Establish the facts.
Connect the financial picture to company records and identify where information is incomplete.
INDEPENDENT STRATEGIC FINANCE ADVISORY
Strategic
finance.
For the decisions
that shape a business.
Second Order advises companies, owners, and fund managers on financing, acquisitions, private fund economics, and operating performance.
CAPABILITIES
What oes your
business need next?
01 / CAPITAL ADVISORYBuy or sell
Improve
Raise capital.
Assess funding requirements, capital structures, and the operating plan behind a raise.
02 / DEBT & CREDITFinance growth.
Understand borrowing capacity, debt service coverage, and cash requirements.
03 / MERGERS & ACQUISITIONSBuy or sell
a business.
Evaluate an acquisition or prepare financial analysis and materials for a sale.
04 / PRIVATE FUNDSStructure a fund.
Work through distributions, carried interest, and returns to limited partners.
05 / VALUATIONAssess value.
Examine the assumptions, cash flows, and risks supporting a valuation.
06 / PERFORMANCE & PRICINGImprove
performance.
Connect pricing, revenue, and operating decisions to margins and cash.
HOW WE WORK
Commercial questions.
Financial discipline.
The analysis starts with the business and the decision at hand. Company records, operating assumptions, and financing terms inform the advice.
Compare alternatives.
Test how changes in revenue, costs, and financing affect cash requirements and returns.
Support the decision.
Present the implications, tradeoffs, and uncertainty in materials suited to the decision.