Strategic finance for creative businesses that are ready to grow

Total Financial Clarity works with owner-led production, media, and creative service companies to build the financial infrastructure that connects the books to how leadership actually makes decisions.

Who is this for?

You’re running a real business. Your finances should feel like it.

If any of these sound familiar, we should talk.

“We’re bringing in revenue — so why isn’t there more left over?”

“I don’t know which projects are actually making us money.”

“Cash flow is unpredictable and I’m constantly putting out fires.”

“I don’t know if we should hire, cut, or restructure right now.”

“We’re always robbing Peter to pay Paul.”

“The data comes in too late to actually act on it.”

Three phases from scattered numbers to real answers.

How does it work?

Financial Clarity Audit

Most growing production and media companies reach a point where the books are technically in order — but leadership still can't answer the questions that matter. Which projects are actually profitable? Where is the cash going? What's coming in the next 90 days?

The Financial Clarity Audit is a 2–3 week deep dive into how your business actually operates — not just how it looks on paper. Financial systems and reporting, cash flow and spending patterns, project budgets and profitability, contracts and risk exposure, and the communication gaps between finance, sales, and operations.

The deliverable is a clear, prioritized breakdown of what's working, what isn't, and exactly what to do about it. It has value as a standalone engagement whether or not the work continues.


Implementation

The audit reveals the gaps. Implementation closes them.

Over 2–6 weeks, the systems your business actually needs get built and put to work — real-time financial visibility tools, spend controls and approval workflows, project-level budgeting structures, tool integration to reduce complexity, and cross-functional alignment between finance and operations.

Every implementation is scoped directly to the audit findings. The scope is defined in writing before work begins. Everything is fixed fee. No hourly surprises.


Ongoing Strategic Support

Systems need tending. Businesses keep growing. Decisions keep coming.

Ongoing strategic support provides executive-level financial thinking on a monthly retainer basis — decision-making support around hiring, restructuring, and budgeting; regular reporting and financial insight; and strategic guidance on profitability and risk as the business evolves.

This is the layer between your bookkeeper and your board. Senior finance thinking, available when it matters, without the overhead of a full-time hire.

Ready to see what's actually going on with your numbers?

Start with a free 30-minute call. Bring your biggest financial question — walk away with at least one concrete thing to look at, whether or not we work together.