LMJ Consulting provides fractional CFO and COO services to companies in the $2M–$50M range — bringing the rigor of public-company reporting and the discipline of operational excellence, without the cost of a full-time hire.
Most companies in the $2M–$50M range carry more profit in their operations than they realize — buried under bloated inventory, untracked margins, reporting that lags reality, and a finance function still wearing the shape of the startup it was three years ago.
Over twenty-five years across e-commerce, FDA-regulated manufacturing, municipal finance, and enterprise software, the same pattern keeps surfacing: the levers are visible to a trained operator, invisible to a busy founder. The work is finding them and pulling them.
LMJ Consulting embeds as a fractional CFO or COO — typically fifteen to twenty-five hours a week, on retainer — and treats every engagement as if it were a permanent seat. Clean books. Honest reporting. Operations that scale.
The discipline of public-company reporting at the scale of a private business — clean monthly close, board-ready financials, and FP&A that drives decisions instead of describing them.
Operational excellence without the headcount. Inventory turns that match the growth curve, margins visible at the SKU level, and process discipline embedded into the team that stays after the engagement ends.
Transition moments — preparing for sale, integrating an acquisition, stabilizing after distress. The work that demands a senior operator with experience in places where most consultants have only theory.
Therapeutic skincare, topical solutions, and cleared veterinary medical devices — where compliance and profitability have to coexist.
Multi-channel specialty retail — where margin discipline, inventory turns, and channel strategy determine whether growth is profitable or just busy.
Distressed government finance under court-appointed oversight — the discipline of public accountability applied to the hardest turnaround context there is.
Engineered thermoplastics and a billion-dollar software division — operating scale, acquisition integration, and P&L ownership at complexity most fractional advisors never touch.
Engagements are built around outcomes, not hours. Most clients work with LMJ Consulting on a monthly retainer of fifteen to twenty-five hours per week — enough time to be embedded in the business, not so much as to duplicate roles you've already hired for.
The first conversation is short, free, and entirely yours. I'll listen, ask a few questions, and either propose something useful or point you toward someone better suited.
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