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FP&A
✦ FP&A Advisory · Finance Transformation · Strategic Consulting

The Financial Partner
Built for Small Business
& Growing Enterprises

You don't need a Fortune 500 budget to get Fortune 500 financial expertise. M&S Financial Consulting brings enterprise-grade FP&A advisory, process optimization, and strategic finance to businesses of every size so you can make smarter decisions, grow faster, and sleep better at night.

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📊 FP&A Advisory Built for Real Businesses 🏆 Enterprise Precision at Every Level ⚡ Embedded Team — We Work Alongside You 📍 Pennsylvania · Supporting Businesses Across The US
Built for You

Small Business Deserves Big Financial Thinking

Most small businesses are navigating complex financial decisions without a dedicated controller, using spreadsheets never designed for the complexity they now face.

That's exactly why M&S Financial Consulting exists. We give you access to the same quality of financial expertise that enterprise companies rely on tailored to your scale, your budget, and your goals.

Whether you're trying to get your books in order, prepare for a loan, plan your next hire, or think through an acquisition, we're the financial partner you've been looking for.

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Clarity

We translate complex data into decisions you can act on today.

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Confidence

Stop guessing. Start planning with models that actually work.

Speed

We move fast so you don't lose momentum on what matters.

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Partnership

We're not vendors. We work as part of your team.

M&S

"Know your numbers. Own your future."

M&S Financial Consulting

What We Do

Our Five Core Services

Five specialized practices that work independently or as part of a full financial transformation.

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Business Process Solutions

Your financial operations, workflows, and payroll redesigned for accuracy, speed, and scale.

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Finance Transformation

Budgeting, forecasting, modeling, automation — a modern FP&A function built around your strategy.

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Strategy & Transactions

Capital allocation, turnaround strategy — guidance on your most consequential decisions.

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Customer Solutions

Connect your customer data to your financial strategy — driving profitability and reducing churn.

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Procurement

Transform your purchasing from reactive to strategic — cutting costs and building lasting supplier relationships.

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Not sure where to start?

Book a free 30-minute call. We'll listen, assess your situation, and recommend the right path forward.

Why Choose M&S

We're Different — Here's How

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We Partner With You

We don't parachute in, drop a report, and leave. We work alongside your team while learning your business and staying until the job is done right.

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Clarity Over Complexity

We translate complex financial concepts into plain language that you can act on. You'll always understand what we're doing and why it matters.

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Precision at Any Scale

Whether you're a 10-person company or a 500-person enterprise, we bring the same analytical and strategic thinking to every engagement.

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ROI Is the Standard

Every engagement is measured against one bar: did it generate real, tangible impact for your bottom line? That's the only metric that matters to us.

How It Works

Getting Started Is Simple

We've designed our engagement process to be straightforward and focused on getting you results fast.

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Book a Free Call

A 30-minute conversation to understand your business, your challenges, and your goals.

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We Assess & Recommend

We'll share a clear proposal with transparent pricing.

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We Get to Work

We partner with your team and begin delivering results.

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You Grow With Confidence

With the right financial foundation in place, your team can make smarter decisions and move faster.

For small businesses, we offer flexible engagement models from one-time projects to ongoing advisory retainers so you get expert support that fits your budget.

Who We Work With

  • Small businesses ready to expand their finance function
  • Growing companies that have outgrown their spreadsheets
  • Business owners preparing for a sale or investment
  • Enterprises undergoing operational or financial transformation
  • Finance leaders who need specialized advisory support
  • Founders who want a financial partner, not just an accountant

Ready to take the first step?

Contact Us

Let's Start the Conversation

Whether you're a small business owner or an enterprise finance leader, we're here to help.

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Location
Pennsylvania, United States
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Email
finops@msfinconsulting.com

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✦ Our Story & Team

Built by Finance Leaders.
Here for Your Business.

We founded M&S with a simple belief: every business, regardless of size, deserves access to high-quality financial expertise and advisory.

Our Story

Why We Started M&S

M&S Financial Consulting was founded to close a gap that we saw repeatedly throughout our careers: small and mid-sized businesses were making major financial decisions without the data, models, or expertise they needed to do it well.

Meanwhile, enterprise companies had entire departments dedicated to financial planning, analysis, and strategy. The disparity isn't necessary.

We built M&S to bridge that gap — bringing the same financial thinking to growth-stage companies and forward-thinking leaders.

The M&S Approach

  • We treat every client like our own business
  • We speak with clarity not complexity
  • We work alongside you, not just for you
  • We measure success by your bottom line, not billable hours
  • We bring enterprise expertise to every engagement, regardless of size
  • We're transparent about our capabilities

Our Mission: To empower every business with the financial clarity, tools, and strategic guidance they need to make confident decisions, grow sustainably, and achieve lasting success.

Our Founders

Meet the Team

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Quentin Sullivan
Co-Founder

Quentin brings deep expertise in financial planning, performance assessments, and finance operations. His career has been defined by helping businesses translate complex financial challenges into clear, actionable strategies.

He leads our FP&A Advisory and Customer Solution Strategies and has a passion for helping small business owners unlock the financial clarity they need to grow with confidence.

FP&A Advisory
Finance Transformation
Customer Solutions
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Brendan Mellott
Co-Founder

Brendan specializes in financial modeling, business process optimization, and supply chain analytics. With a track record of operational and financial process optimization, cost-saving analysis, and enterprise transformations, he brings thorough analytical thinking to every client engagement.

He leads our Finance Transformation and Procurement practices and is known for his ability to quickly identify where value is being lost and exactly how to recover it.

Financial Modeling
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Process Optimization
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Our Values

The Principles Behind Everything We Do

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Precision

We build models that eliminate guesswork and give leadership the clarity to make confident decisions.

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Foresight

We design frameworks that anticipate challenges and surface opportunities before they become obvious.

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Partnership

We're embedded advisors, not outside vendors. Your success is our success.

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Impact

Every engagement is measured by one standard: real, tangible, bottom-line results for your business.

Let's Work Together

Whether you're a small business owner or an enterprise finance leader — we'd love to learn about your business and explore how we can help.

Business Process Solutions

Your financial operations and workflows redesigned for accuracy, speed, and scale.

What We Do

Streamline Every Financial Operation

Most businesses don't have broken financials; they have broken processes underneath their financials. Manual workarounds, disconnected systems, and outdated workflows that drain time and cause errors.

Our Business Process Solutions practice diagnoses exactly where your operations break down and engineers a better way forward without disrupting what's working.

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Accounting Operations Overhaul

Process Design

We audit your current accounting processes end-to-end and identify inefficiencies, control weaknesses, and bottlenecks that cost you time and money.

  • Chart of accounts cleanup and restructuring
  • Month-end close acceleration
  • Ledger data governance
  • Reconciliation process automation

Financial Workflow Automation

Automation

We identify the manual, repetitive financial tasks eating your team's time and help you automate them to create capacity for deep analysis.

  • Invoice processing and approval automation
  • Expense management design
  • Reporting automation and dashboard buildout
  • System integration between accounting and ERP

Who Benefits Most

  • Growing businesses where manual processes can't scale
  • Accounting teams looking for a data governance solution
  • Organizations migrating between accounting systems
  • Finance teams drowning in month-end close

Typical Outcomes

Efficiency
Reduction in month-end close time
Clarity
Establish clear ownership of business data
Capacity
Reclaim your team's time through automation

Ready to Fix Your Financial Operations?

Book a free 30-minute call. We'll identify your biggest process pain points and discuss a clear path forward.

Finance Transformation

Budgeting, forecasting, modeling, automation — a modern FP&A function built around your strategy.

What We Do

Build a Finance Function That Drives Growth

Finance transformation is about moving from reactive to proactive. We combine reporting what happened with predicting what's coming and positioning your business to win.

We help you build the budgeting processes, forecasting models, and analytical infrastructure that turn your finance function from a cost center into a strategic asset.

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Budgeting & Forecasting

FP&A Core

We build dynamic, driver-based budgets and rolling forecasts that reflect how your business operates, not just what happened last year.

  • Annual budgeting process design and facilitation
  • Rolling 12-month forecast models
  • Department-level budget templates and tracking
  • Scenario planning and sensitivity analysis
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Financial Modeling

Modeling

We build the financial models your business actually needs - whether that's a three statement model, a forecast scenario analysis, or a custom dashboard for your board.

  • 3-statement integrated financial models
  • Customer data analysis
  • Fundraising and investor ready models
  • KPI dashboards and management reporting
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FP&A Automation & Infrastructure

Technology

We help you implement and connect the right tools, from Excel to enterprise FP&A platforms, so your team spends less time pulling data and more time using it.

  • FP&A tool selection and implementation
  • Data pipeline design and automation
  • Reporting package standardization
  • Finance team capacity expansion

Signs You Need Finance Transformation

  • Budgets are built in spreadsheets that nobody trusts
  • Leadership can't easily see how the business is performing
  • Forecasts are always wrong
  • Finance team spends most of their time on manual reporting and fixing errors

Typical Outcomes

Transparency
Simplified financials for leadership
Automation
Less time spent on manual reporting
Accurate
Board and leadership reporting

Ready to Transform Your Finance Function?

Book a free consultation. We'll assess your current state and build a roadmap to get you where you need to be.

Strategy & Transactions

Capital allocation and turnaround strategy — guidance on your most consequential decisions.

What We Do

Navigate High-Stakes Decisions With Confidence

The biggest financial decisions your business will ever make — launching a new product or pivoting your model- deserve more than gut instinct.

Our Strategy & Transactions practice brings financial analysis and strategic clarity to your high-stakes decisions, so you can move forward with confidence.

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Capital Planning & Allocation

Strategy

How you allocate capital is one of the most important strategic decisions you make. We help you make it with data, not gut feel.

  • Capital structure analysis and optimization
  • Investment prioritization frameworks
  • ROI modeling for major initiatives
  • Fundraising preparation and investor materials
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Turnaround & Restructuring Support

Turnaround

When a business is underperforming, fast and clear financial analysis is critical. We help diagnose the root causes and build a path to recovery.

  • Financial performance diagnostic
  • Cash flow stabilization planning
  • Cost structure analysis and reduction roadmap

When to Engage Us

  • You're considering buying or merging with another company
  • You're preparing your business for sale or investment
  • You need to make a major capital allocation decision
  • Your business is underperforming and you need a clear plan

What's at Stake

Bad deals, poorly allocated capital, and delayed turnarounds cost businesses millions. Our work often pays for itself many times over by preventing costly mistakes or unlocking hidden value.

Facing a Major Financial Decision?

Let's talk through your situation — confidentially, with no commitment required.

Customer Solutions

Connect your customer data to your financial strategy to drive profitability and reduce churn.

What We Do

Turn Customer Insights Into Financial Results

Your customers are your most important financial asset. But most businesses don't have a clear picture of which customers are actually profitable, which are at risk, and where their best growth opportunities lie.

Our Customer Solutions practice bridges the gap between your customer data and your financial strategy - helping you make smarter decisions about where to invest, who to serve, and how to grow sustainably.

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Customer Profitability Analysis

Analytics

Not all customers are created equal. We help you identify your truly profitable customers, the ones costing you money, and the ones with the most upside.

  • Customer-level profitability modeling
  • Cost-to-serve analysis
  • Revenue concentration and risk assessment
  • Segment-level margin analysis
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Churn & Retention Financial Modeling

Retention

Customer churn is one of the biggest hidden costs in any business. We quantify the financial impact of churn and model the ROI of retention investments.

  • Churn rate analysis and financial impact modeling
  • Customer lifetime value (LTV) modeling
  • Retention program ROI analysis
  • Cohort-based revenue forecasting
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Go-to-Market Financial Strategy

Strategy

We help you align your sales, marketing, and customer success investments with financial outcomes — ensuring every growth dollar is working as hard as possible.

  • CAC and LTV optimization modeling
  • Sales territory and quota financial planning
  • Marketing ROI measurement frameworks
  • Pricing strategy and revenue model analysis

Who Benefits Most

  • SaaS and subscription businesses
  • Service businesses with diverse customer bases
  • Companies investing heavily in sales and marketing
  • Businesses experiencing customer concentration risk

Ready to Unlock the Value in Your Customer Base?

Book a free consultation to explore how we can connect your customer data to your financial strategy.

Procurement Strategy

Transform your purchasing from reactive to strategic — cutting costs and building lasting supplier relationships.

What We Do

Optimize Every Procurement Dollar

For most businesses, procurement is reactive — you buy what you need, when you need it, at whatever price the supplier offers. That approach leaves significant money on the table.

Our procurement practice transforms your purchasing function into a strategic capability that reduces costs, improves vendor relationships, and builds processes that scale with your business.

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Spend Analysis & Cost Reduction

Cost Savings

We analyze your full procurement expenses to identify where you're overpaying, where you can consolidate suppliers, and where quick wins are available.

  • Category spend analysis across all vendors
  • Vendor consolidation opportunity identification
  • Contract review and renegotiation support
  • Price benchmarking against market rates
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Supplier Relationship Management

Vendor Strategy

The best procurement outcomes come from strategic supplier partnerships, not adversarial negotiations. We help you build relationships that deliver long-term value.

  • Supplier segmentation and tiering framework
  • Vendor scorecard development
  • Strategic supplier partnership development
  • Risk assessment across your supplier base
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Procurement Process & Policy Design

Operations

Without clear procurement processes, spend control is impossible. We design the policies, approval workflows, and systems your team needs to buy smarter.

  • Procurement policy development
  • Purchase approval workflow design
  • P-card and expense program optimization
  • Procurement technology selection and implementation

Typical Outcomes

  • A reduction in total addressable spend
  • Stronger supplier terms and service levels
  • Clear procurement policies that prevent unneccessary spend
  • Scalable purchasing processes that grow with the business

Ready to Cut Costs and Buy Smarter?

Book a consultation. We'll discuss your top savings opportunities and how we can deliver on reduction.

✦ Insights & Perspectives

Our Thinking

Practical financial insights for business owners and finance leaders who want to think differently about growth, strategy, and performance.

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FP&A · Budgeting
Why Your Budget Is Already Wrong And What To Do About It
Most small business budgets are built on last year's numbers plus a gut-feel percentage. We deliver an analytical approach that actually helps you plan for what's coming.
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Cash Flow · Strategy
The Cash Flow Problem Every Growing Business Hits (And How to Get Ahead of It)
Revenue growth is exciting. Negative cash flow is terrifying. Let's talk about how fast-growing businesses run out of cash and exactly how to prevent it from happening to you.
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Strategy · Transactions
One Decision This Year Can Decide The Fate Of Your Business
Our team has been apart of several million-dollar decisions, we will share our insight to help you make the best decision for your business.
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Operations · Automation
The Finance Automation Stack Every Small Business Should Build in 2026
You don't need enterprise software to automate your financial operations. We provide the practical toolkit that's working for our clients right now.
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Procurement · Cost
Where Small Businesses Lose the Most Money on Procurement (And How to Stop It)
Unneccessary spend, weak vendor terms, and no consolidation strategy. Most small businesses are leaving 10–20% of their procurement spend on the table. We deliver a strategy to avoid this.

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