A blind spot is a finance problem that exists while every report still looks fine. Profit shows, but cash is missing. Sales grow, but contribution quietly shrinks. The numbers are all there, but nobody can say what decision they point to. Finding these early is what a Fractional CFO is for.
Each one hides behind reports that look correct. Each one is found the same way: follow the number back to its source, then to the decision it should have driven.
Cash trapped despite reported profit.
Revenue growing while contribution quietly deteriorates.
Inventory, receivables and payables consuming cash.
Reconciliation gaps, leakage, duplicate payments and unusual variances.
Management seeing yesterday instead of what is coming next.
Numbers available, but no clear decision attached to them.
Finance first, then business, then decision, then technology. The chain below is the order in which the questions are asked.
Start with the business question, not the report: where does the cash, margin or control worry actually sit?
Reconcile books to bank and records before trusting any number. Data first.
FP&A and forensic thinking follow each gap back to its source and its owner.
Controls, MIS and automation are added only where they close the gap, and every finding ends in a decision a human owns.
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