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FPG-USA
Project-Based CFO Advisory
Helping Founders, CEOs & Boards Build Stronger Businesses
Remote | Nationwide
From the Bookkeeping Desk to the Boardroom
Since 2008

Intuit Gold ProAdvisor – Enterprise Suite Certified • QBO Level 2 Certified • Client Advisory Services Foundation
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Why Do the Same Business Problems Keep Returning?
Your business is growing, but cash shortages, borrowing, and operational problems keep returning. Discover why temporary fixes fail—and what six weeks of focused, project-based CFO advisory could accomplish.
Richard Kahn
Oct 124 min read


5 Warning Signs Your QuickBooks May Be Giving You the Wrong Numbers
Your QuickBooks may be running smoothly, but are the numbers accurate? Discover five warning signs of hidden accounting problems and how FPG-USA's Health Check and Diagnostic Audit services help identify issues before they affect business decisions.
Richard Kahn
Oct 15 min read


Your Companies Do Business With Each Other. Are You Counting the Same Money Twice?
Your companies may each have balanced books—but what happens when they do business with each other? Intercompany transactions can distort revenue, expenses, profitability and management reporting when related entities are viewed together.
Richard Kahn
Sep 233 min read


Take Control of Your Projects, Empower Leadership
Do you really have control of your projects? See how leadership can connect scope, budgets, costs, revenue, billing, margins and forecasts to identify where projects are heading while there is still time to influence the outcome.
Richard Kahn
Sep 154 min read


Using Dimensions to See What’s Really Driving Your Business
Your financial statements tell you whether the business made money—but do they tell you where and why? See how Dimensions can give single- and multi-entity business leaders greater visibility into what’s really driving performance.
Richard Kahn
Sep 84 min read


We Can Make Your QuickBooks Drive Enterprise Value. Here’s How.
QuickBooks can do much more than record what already happened. FPG-USA helps CEOs and founders build reliable accounting, understand profitability and cash flow, forecast what’s coming, automate financial processes and turn financial information into better business decisions.
Richard Kahn
Sep 23 min read


Harness the Crystal Ball Factor: The Pinnacle of CFO Achievement
Project-Based CFO Advisory can help leadership harness near-real-time financial intelligence, financial AI and experienced CFO-level judgment to see what is happening, understand why, anticipate what may happen next and decide what to do about it.
Richard Kahn
Aug 254 min read


Your P&L Says You’re Profitable. So Why Is Cash Getting Tighter?
Your P&L shows a profit, but cash keeps getting tighter. Learn how reliable bookkeeping, properly structured accounting, AI-assisted analysis, forecasting, and CFO-level judgment can identify where cash is going — and help management see what may happen next.
Richard Kahn
Aug 195 min read


Managing Multi-Entity Businesses with IES – Intuit Enterprise Suite
Intuit Enterprise Suite brings multi-entity accounting, consolidation, intercompany management, multidimensional reporting, and executive dashboards into a connected financial environment.
Richard Kahn
Aug 144 min read


QuickBooks Online Advanced: When Your Business Needs More From Its Financial System
As businesses grow, their financial systems need to grow with them. See how QuickBooks Online Advanced can improve visibility, profitability, automation and financial decision-making.
Richard Kahn
Aug 73 min read


THE HIDDEN FINANCIAL RISK OF MULTI-ENTITY GROWTH
Growth often leads to multiple legal entities operating under common ownership. While each company may maintain accurate accounting records, the ownership group's consolidated financial statements can tell a very different story. Learn why this matters—and how modern CFO Advisory combined with AI-assisted accounting provides the financial visibility growing organizations need.
Richard Kahn
Aug 23 min read


CFO Discovers Hidden Assets That Helped Finance Company Growth
A true CFO-CEO story showing how understanding a business deeply revealed hidden assets that supported financing and long-term company growth.
Richard Kahn
Jul 282 min read


How AI-Assisted CFO Advisory Improves Project Financial Oversight
Every strategic initiative is ultimately a financial project. AI-assisted CFO Advisory helps CEOs, founders, and boards gain earlier financial visibility into profitability, budgets, labor costs, KPIs, and emerging risks—turning project data into executive insight before small issues become costly problems.
Richard Kahn
Jul 252 min read


A CFO's Take on Financial Dashboard Design
A CFO designs the bookkeeping and accounting systems that produce meaningful dashboards, KPIs, AI insights, forecasting, and better executive decisions.
Richard Kahn
Jul 212 min read


Why Root Cause Analysis Is at the Heart of Effective CFO Advisory
Financial statements tell you what happened. Effective CFO Advisory uses root cause analysis, professional judgment, and AI-enabled financial technology to identify the underlying causes affecting business performance and support better-informed decisions.
Richard Kahn
Jul 142 min read


Business Financial Diagnostic: The $8 Million Contractor That Couldn't See Its Own Business
A contractor believed cleaner financial statements would solve a lender problem. Instead, the engagement uncovered deeper issues involving cash flow, project costing, internal controls, and financial visibility. This real-world case demonstrates why business diagnostics often reveal much more than accounting records alone.
Richard Kahn
Jul 73 min read


Every Founder and CEO Should Know How to Read Their Company's Financial Dashboard
Your financial statements are your company's dashboard. Learn how understanding key financial terms can help founders and CEOs make smarter decisions, improve financial visibility, and confidently navigate the road ahead.
Richard Kahn
Jul 32 min read


Why Founders Don't Wake Up Thinking They Need CFO Advisory
Founders and CEOs rarely wake up thinking they need a CFO. They wake up wondering why cash is tight, whether they're truly profitable, and if they can trust their financial information. Here's how better financial visibility often becomes the first step toward better business decisions.
Richard Kahn
Jun 302 min read


Smarter Inventory Decisions
Inventory is more than products on a shelf. Learn how modern inventory management helps improve cash flow, profitability, and business decisions.
Richard Kahn
Jun 262 min read


Why We Test New QuickBooks AI Features Before Recommending Them
Learn why FPG-USA evaluates and tests new QuickBooks AI features before recommending them. Better technology decisions begin with reliable financial information and practical implementation experience.
Richard Kahn
Jun 192 min read
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