Growth Operators

As we prepare for the holidays and look ahead to 2025, we pause to reflect on your unwavering support—our valued clients, trusted partners, and dedicated employees. It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and you are the most incredible part of our business... To our leadership team and Growth Pros, thank you for your dedication and drive, which make every success possible. To our customers and partners, your collaboration and trust inspire us to reach new heights. Together, we’ve made this year one to remember. Thank you for making us shine brightly. 🤝 Collaborating for Success: Celebrating the partnerships that make meaningful growth possible. 📚 Learning and Teaching Together: Grateful for a year of shared knowledge and collective growth. 💪 Embracing the Tough Stuff: Cheers to the challenges that strengthened us and prepared us for what’s next. 🛠️ Rolling Up Our Sleeves: We’ve removed roadblocks and tackled obstacles with grit and determination. 🌟 Committed to Excellence: Looking forward to another year of teamwork, leadership, innovation, and purposeful action. Wherever your north star takes you this season, Growth Operators wishes you the Happiest Holidays and a prosperous New Year.

Does your company fall into common audit pitfalls? Any organization subject to an external audit, particularly public companies, businesses seeking significant investments, or those operating in highly regulated industries, must be audit-ready. 💡 A recent 2024 CFO Survey found that CFOs who work with a partner feel more prepared to face their next audit and funding event than CFOs not working with a partner. 💡 The survey also uncovered that the number one challenge CFOs face is completing reporting on time. However, audits are more than compliance measures. Preparing for an audit offers a strategic opportunity to refine processes, solidify investor confidence, and prepare for growth. Growth Operators, we see companies fail to leverage the benefits of audit readiness by falling into these common pitfalls: ➡️Treating an audit as a checklist ➡️Failing to appoint an audit owner ➡️Missing key processes ➡️Not preparing adequately ➡️Neglecting to update balance sheets ➡️Inability to access the necessary data ➡️Overlooking the value of internal audits Learn how to benefit from audit readiness and avoid these common traps by reading our latest article:  https://lnkd.in/gQhDnUeM #Growthoperators #Auditreadiness #Yearendfinancials #Controller #Finance #Audit #Compliance #Middlemarket

How Do You Recover from an Unexpected CFO Departure? A departing CFO can throw even the steadiest companies into a tailspin, especially at the end of the year. Whether your company is navigating an unexpected CFO change or proactively seeking stability during a leadership gap, a fractional CFO can be a sound strategic partner. A fractional CFO from Growth Operators provides the following value to your organization during a CFO transition: ✅Stability and continuity ✅Strategic decision-making ✅Expertise across industries and business models ✅Proven playbooks and track records of success ✅Results-driven focus ✅Effective succession planning We meet companies with a “sleeves rolled up” approach. A fractional, interim, or project-based CFO from Growth Operators onboards and adapts quickly to problem solve and provide hands-on leadership. They can help you meet crucial timelines while laying the groundwork for a permanent CFO. Read our latest article to learn more: https://lnkd.in/gCGydeDy #Growthoperators #PE #Privateequity #Middlemarket #CFO #Fractionalleadership

Mission accomplished! Just look at the work we did and all the smiles from our MATTER year-end community service engagement. What a year it has been! We’ve faced challenges, celebrated wins, and grown stronger together, all while supporting the growth strategies of our clients with unwavering dedication. As a team, we rolled up our sleeves and got busy last night, giving back at MATTER ®. We were able to unpack, sort, and repack pallets of medical and personal care supplies to be redistributed and utilized by communities across the globe. If you’re looking for a community event for your team or organization, connect with Vicki Bachmann at MATTER ® Matter, is a unique organization that supports innovative ideas and repurposing across the globe and in our local communities. Vicki and Jayda Woods were so gracious. Thank you for hosting us. Here’s to the year ahead, where growth, leadership, and collaboration will continue to drive us forward. We are excited about the opportunities 2025 holds for our clients, new and existing, with such a deeply talented and experienced team of Growth Pros. Molly Hiller Ron Hornbaker Tammy Johnson, CPA Kevin Larabee Heidi DeSautel Lang Melissa Bryan Kimberly Schablin, GPHR Joe Donahoe Stephanie Wells Jennifer Fahler, CPA (inactive) Megan Hobbs Angie Holm, Sue Schaaf Selena Fuhrman Daynita Smith Pam Schechtman #Growthoperators #Givingback, #Community #Volunteer #Youmatter

✅Are you HR Compliant for 2025? The coming year promises new and changing compliance measures across industries. This includes often-overlooked HR-specific regulations that govern payroll, overtime pay, benefits, labor laws, and other crucial functions. Unfortunately, many companies, especially growing companies, are unaware of the HR compliance issues that impact their business. For example, growing beyond 50 employees significantly changes your compliance requirements with only 20 employees. Similarly, hiring remote employees in different states means you must adhere to those state’s and your home state’s regulations. With companies paying up to $2,500 per offense (per employee), easily avoidable fines add up quickly. They can also become a due diligence roadblock for companies looking to sell. Learn more about the effect HR regulations can have on companies by reading our article on compliance pitfalls: https://lnkd.in/g8Z84g_G Anita Mercado, M. Ed. Heidi DeSautel Lang Melissa Bryan Kimberly Schablin, GPHR Kevin Larabee #Growthoperators #HR #Hrcompliance #Humancapital #Hradvisory #Middlemarket

If you don’t know, MN Paid Family Medical Leave will be a hot topic in 2025. Growth Operators has an amazing team working on understanding the law—a 💡 “Think Tank” of cross-functional and internal/external HR experts. We’re collaborating with clients to analyze their current policies and develop a customized solution to incorporate and coordinate this new state leave benefit into their time-off and leave policies and practices. Many companies have already invested in various paid leave for their employees, so there is much to consider when implementing this law. If you, as a business owner or private equity sponsor managing portfolio companies, would like a thought partner around the impact of this new law, model the financial impact, evaluate different compliance alternatives, and or help communicate with your employees about how the program will work within your organization, we’d love to connect. Growth Operators has built a strong team with technical knowledge and operational tools to not only comply but also thrive within the scope of this new state mandate. Want to learn more? Get started https://lnkd.in/gPcdCYTi Heidi DeSautel Lang Melissa Bryan Kevin Larabee Kimberly Schablin, GPHR #Growthoperators #Mnpaidleave #HR #Humanresources #employeebenefits

We started 14 years ago giving thanks for small things and the more thankful we became the more bounty we received. We give thanks today for our many blessings-our loyal clients, partners, and team members. Whether you are traveling near or far on this special November day we wish you a bountiful holiday. #Thanksgiving #Turkeyday #Gobbletilyouwobble #Happyturkeyday

Financials only tell one part of the story. A quality of earnings (QoE) report should provide insight into earnings data that is reflective of key metrics and business trends, identify extraordinary components, expose operational realities, and provide insights into the change in performance of revenue streams, cost efficiencies, and cash flow dynamics. In short, a QoE analysis is an invaluable roadmap that helps business leaders from all backgrounds make better decisions. ➡️If you are an investor:  a QoE report helps you determine a company’s enterprise value, assess its financial risks, and determine future growth opportunities. It’s a critical piece of the due diligence process ➡️If you are a seller, a QoE helps prepare you for the sales process by helping you understand how investors will look at your business and building the messaging to maximize your value. From our operator’s lens, our process is geared toward providing insights that support an investor or a seller. We take a unique bottom-up approach using transaction-level data to provide more accurate Adjusted EBITDA and Net Working Capital.    We will also develop revenue, margin, or cost summaries that may be missing from management’s reporting using transaction-level detail. Our detailed approach also allows for the data to be reusable in integration and purchase accounting/ opening balance sheets. No matter which side of the deal you’re on, our team’s operator-led, hands-on approach ensures we’re actively involved at every stage. Our adaptability extends beyond service delivery to our fee structure, offering the flexibility you need to optimize outcomes. Great Companies are More Valuable Than Good Companies. To learn more about the Growth Operators approach, read our article on QoE reporting through an operator’s lens. https://lnkd.in/g9XYyH6u #Growthoperators #Middlemarket #Privateequity #Mergersandaquisitions #qoe #QOE #qualityofearnings #Exitplanning #PE

Growth Operators had an incredible experience ACG Florida No better way to finish our year-long sponsorship and commitment to ACG across 11 cities. We have met hundreds of middle market executives across this journey and continue to be encouraged by the promise of an excellent 2025. Thank you to all of you who took the time to stop by and meet with our team, Rick Nordvold Ron Hornbaker Joe Donahoe we are excited to further the conversation and see what the near future brings. We took away a few effective leadership tips from guest speaker, Kevin O'Leary, Mr. Wonderful as well. ☑ Entrepreneurs should be able to articulate opportunities in 90 seconds or less. ☑ Must be successful in convincing investors that they lead the right team to execute their business plan. ☑ Know your numbers and have a comprehensive understanding of your business model. #ACGFlorida #Miami #Networking #BusinessDevelopment #PrivateEquity #InvestmentBank #MandA #DueDiligence #MiddleMarket #Privateequity #PE

Always Learning, Always Teaching. Kevin O'Leary has long been a leading voice on market response and innovation change, we were incredibly excited to have the Growth Operators team hear his perspective as part of this conference.