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title: How It Works | Countabl
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How it works

# From first call to *financial clarity.*

No six-month onboarding. No black box. A forward view of the business within three weeks.

The process

## What engagement actually *looks like.*

01

Day 1–3

Discovery call & scoping

30-minute call. We scope the engagement, agree on timing, and deliver a proposal same day.

02

Week 1

Get oriented

Pull 12 months of actuals, map cash flow patterns, document findings. Written diagnostic before we build anything.

03

Week 2

Build the forward view

13-week cash flow model, rolling 12-month forecast, and 2–3 scenarios tied to your actual cost structure.

04

Week 3

Decision-ready output

Founder Dashboard, CFO memo, and a live working session. You leave with a forward view of the business.

05

Ongoing

The engagement that never really ends.

Most Sprint clients move into Foundation, Active Cash Management, or Fractional CFO Partnership, not because we pitch them, but because the model becomes the foundation they build decisions on. From there, Countabl operates as an embedded function: running the monthly close, updating the forecast to actuals, and flagging anything that needs a decision before you have to ask. The scope typically expands as the business grows.

What we need from you

## You lead the business. *We handle the rest.*

Every onboarding is tailored to your tech stack. We’ll send a specific access request after the kickoff call, you won’t be guessing what we need.

Most founders are surprised how little is required on their end.

Access to your financial systems

Accounting software, payroll, revenue tools, and any working spreadsheets, QuickBooks, Stripe, Gusto, Rippling, or whatever your stack looks like. The exact list depends on your business; we’ll tell you precisely what we need.

One kickoff call (60 minutes)

We map your stack, document your current reporting process, and align on the first deliverable. That’s the hardest part of onboarding, and it’s ours to run.

One point of contact

Someone who can answer questions about historical transactions and flag anything unusual in the first three weeks. After that, we operate independently.

Deliverables

## What you receive *every month.*

Monthly close, rolling forecast, CFO memo, founder dashboard, and direct access, delivered as one connected function. Which of these you get depends on the tier: Foundation covers the books and the close, and with bills and payroll a basic dashboard; Active Cash Management adds the rolling forecast, the live cash dashboard and the monthly CFO memo; Fractional CFO adds the board-facing work on top. The Cash Clarity Sprint is separate — a one-time build you keep, not something maintained afterward. Scope and detail on the Services page.

[See services & pricing →](https://www.countabl.io/services?hsLang=en)

## Ready to see it *in action?*

A 30-minute call is enough to know if there’s a fit.

Book a 30-minute call

We scope the engagement, agree on timing, and deliver a proposal same day if there’s a fit.

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