Product Overview
The leadership seats you can't fill full-time, filled anyway.
Most growing restaurant groups outgrow their bookkeeper long before they can justify a full-time CFO or COO. CFO & COO Advisory puts both seats at your table — financial strategy and operational execution — without the six-figure salaries or the year-long search.
Two seats, one advisor
Financial strategy and operational execution, working together
A CFO without operational context builds plans that don't survive contact with the kitchen. A COO without financial rigor optimizes operations that lose money quietly. You need both talking to each other — not two separate vendors on two separate retainers.
The CFO Seat
Financial Strategy & Leadership
The numbers-side seat: cash, capital, and the financial plan behind every operating decision
Cash flow forecasting & runway planning
Capital structure & financing readiness
Board, investor, and lender-ready reporting
Growth & new-unit financial modeling
The COO Seat
Operational Strategy & Execution
The floor-side seat: turning the financial plan into systems that hold up across every location.
Multi-unit operating systems & standardization
Labor model & scheduling efficiency
KPI dashboards tied to unit economics
Expansion & new-location rollout planning
Where this pays for itself
Problems that only show up at scale
Below a certain size these gaps are invisible. Past it, they're the difference between a group that scales and one that stalls.
How it runs
A standing rhythm, not a one-time project
Every week
Operating Pulse
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Cash position check-in
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Operational flags from the floor
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Quick decisions that can't wait
Every month
Leadership Review
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Financial & operational KPI review
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Budget vs. actual, by location
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Priorities set for the month ahead
Every quarter
Strategic Planning
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Growth & capital planning
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Systems & structure review
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Board or ownership presentation
How it runs
Hiring full-time vs. CFO & COO Advisory
Full-Time Hires
Six-to-seven figure combined salaries
Months-long search and onboarding
Risk of a bad fit locking you in for a year
Two separate hires who may not think alike
Full-time cost even in slower seasons
Full-Time Hires
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Fractional cost, senior-level experience
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Engaged and running within weeks
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Month-to-month accountability, not a long contrac
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Financial and operational strategy under one advisor
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Scales with your business, not against it
Who it's for
Built for groups outgrowing their current setup
Scale
Multi-unit groups adding locations
Structure
Groups without a clear financial or operational system
Capital
Businesses preparing for financing or investment
Bandwidth
Owners still doing the CFO and COO job themselves
Transition
Owners preparing for sale or a partner buy-in
Governance
Businesses reporting to a board, investors, or partners
Who it's for
A CPA and CVA who's run the numbers side of restaurant groups directly.
CFO & COO Advisory is led by Anne E. Gannon, CPA, CVA — built on direct experience across multi-unit restaurant groups, franchise and independent concepts, and the financial reporting that sits behind them.
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Certified Public Accountant, licensed in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania since 2007
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Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA), National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts
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Restaurant and hospitality advisory through Emerging Brand Services
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Direct experience across multi-unit groups, franchise and independent concepts
Get started
See if fractional CFO & COO support fits where you are.
A short call to look at where your growth is outpacing your current systems — and whether advisory or full-time is the right next step.