Your fund performs.
Your back office doesn’t.
Investment firms need institutional-grade financial operations — but most run on spreadsheets and manual processes. We install a financial operating system that brings discipline to fund operations, LP reporting, and management company economics.
Free diagnostic for investment firms doing $1M–$20M in management fees.
AUM keeps climbing.
So why are fee margins shrinking?
Your fund is growing. But your management company P&L doesn’t reflect it. Fund expenses are tangled with management company overhead. LP reporting is assembled manually every quarter. Waterfall calculations aren’t documented well enough to survive scrutiny. K-1 timelines slip. And nobody has a clear picture of whether the management company itself is profitable. When LPs or auditors dig in, the operational gaps become visible. That’s not an investment problem — it’s the same visibility problem we fix in every service business.
We diagnose in order. COGS, S&M, then G&A.
60% gross margin. 15% investor relations & capital raising. 15% overhead. That leaves 30% operating profit. Here’s how we get your investment firm there.
Fund Operations & Compliance Infrastructure
In investment firms, COGS is fund administration, compliance costs, and audit fees. Before we touch margin, we reconcile fund-level accounting. Your NAV must be accurate, your close process consistent, and your fund expenses properly allocated — or every downstream number is wrong.
Know your cost to raise — by LP channel.
Target: 15% of management fee revenue on investor relations and capital raising. Most firms don’t track IR costs by channel. We break down your cost to acquire and retain LPs — placement agents, events, IR headcount — so you know which relationships actually pay back.
Management company economics that survive scrutiny.
Target: 15% of revenue on G&A. Investment firm overhead is typically rent, technology, admin headcount, and a growing compliance stack nobody audits. We separate your management company P&L from fund operations — so you know your true overhead, profitability, and path to sustainable economics.
Fund entity structure & tax strategy.
Fund structures create unique tax complexity. We manage it. From GP/LP entities to carried interest treatment, we keep your tax position optimized year-round — turning improved fund economics into real after‑tax wealth through entity structure and tax strategy.
Don’t just take our word for it.
“We grew from zero to $300K MRR with Arron’s leadership.”
“A team we can rely on, with rapid-fire responses and consistent support.”
“He brings creative ideas and valuable insights that have transformed our business.”
From first call to deployed system.
30-Minute Assessment Call
We discuss your current state, your goals, and whether we’re the right fit. No pitch deck — just an honest conversation.
Scale-Ready Assessment
We stress-test your books, fund operations, cash position, tax strategy, and operational dependency. You get a Scale-Ready Report with green/yellow/red scoring and the top blockers prioritized.
System Installation
Full financial operating system: clean books, reconciled fund accounting, deployed tax strategy, live dashboard, and monthly CFO cadence. Typical deployment: 90 days.
The system works. Here’s what it looks like.
Time to full financial system deployment.
Tax liability eliminated through entity restructuring and strategic planning.
Revenue under active management across client engagements.
Three signals your investment firm has an operations problem.
If any of these hit home, the 60-15-15 diagnostic will show you exactly where the leak is and how to fix it.
AUM is growing but your management company P&L is tangled with fund expenses.
Fund admin costs, compliance fees, and management company overhead are all lumped together. You can’t tell if the management company is profitable on its own — and neither can your LPs when they ask.
LP reporting is assembled manually every quarter from spreadsheets.
Capital account statements take days to compile. Distribution notices go out late. Your LP reporting isn’t at the institutional grade your investors expect — and it’s becoming a risk to your next raise.
K-1 timelines slip every year and waterfall calculations aren’t documented.
Your tax preparer gets the data late. Waterfall models live in one person’s spreadsheet. Carried interest treatment isn’t optimized. And every year, the same fire drill repeats — because nobody built the system to prevent it.
Free for investment firms doing $1M–$20M in management fees.
Common questions.
Everything you need to know about our CFO services for private equity, venture capital, and investment firms.
Stop making decisions on gut feel.
The Scale-Ready Assessment shows you exactly where your fund operations stand — profitability scorecard, tax strategy overview, and a clear picture of what to fix first.
Book Your Scale-Ready AssessmentFree for investment firms doing $1M–$20M in management fees.