Manufacturing
Cost Visibility for a Growing Manufacturer
Owners lacked clarity on product-level costs and true gross margin by line.
Built a simple unit-economic model, monthly margin review, and supplier cost tracking.

Blackridge · Financial Advisory & Fractional CFO Services
A boutique financial advisory firm providing strategic finance, financial modeling, FP&A, cash flow management, and Fractional CFO services to growing businesses.

About the Firm
Blackridge is a boutique financial advisory firm providing strategic finance, financial modeling, FP&A, cash flow management, business performance improvement, and Fractional CFO services to SMEs and growth-stage businesses.
We help owners and management teams strengthen profitability, forecasting, KPI reporting, and day-to-day financial decision-making through rigorous analysis, practical financial insight, and hands-on advisory support.
Discover the FirmPractice Areas
A full spectrum of financial advisory services — from strategic finance and FP&A to Fractional CFO leadership — designed to deliver compounding outcomes.
Investor-grade models for fundraising, M&A, valuation, and scenario planning.
ExploreDisciplined budgets and rolling forecasts the executive team actually uses.
Explore13-week forecasting and working-capital rigor to secure runway and resilience.
ExploreUnit-economic clarity by segment, product, channel, and customer.
ExploreA disciplined framework for allocating capital toward the highest-return uses.
ExploreDefensible valuation analysis for transactions, planning, and shareholder decisions.
ExploreHands-on support across the fundraising lifecycle — from preparation to close.
ExploreIndustries Served
Manufacturing
Retail & E-commerce
Healthcare
Real Estate
SMEs
Service Businesses
Problems We Solve
Every engagement begins with an unflinching look at the financial truth — followed by a precise plan to address it.
Stabilize liquidity and engineer working-capital headroom.
Diagnose margin leakage and rebuild unit economics.
Replace lagging reports with forward-looking intelligence.
Structural cost programs that protect long-term value.
Embed data discipline at the executive level.
Refocus capital allocation toward compounding returns.
Why Blackridge
Practical financial counsel tailored to the realities of growing businesses.
Quantitative rigor combined with operator-level judgment.
Rigorous financial analysis, disciplined execution, and a commitment to delivering trusted advisory outcomes.
Engagements anchored to defined KPI improvements.
Translating complexity into decisions owners and boards can act on.
Embedded delivery — never a deck-and-leave engagement.
Selected Engagements
Manufacturing
Owners lacked clarity on product-level costs and true gross margin by line.
Built a simple unit-economic model, monthly margin review, and supplier cost tracking.
Healthcare
Expansion plans were outpacing the business's view of cash and working capital.
Implemented a 13-week cash forecast, KPI dashboard, and monthly board-style reporting.
E-commerce
Revenue growth was masking weak contribution margin and slow inventory turns.
Channel-level P&L, simple CAC tracking, SKU review, and a clearer inventory model.
The Engagement
Confidential diagnostic of financial posture, capital structure, and strategic intent.
Forensic review of unit economics, cash conversion, and operating leverage.
Multi-year capital plan with prioritized initiatives and quantified outcomes.
Hands-on execution — embedded with your finance and operating leaders.
Live KPI dashboards and monthly board-grade reporting cadence.
Continuous calibration as markets, capital, and strategy evolve.
Why a Fractional CFO?
Most growing businesses need CFO-level thinking long before they can justify a CFO-level salary. A Fractional CFO closes that gap.
Full-Time CFO
Fractional CFO
Advisory Packages
Choose the level of financial leadership your business needs today — and grow into the next tier when you're ready.
Clarity & control
Plan & scale
Capital & growth
Begin the Engagement
A confidential conversation with our principal advisors. No obligation, full discretion.