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Senior-associate-level analytical support for live deal situations.

FirmLedge supports SMB and lower-middle-market buyers, searchers, independent sponsors, advisors, and lean investment teams with the analysis that usually falls on an associate: seller financial spreads, EBITDA / FCF views, model support, diligence questions, lender materials, working-capital analysis, and value-creation tracking.

Core analytical workstreams


Six ways FirmLedge plugs into a deal.

Deal Screening Support

When: A buyer needs to quickly decide whether a CIM, teaser, add-on, or seller package is worth more time.

Deliverables

  • Summary financial spread
  • Revenue / gross margin / EBITDA snapshot
  • Early red flags
  • Quick FCF / working-capital read
  • Buyer question list
  • Go / no-go support exhibits

Financial Spreading & Normalization

When: Management financials need to be put into a consistent analytical format.

Deliverables

  • Historical P&L spread
  • Balance sheet summary
  • EBITDA normalization bridge
  • Add-back schedule
  • Cash conversion view
  • Working-capital snapshot
  • Source / support notes

Diligence Support

When: A buyer is in active diligence and needs additional analytical capacity.

Deliverables

  • Diligence request-list support
  • Issue log
  • Trend analysis
  • Revenue / margin / customer concentration views
  • Working-capital and cash-conversion analysis
  • QoE-prep support
  • Buyer question lists

Model Support

When: A buyer needs a model built, cleaned, structured, or reviewed.

Deliverables

  • LBO / acquisition model buildout
  • Model cleanup
  • Operating-case structure
  • Scenario / sensitivity views
  • Debt-capacity support
  • Working-capital or cash-flow schedules
  • Model review notes

IC, Lender & Decision-Support Materials

When: A buyer needs clear exhibits and analysis for a decision, lender discussion, investor update, or internal process.

Deliverables

  • IC memo exhibits
  • Lender support schedules
  • Diligence summary pages
  • EBITDA bridge exhibits
  • Question / risk registers
  • Internal investment-decision materials

Portfolio & Value-Creation Analytics

When: A sponsor, searcher, buyer, or owner needs operating analytics after close.

Deliverables

  • Monthly KPI pack
  • Budget-to-actual view
  • Covenant / liquidity support
  • Board or lender materials
  • Pricing initiative model
  • Vendor rebate / spend analysis
  • Margin bridge
  • Working-capital dashboard
  • 100-day / 180-day plan tracker

Engagement formats


Three simple ways to work together.

Project Sprint

Fixed-fee scoped analysis for a live deal, model review, lender package, or portfolio issue.

Monthly Support Retainer

Ongoing analytical capacity for active searchers, sponsors, or lean PE teams reviewing recurring deal flow.

Portfolio / Value-Creation Support

Recurring or project-based KPI, margin, working-capital, pricing, vendor, and board / lender reporting support.

FirmLedge provides fixed-fee or hourly analytical support — not legal, tax, audit, assurance, formal Quality of Earnings, valuation or fairness opinions, investment advice, broker-dealer, securities, or capital-raising services. Work is based on client-provided information and stated assumptions.

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Need extra analytical capacity on a live deal or portfolio issue?

Send a short, non-confidential note with the situation and timeline. We'll tell you whether it's a fit and how we'd scope it.