Fractional COO & CFO · South Florida
Your business, running without you in the middle of it.
B8 Partners installs the operating system for owners of multi-location businesses: weekly KPIs, a rolling cash forecast, written processes and dashboards that run on their own.
What you get
The numbers, every Monday, without asking.
13-week cash forecast
$348K projected week 13
Ending cash Minimum cash
Weekly scorecard
| Location | Sales vs plan | Labor % | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aventura | 104% | 17.8% | ✓ On track |
| Coral Gables | 98% | 19.2% | ✓ On track |
| Boca Raton | 91% | 22.6% | ! Watch |
| Fort Lauderdale | 83% | 24.9% | ▲ Act now |
Who it's for
Owners whose business has outgrown their head.
Owner-run chains, 2 to 15 locations
POS, inventory, payroll, commissions and leases pulling the owner in every direction.
South Florida investors
Short-term rentals and renovations at once. Permits, draws, lenders, insurance and guests, with no operations lead.
Cash is managed from the bank balance. Numbers arrive late. Every decision routes through the owner.
A weekly rhythm with KPIs, a cash forecast, SOPs and decision rights. Managers own their numbers.
Services
Four practices, one accountable team.
Operating cadence
KPIs, systems, portals, payroll flows, SOPs, vendors and hiring.
Explore → CFOCash and capital
Forecasting, treasury, lenders, controls and insurance.
Explore → FP&AAnalysis and reporting
One living model, variances, board and lender packages.
Explore → AccountingBooks that close
Multi-entity bookkeeping, close, AR, AP and sales tax.
Explore →Start with a free 45-minute call.
If the Diagnostic is not a fit, we will tell you who to call instead.
Services
What the engagement covers.
Most clients need some of each. The Diagnostic tells us which matters first.
An operating cadence that does not depend on the owner's phone.
Accountable managers, systems that report on their own, and processes written down.
Operating Rhythm & KPIs
Weekly ops review, monthly close review, quarterly planning, with a scorecard for each location and manager.
Systems & Dashboards
POS, inventory, time and attendance, and live views of sales, cash and KPIs fed from your existing systems.
Payroll & Commission Flows
Timesheets, bonuses and tiered commissions moving into payroll without manual re-entry.
SOPs & Decision Rights
Written procedures, approval thresholds and who can decide what.
Vendors, Landlords & Leases
Landlords, contractors, insurers and the renewals that leak money when no one owns them.
Hiring & Team Management
Role definitions, hiring plans, performance management and the hard conversations.
Custom Portals
Web portals built around how the business runs: location and manager portals for sales, commissions and scorecards; project portals for contractors, permits and draws; and owner views that pull it all together.
The numbers an owner can run the business on.
Cash controlled, lenders handled, and a plan the bank believes.
Forecasting & Budgeting
Rolling 13-week cash forecast and an annual budget by entity and location.
Finance & Accounting Oversight
Internal bookkeeping automation: bank feeds, categorization rules, receipt capture and reconciliations that run on their own, reviewed by us and handed to your CPA ready for tax time.
Cash & Treasury Management
Daily cash position across every account, with payroll and debt service planned ahead.
Banking & Lending
Construction draws, loans, refinance analysis and covenants.
Controls & Insurance
Separation of payment approval and release; insurance and contract review calendar.
Payments & Processing
Card-processing costs, chargebacks and fraud tools.
A custom financial model, built for your business.
Built from your own locations, entities and cost drivers instead of a template, tied to actuals every month, and explained in plain language.
Custom Financial Model
One living model for the whole business, with scenarios for new locations, hires, pricing and financing.
Investor & Lending Reporting
The package your lenders and partners expect, delivered on schedule.
Board Materials Preparation
Ownership and board decks with the story behind the numbers.
Budget vs. Actual Analysis
Monthly variance review by location, property or project, with causes identified.
Metric Tracking & Analysis
KPI scorecards for owners and managers, refreshed automatically.
Cap Table Management
Ownership, partner capital accounts and distributions kept accurate.
Timely, simple, reliable books.
Books that close on time and reconcile to the bank, across every entity you own.
Bookkeeping & Payroll
Multi-entity bookkeeping and payroll processing.
Month-End Close
A documented close calendar, reconciliations and statements by a fixed date each month.
Invoicing & AR Management
Billing, collections follow-up and an aging report someone actually works.
Accounts Payable
Vendor onboarding, approvals, payment runs and a weekly view of what is due.
Sales Tax & Compliance
Multi-state sales tax filings, licenses and renewals tracked so nothing lapses.
Clean-up & Catch-up
Behind on the books? Reconciled back to the bank before the forecast is built on top.
What the Install delivers
Every 90-Day Install leaves the same core toolkit behind.
KPI scorecard
5 to 10 numbers reviewed weekly, an owner for each.
13-week cash forecast
By entity or location, updated weekly.
Operating rhythm
Weekly ops, monthly close review, quarterly planning.
SOP library
Starting with the tasks only the owner knows.
Decision rights
Who approves what, and spending thresholds.
Controls
Approval separated from release; insurance and contract calendar.
Dashboards & portals
Live sales, cash and KPIs, plus portals for managers and staff.
Payroll & commissions
Into payroll without manual re-entry.
Engagements
Diagnose. Install. Step down to a retainer.
Every client starts with the Diagnostic. Most move into the Install, then keep B8 Partners on one or two days a week.
Operations Diagnostic
Written assessment, KPI baseline, cash snapshot and a prioritized 90-day plan. Fixed fee, credited toward the Install.
90-Day Operating System Install
Most clientsKPIs, 13-week cash forecast, SOPs, dashboards and the operating rhythm in place and running.
Fractional COO & CFO — Core
Weekly ops review, 13-week cash forecast, KPI oversight, monthly close review, vendor and lease issues.
Fractional COO & CFO — Plus
Everything in Core, plus budgeting, lender relationships, hiring, team management and projects.
Custom tools
Portals, dashboards and integrations built for the specific needs of your business.
Retainers are monthly. Pricing is discussed on the intro call once we understand the size and shape of the business.
Terms in brief
Simple, written down up front.
Contracting
Through B8 Partners LLC as an independent contractor.
Minimums
The Install is a 3-month commitment. Retainers run month to month after a 3-month initial term.
Billing
Retainers billed in advance on the 1st. Diagnostic billed 50% at signing, 50% on delivery.
Your data
All client data belongs to you and is handed over in usable form at the end.
Termination
30 days' written notice by either side after the initial term.
Insurance
Professional liability (E&O) coverage in place.
The firm
Operators who build the tools, not just the plan.
B8 Partners is a South Florida firm providing fractional COO and CFO leadership to owner-run, multi-location businesses. We have run these operations ourselves, so the work starts on day one instead of after a long discovery.
How we work
Three things clients notice first.
Operators, not observers
Every recommendation comes from running retail floors, construction projects, rental portfolios and payment operations firsthand.
Systems that outlast us
KPIs, cash forecasts, SOPs and dashboards are installed to run without the owner and without us in the room.
Built in-house
Portals, dashboards and payroll workflows are built by our team for each business, not bought off the shelf and bolted on.
Industries
Industries we have operated in.
Experience
Selected work.
Retail
Operations for a four-location luxury apparel retailer in Las Vegas and Miami Beach: POS migration, inventory rebuild, tiered commissions, time-theft controls and landlord negotiations.
Short-term rentals
Performance review across an eight-property portfolio, co-host structures, insurance claims and utility disputes.
Construction & real estate
Miami-Dade permits, construction draws, loan closings, refinance analysis and contractor agreements.
Finance & controls
A 13-week rolling cash forecast across multiple entities, an insurance portfolio tracker and a bookkeeping system transition.
Payments
Card-processing operations: chargebacks, processing costs and fraud tools.
We build, not just advise.
Every tool below was built in-house and proven in live businesses.
Leadership
Michael Behar
Founder & Managing Partner
Takes fast-growing companies from chaos to control.
Michael is a seasoned operator who has spent his career building and running businesses, not just advising them. He has founded and run his own companies in payments, import/export and trading, and has led operations and finance for companies across retail, manufacturing and distribution, real estate, construction and short-term rentals. He has seen what breaks when a company grows fast, and he knows how to fix it.
His standard is the same in every engagement: cash forecast weeks ahead, not discovered at the bank; a handful of KPIs reviewed weekly, each with an owner; books that close on time and reconcile; and controls that let owners delegate without losing sight of the business.
He doesn't shop for off-the-shelf software and force the business to fit it. He builds custom solutions from within, starting from what the company actually needs: portals, dashboards and workflows designed around how the business runs, so the tools fit the company instead of the other way around.
The result is a company ready for its next stage: lenders and partners who trust the reporting, managers who own their numbers, and owners who get their time back to grow.
Contact
Tell us where it hurts.
The first step is a free 45-minute call. We use it to see whether the Diagnostic is a fit.
Intro call
Your business, where it hurts, what you have tried.
Diagnostic proposal
Within 48 hours of the call.
Diagnostic kickoff
Within one week of signing.