Close Faster. See Margins Clearly. Lead With Confidence

Finance, Accounting and Systems Solutions Built Around Your Business

Fractional CFO Advisory

For companies that need senior financial leadership without adding a full-time CFO. We help leadership get clearer visibility into cash, profitability, forecasting, and performance so decisions are based on what is actually happening in the business.

Interim Controller

When there is a leadership gap, unexpected turnover, rapid growth, or too much falling through the cracks, we step in to stabilize the accounting function. We keep the close, reporting, reconciliations, and priority finance work moving while the business determines the right long-term solution.

Fast Close Transformation

A slow close does more than delay financial statements. It leaves leadership making decisions with outdated information. We identify what is slowing the process down, clarify ownership, strengthen reconciliations, and build a close process that is faster, more reliable, and easier to manage.

13-Week Cash Flow

When cash visibility is limited, decisions become reactive. The 13-Week Cash Flow gives leadership a practical, rolling view of expected inflows, outflows, and liquidity needs so the business can anticipate pressure points, manage working capital, and make better near-term decisions.

Finance Health Assessment

When it is not yet clear where the biggest problems are, the Finance Health Assessment provides a structured review of the finance function. We look at the close, reporting, controls, cash flow, processes, systems, and team structure, then provide a prioritized action plan focused on what needs attention first.

Finance Transformation

Sometimes the issue is bigger than one report or one process. We help strengthen the finance function by improving workflows, systems, controls, reporting, and team structure so finance operates more efficiently and gives leadership better information to run the business.

Who We Help

We work with businesses facing finance, accounting or systems challenges—from leadership gaps and unreliable reporting to growth, acquisitions and ERP change. We begin with the problem and the outcome you need, define the scope, and determine the right expertise and delivery approach.

Helen’s Leadership. M&M’s Delivery.

Metric & Margin steps in with experienced finance leadership and the level of hands-on support the situation requires. Engagements are led by experienced finance professionals, with founder Helen Fotopoulou providing senior oversight and hands-on leadership where appropriate. Helen brings more than 30 years of finance leadership across manufacturing, privately held and PE-backed businesses. Her experience includes reducing a monthly close from 15 calendar days to 5, supporting more than $1M in profitability improvement, and integrating a $10M acquisition. M&M builds each engagement around the work required, drawing on qualified finance professionals and specialist partners, including finance systems implementation and ERP migration expertise matched to the agreed scope. M&M owns the client relationship, scope, quality review and delivery accountability.

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Start With a Complimentary Finance Health Check

Begin with a confidential 20-minute conversation to identify the most pressing finance issue and the right next step. When deeper analysis is needed, the standalone Finance Health Assessment provides a structured review and a prioritized action plan. Implementation continues through the Finance Function Upgrade™ or interim and fractional finance leadership.