Service(s) Provided:
CFO Advisory and M&A Integration Support
Situation:
Following PE acquisition, Pest Control Brand needed enhanced financial infrastructure to support rapid growth across six Southeast states. The company required strengthened accounting leadership, accurate consolidated reporting for stakeholders and lenders, improved month-end close processes, and scalable finance team capabilities. Key business drivers included ensuring regulatory compliance, supporting continued acquisition strategy, and establishing robust financial controls and KPI tracking to meet private equity growth expectations and operational requirements.
Approach:
Vector delivered comprehensive 90-day finance transformation through hands-on leadership and systematic process improvement. Our approach included collaborating with existing interim CFO resources, conducting thorough business assessment, implementing robust month-end close procedures, and establishing stakeholder-aligned KPI reporting. We provided on-site presence with bi-weekly visits while implementing Ramp’s financial operations platform to automate accounts payable, expense management, and procurement workflows. Vector created scalable financial infrastructure including automated bookkeeping, lender reporting, forecasting capabilities, and operational dashboards while facilitating successful handoff to internal teams.
Results:
Through Ramp implementation, Vector automated Pest Control Brand’s accounts payable and expense management processes, eliminating manual invoice processing and reducing month-end close time. The platform’s built-in controls and intelligent automation streamlined vendor payments, corporate card management, and procurement workflows across six states. This transformation reduced administrative burden on the finance team, improved spend visibility and control, and created scalable processes to support the company’s continued acquisition-driven growth strategy.
In the Client’s Words:
“Vector Advisory led the implementation of Ramp… delivering significant time and cost savings through smarter management of corporate credit cards, bill payments, and accounting processes… Ramp replaced manual workflows and legacy expense tools, allowing the team to automate receipt capture, vendor payments, and transaction coding. This resulted in faster month-end closes, improved financial controls, and greater efficiency across accounts payable and expense management.”