Michael Cohen
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Our Identity Crisis and 2026 Reintroduction

Stalliant has an identity crisis.

Are we a CFO firm or are we a data engineering firm?

Are we private equity operating partners?

Are we advisory or hands-on?

It’s getting difficult to answer when friends ask, “So, what do you do?”

In 2026, we are reintroducing ourselves.

Stalliant looks a lot like a typical CFO/FP&A/accounting support firm. Our differentiator is that we don’t see the office of the CFO as separate from data or information departments.

We also see the office of the CFO as the information engine of middle- and lower-middle market businesses.

Think of the typical responsibilities a finance org of an SMB: month-end close, profit and loss analysis, forecasting, reconciliation, reporting,

Dealing with something similar?

I work with SMBs and PE-backed companies on exactly these problems — financial operations, reporting infrastructure, and analytics built on the systems you already have.

See the work →