Serving Atlanta Independent Businesses

Protect Your Margins
Control Your Cash Flow

We are your operational CFO. We catch sneaky vendor overcharges, cut bloated software, and orchestrate your weekly cash cycle so you never sweat a payroll again.

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Backed by Institutional Education & Professional Certifications

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Intuit QuickBooks ProAdvisor

Level 2 Certified

UVA Darden
Duke University
Georgia State University

Our Philosophy

Fractional CFO should feel like a partnership, not an expense.

Most financial services are just another bill. You pay a traditional bookkeeper to categorize history, or a consultant to hand you a thick binder of theory you don't have the staff to implement. That is an expense.

A partner gets in the operational weeds with you. We hunt down the silent 10-cent price hikes and overlapping software subscriptions quietly bleeding your bank account. We hand you a clear, tactical roadmap telling you exactly who to pay and when to hold.

The Windshield, Not the Rearview

Tax returns don't fix broken walk-ins. We look forward to forecast your exact cash position weeks in advance.

Stop the Silent Bleed

Vendors know you are busy. We act as your financial watchdog to catch junk fees and price creep instantly.

Beat the Weekend Trap

Friday payroll drains the account before weekend sales clear. We orchestrate timing so checks never bounce.

Keep Your GM on the Floor

Your GM should be driving revenue, not doing spreadsheet forensics in the back office. We handle the math.

Our Services

A straightforward path to financial control

We start with a forensic audit to find the leaks, then move into active advisory to keep them closed.

90-Day Diagnostic

The Cash Flow & Leakage Analysis

$495 one-time

A 5-day forensic audit hunting down ghost software subscriptions, merchant junk fees, and silent vendor price creep over your last 90 days.

  • Vendor Invoice Forensics
  • Merchant Processing Deconstruction
  • Ghost Subscriptions Hunt
  • ROI Guarantee: If we don't find $500 in waste, we refund the fee.

Margin Protection

Monthly Retainer

$900 /month

Ongoing monthly defense to permanently stop vendor price creep and merchant junk fees from quietly eroding your profits.

  • Monthly "Anti-Creep" Audit
  • Visual Prime Cost Dashboard
  • Monthly 45-Min Strategy Table/Call
  • 48-Hour Email Response
Premium Partner

Strategic Cash Flow

Fractional FP&A

$1,500 /month

Hands-on financial partnership where we actively orchestrate your working capital so you never guess if you can cover Friday payroll.

  • Everything in Margin Protection
  • Dynamic 13-Week Cash Forecast
  • Weekly A/P Execution Directive
  • Ad-Hoc Scenario Modeling
  • 24-hour Priority Response Time

* Note: The $495 Diagnostic fee is fully credited toward your first month if you transition into a retainer.

Founder of FE Financials

About your Partner

Bridging the gap between theory and daily operations.

I am Argo Nguyen, and I built FE Financials because I saw a glaring failure in the traditional accounting industry. Standard CPAs look exclusively backward—they categorize historical data for tax compliance, but they don't help an owner figure out if they actually have enough cash to fix a broken walk-in freezer today.

With an educational foundation spanning UVA Darden, Duke University, and Georgia State University, I gained a deep understanding of complex financial modeling and liquidity management. But I quickly realized that a $3M independent restaurant doesn't need a Wall Street pitch deck—they need a partner to look into their daily financial operations to maximize their cash availability.

As an Advanced Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor (Level 2), I combine high-level financial strategy with deep software expertise. I don't just tell you what's wrong with your margins; I dive into your ledger, decode your merchant statements, and physically build the systems to stop the bleeding.

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