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Profitable on the balance sheet. Liquid in the bank.
A fractional CFO who turns Colombian bookkeeping into a budget, a cash flow forecast and a set of indicators, then explains them every month before a decision arrives late. Reported in English to owners, boards and investors abroad.
Three things worth knowing before you start.
60 to 90
Days to collect an invoice in Colombia.
Meanwhile payroll, suppliers and taxes are paid now. That gap is where a profitable company runs out of cash.
4
Deliverables every month.
A KPI dashboard, budget against actual, a projected cash flow and a written report with recommendations.
1
Results call each month.
What happened, what is coming and what to decide. Presented to management or the board, in English.
Scope
What the engagement covers.
Annual budget
By business unit and cost centre, with scenarios.
Cash flow forecast
Rolling forward, with collections, payments, payroll and taxes.
KPI dashboard
Margin, liquidity, leverage and turnover, by unit.
Management report
One page a board reads, with recommendations.
Working capital
Receivables, payables and treasury discipline.
Due diligence and valuation
Support when you buy, sell or raise.
How it works
The monthly cycle.
We work on your existing accounting, whoever keeps it. The first full cycle usually lands in month one.
- Call01
Your numbers today
What exists, what is missing and what decisions are pending.
You receiveRead on the current state.
- 48 h02
Proposal
Scope, cadence and fees, in writing.
You receiveWritten proposal.
- Month 103
First cycle
First dashboard, first forecast, first results call.
You receiveDashboard, forecast and report.
- Monthly04
Cadence
Budget against actual, cash forecast, KPIs and recommendations.
You receiveFour deliverables and one call.
- As needed05
Board and investors
Reporting packs and support in due diligence or a raise.
You receiveBoard pack in English.
In short
The essentials, in three lines.
- 01Fractional CFO support converts Colombian accounting into decisions: an annual budget, a rolling cash flow forecast, a KPI dashboard and a monthly management report.
- 02A Colombian company can be profitable on paper and still run short of cash because receivables are collected 60 to 90 days after invoicing while payroll, suppliers and taxes are paid immediately.
- 03Reporting is delivered in English for owners, boards and investors abroad.
Who answers
A licensed Colombian Public Accountant, not a filing agent.
Kathiuska Villegas Padilla is a Contadora Pública with a postgraduate specialization in Tax Management and IFRS certification. She has been a statutory auditor, a finance and accounting director and a group controller before directing the firm. She sets the technical position on every engagement and signs what leaves the office.
We work inside your company's software
QuickBooks
- Zeus
Questions
What people ask before they start.
No. Bookkeeping records what happened; this function decides what to do about it. We work on top of whatever accounting you already have, and where that accounting turns out to be unreliable we say so before building forecasts on it, because a forecast inherits every weakness of the ledger underneath it.
The trigger is rarely revenue. It is usually the first month you cannot answer whether you can afford something, or the first time an investor or a lender asks for numbers you do not have in a form they accept. Below that point, monthly accounting with a proper results call is normally enough.
Yes. The reporting pack is prepared in English and the director presents it to management, a board or an investor, which is what she did as finance and accounting director before running the firm. Where investors are abroad, the pack is built for a reader who does not know Colombian rules.
Yes, on both sides: preparing a Colombian company to be examined, and examining a Colombian target on behalf of a buyer. In Colombia the findings that move the price are usually payroll contributions, undocumented tax positions and unregistered foreign investment.
Often needed alongside this.
Accounting and IFRS reporting
Full-cycle bookkeeping in your software, monthly IFRS statements and a management report in English.
Read moreStatutory audit (revisoría fiscal)
The independent statutory auditor Colombian law requires above certain thresholds.
Read morePayroll and social security
Payroll, PILA contributions, benefits, electronic payroll filing and contractor compliance.
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Free initial call
Start with a call, not a contract.
Thirty minutes to understand what you are trying to do in Colombia, what already exists and what the sequence should be. You leave with a written next step whether or not you engage us.
What arrives after the call
24 hours
A written proposal within 24 hours, with scope, deliverables, owners and fees. Third-party costs are itemised separately and paid at cost.
Request a financial review.
Free initial call. Written proposal. We reply the same business day.
Talk to the firm
Two ways to start. Both answer today.
Free initial call
Thirty minutes that order the year.
- TodayWe write back to confirm a time.
- 30 minA call with the director, in English.
- 24 hA written proposal with scope and fees.
WhatsApp, direct
Message us now. The firm replies, not a bot.
A specific question, a deadline this week or a letter from the tax office. We reply the same business day.
+57 316 664 6068
Monday to Friday, 8:00 to 18:00 Colombia time