on it.
What we're cleaning up, what it costs, and when we expect the first clean close.
Numbers you can read.
Revenue, margin and cash in a short monthly read, and we'll show you the source for any number you ask about.
We keep the filings on the calendar.
Sales and use tax, payroll and year-end support, with your CPA kept in the loop.
Your systems, made to agree.
We work in the tools you already run, QuickBooks first, and fix the places where they disagree with each other.
Priced on the page.
Monthly packages are a fixed price and the prices are published, so you can read them before you call us. One-time projects, like a new financial model, are scoped and priced at a fixed fee before we start.
How did we get here?
It started with a commitment to elevating the community
Focused Energy was Founded by Drew Lyon in 2013 in Boulder, Colorado. Drew is a finance professional who is dedicated to assisting businesses to thrive in a challenging world. Drew's understanding of finance and appreciation for innovation led him to establish a company that helps individuals with great ideas establish successful businesses. For the team at Focused Energy, what may be just a job for others is a calling and a passion.
It's a running joke among Drew's friends and colleagues that he is never able to simply pay for his purchases and leave a store. Instead, in the same breath as saying hello to the store owner, he is already asking "How's business?"
As passionate for your company’s growth as the Founders we partner with
This focus, drive, and compassion are what Focused Energy brings to our client portfolio today. While our work usually involves more complex business strategy and tactical needs, our business principles and genuine interest in making an impact in our community remain the same. It is rooted in every member of our team and the values guiding our growth. On any given Saturday morning you can bet that you will find one of our team members at a local business in downtown Denver or Boulder and chances are you’ll overhear us inquire, “So how’s business going?”
"I appreciate many things about the relationship, but the thing that stands out the most is your level of passion and dedication. I've always felt that your team has been fully invested in our success and you've gone above and beyond to deeply understand our business and help us in ways beyond what we expected."
