Western North Carolina

Financials you can trust when decisions matter.

Practical financial leadership for small and mid-sized businesses. We help owners clean up the numbers, tighten processes, and regain confidence in their reporting—without full-time controller overhead.

Focus
$2M–$50M businesses
Model
Project + retainer
Lane
Controller-level ops

Built for operators in

  • Manufacturing
  • Distribution
  • Professional services
  • Construction
  • Healthcare
  • Law firms

What changes

From firefighting the books to managing with clear information.

01

Numbers you can defend

Substantiated balances, documented processes, and reporting that holds up under outside scrutiny.

02

A close that doesn’t run on heroics

Checklists, ownership, and cadence so month-end is repeatable—not a monthly fire drill.

03

Leadership without the full-time hire

Controller-level judgment on a project or retainer—scoped to the stage you’re in.

What we do

Controller-level work that makes the numbers usable.

From first diagnostics through cleanup and ongoing operations support, engagements stay practical, scoped, and focused on decision-ready reporting.

Financial health reviews

A clear read on your P&L, balance sheet, cash, and the processes behind them.

Cleanup & stabilization

Historical cleanup, cash-to-accrual conversions, inventory and COGS normalization.

Accounting operations

Month-end close structure, reporting cadence, and controller-level oversight.

Treasury & cash

Visibility into cash position, working capital, and controls around liquidity.

Internal controls

Practical risk reviews and process documentation that strengthen accuracy.

Audit & diligence readiness

Defensible financials before auditors, lenders, or buyers start asking hard questions.

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How engagements start

Understand the business first. Then fix what matters.

01

Diagnose

Review statements, processes, and pain points.

02

Stabilize

Cleanup, documentation, and process design so results are repeatable.

03

Operate or hand off

Ongoing fractional support, or a clean handoff to your internal team.

Tyler Easterbrook, Founder of French Broad Financial

Founder

Tyler Easterbrook

Founder · Financial operations advisor

Accounting leadership experience across ERP implementation, intercompany accounting, consolidations, treasury, and year-end external audit management.

Not sure if your financials are ready for what’s next?

Whether you’re preparing for an audit, loan, growth push, or just want clean numbers you can manage to—start with a straightforward conversation.