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Mid Market Business Advisory

Senior insight at every inflection.

One relationship. Every stage. From first revenue to exit.

  • Domestic & International Tax Advisory
    Multi-year structural planning that engineers the after-tax outcome before any transaction is signed.
  • Transaction Advisory
    Pre-LOI structuring, sell-side QoE, buy-side diligence, and proceeds modeling on $5M–$250M deals.
  • CFO Advisory
    Embedded senior finance leadership — close discipline, board reporting, FP&A, and capital strategy.
  • Tax Compliance
    Personal, business, and trust tax preparation and compliance.
  • Tax Controversy & Dispute Resolution
    Income, sales, and all other tax controversy, dispute resolution, and audit defense.
  • Risk Management, Treasury & Investment
    Risk management, treasury, and asset protection planning.
Lifecycle Map

Where we engage.

System View
Advisory Lifecycle · v2026
BUSINESS LIFECYCLE STAGE 01 Foundation $5M–$50M FOCUS CFO Advisory STAGE 02 Growth $50M–$250M FOCUS Tax Advisory STAGE 03 Scale $250M–$1B FOCUS Transaction Advisory STAGE 04 Exit / Liquidity $1B+ FOCUS Owner liquidity ONE ADVISORY RELATIONSHIP · ALL FOUR STAGES
Stage 01 · $5M–$50M 01
Foundation
  • CFO Advisory
Stage 02 · $50M–$250M 02
Growth
  • Domestic & International Tax Advisory
Stage 03 · $250M–$1B 03
Scale
  • Transaction Advisory
Stage 04 · $1B+ 04
Exit / Liquidity
  • Owner liquidity
Advisory Modules

Three pillars. Eight engagement capabilities.

Domestic & International Tax Advisory, Transaction Advisory, and CFO Advisory — delivered as one coordinated relationship.

Tax Advisory 01

Domestic & International

Owner Liquidity Planning 02

Distribution · diversification · gifting

Transaction Advisory — Sell-Side 03

QoE · structuring · proceeds modeling

Transaction Advisory — Buy-Side 04

Tax diligence · deal structure · integration

CFO Advisory — Fractional CFO 05

Embedded senior finance leadership

CFO Advisory — Operating System 06

Cadence · dashboards · forecast

Tax Compliance 07

Personal · business · trust preparation

Tax Controversy, Dispute Resolution & Audit Defense 08

Income, sales, and all other tax

Transaction Advisory Readiness

Two ways founders go to market.

Your deal outcome is set 12–18 months before you meet a buyer. By the time buyers are in your data room, leverage has already shifted — unless you built it to stay with you.

Unprepared seller
  • Buyer runs quality of earnings and sets the terms
  • Tax exposure modeled after the structure is already on the table
  • Working capital negotiated under pressure, mid-process
  • Broad indemnities accepted; no pre-positioned insurance strategy
  • Last-minute retrades of 8–15% accepted out of deal fatigue
Strategy-led seller
  • Sell-side QoE complete before buyers see a document
  • Tax basis and structure optimized before LOI
  • Working capital target set from a clean 12-month baseline
  • Rep and warranty coverage pre-arranged; indemnity exposure narrowed
  • Closing certainty becomes leverage; retrade risk is largely eliminated
Business Tax & Specialty Tax

Most mid-market companies overpay.

Not because their CPA isn't competent — but because compliance-focused advisory doesn't ask the right questions.

  • Entity structure and ownership redesign
  • Accounting method elections and income timing strategies
  • Federal and state credits: R&D, energy, employment
  • Deferred compensation and executive equity structures
  • Cost segregation and accelerated depreciation
  • Charitable planning and specialty deduction structures
  • Oil, gas, and real estate passive income programs

We review your full tax position — entity, personal, and trust — and build a plan, not a checklist.

CFO Advisory Services

Senior financial leadership, without the overhead of a full-time hire.

Embedded inside your broader NJA relationship — tax, transactions, and financial leadership working as one team.

  • Budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow management
  • Board-ready reporting and lender presentations
  • Controller oversight and month-end close discipline
  • Audit-ready books maintained continuously — not assembled before a transaction
  • Strategic input on pricing, capital allocation, and growth decisions
  • Tax and financial reporting kept in full alignment

Unlike a typical fractional engagement, our CFO advisory is embedded in your broader NJA relationship — tax, transactions, and financial leadership working as one team.

Practice FAQ

Advisory, answered.

Common questions from founders and operators evaluating Domestic & International Tax Advisory, Transaction Advisory, and CFO Advisory engagements.

What is mid-market Transaction Advisory Services?

Mid-Market Transaction Advisory Services is the structuring, diligence, and post-close work that determines how much of an enterprise sale price the seller actually keeps — and what the buyer's effective acquisition cost looks like after-tax. We work on transactions in the $5M to $250M revenue range across sell-side, buy-side, recapitalization, and ESOP structures, in coordination with corporate counsel, investment bankers, and the company's existing finance team.

When should a founder engage advisory before a transaction?

The highest-leverage engagements begin 12 to 24 months before a contemplated transaction — early enough to choose entity form, complete QSBS holding periods, complete §1202 stacking, structure secondary sales, restructure equity grants, and clean up working capital and historical positions. Engaging at the LOI stage is still valuable but the structuring window is largely closed.

Do you provide fractional CFO services?

Yes. Our fractional CFO engagements are senior-led — typically a partner with prior CFO or controller experience inside an operating mid-market business — and they cover financial close discipline, board reporting, FP&A, capital structure, and bank/lender management. We do not place junior staff in fractional CFO seats.

How do you support sell-side versus buy-side Transaction Advisory Services?

On sell-side we prepare the company tax-wise for diligence, identify and remediate exposure (sales tax nexus, employment classification, R&D credit substantiation, owner-comp benchmarking), structure the seller's after-tax outcome, and negotiate tax provisions in the purchase agreement. On buy-side we run tax diligence, model post-close effective rates, and design the integration so day-one tax surprises do not erode the thesis.

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