BREAKOUT SESSION

From Chaos to Control: Five Financial Tools That Build Bigger Companies

When a seasoned business owner showed Jim Emerich his entire “cash-flow system”—three numbers scrawled on a napkin—Jim saw the silent killer of otherwise thriving firms: outdated financial visibility. In this practical, story-driven keynote, entrepreneur, and Founder of Backbone CFO, Jim Emerich reveals the five tools fast-growing companies use to turn uncertainty into confident decisions:

• KPI dashboards that replace gut feel with hard data

• Job Profitability Reporting that sync your books to real-time production

• Cash flow forecasts that eliminate surprise shortfalls

• Forward-looking projections that map vision to numbers

• Strategic planning rhythms that align people, profit, and capital

Jim has led companies through acquisitions, turnarounds, and rapid scaling; he’ll hand you templates you can use the very next day—no CPA required. Perfect for founders and leaders in the construction and restoration industries.