Building an Exit-Ready Finance Function: A CFO’s Playbook
Six critical areas every PE-backed finance leader must address before going to market The exit window is opening. PE exit values surged nearly 70% year over year in 2025. Strategic buyers are back. Valuations are stabilizing. And after years of compressed deal activity, sponsors are finally moving on assets they’ve been holding for five years […]
Why DSO Back Offices Are the Next Value Creation Battleground
How modern revenue cycle, accounting, and managed services models are reshaping DSO operational efficiency and EBITDA performance.
Founder Integration in M&A: Post-Merger Best Practices for Private Equity
In the world of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), deal teams meticulously model financials, design synergy targets, build integration playbooks, and plan Day 1 communications. Yet even the most detailed post-merger integration (PMI) strategy can falter if one critical element isn’t proactively addressed: founder integration. Based on the E78 team’s experience advising private equity sponsors and […]
Why Middle-Market and PE-Backed Companies Are Outsourcing Finance & Accounting in 2026
In 2026, finance and accounting outsourcing is no longer a cost-cutting tactic — it’s a strategic advantage. As talent shortages deepen and expectations around speed, accuracy, and scalability rise, middle-market and private equity-backed companies are rethinking how the finance function operates. In this post, we explore why CFOs and PE sponsors are embracing tech-enabled outsourcing, the data behind the shift, and how modern finance operating models are driving value creation and exit readiness.
Navigating M&A in a Resilient Market: Why Integration Execution Drives Real Value
The market is resilient — but most mergers still miss targets.
Discover how post-close planning and strategies can change the outcome.
Shifting The Transactional Procurement Mindset: How to Move Toward Strategic Sourcing
Shifting from transactional to strategic sourcing is not just a procurement initiative. It’s a profitability and control initiative that directly impacts EBITDA and long-term enterprise value.
From Spreadsheets to Strategy: Building a Modern Finance Function
Your board wants predictive analysis, but your team is buried in spreadsheets. Discover the 90-day playbook to transform your finance function into a strategic growth engine.
How CIOs Can Build a Future-Ready Infrastructure
Legacy infrastructure once powered growth. Today, it limits agility and innovation. For CIOs in mid-market and PE-backed organizations, modernization is no longer optional. Learn how to re-architect for scalability, integration, security, and intelligence to position your business to scale in the AI era.
How CFOs Can Build Investor Confidence Through Smarter Planning and Analytics
In today’s private equity environment, investor confidence hinges on precision, agility, and transparency in financial planning. Yet many CFOs still rely on outdated FP&A models that can’t keep pace with sponsor expectations. This article explores how modern CFOs are rebuilding trust through scenario-based forecasting, driver-based models, and AI-enabled analytics—transforming finance into a strategic engine for performance. Read how leading PE-backed companies are using smarter planning to deliver investor-grade results—and access our white paper for a practical roadmap.
Year-End Cost Take-out Playbook: 3 Moves That Deliver Immediate Impact
Year-end brings urgency—and opportunity—for finance and operations leaders under pressure to deliver results. E78’s Cost Optimization Playbook outlines three targeted moves that can unlock immediate savings, strengthen operational efficiency, and enhance EBITDA performance. From strategic sourcing to capacity optimization and selective outsourcing, learn where to focus now to create measurable impact before the year closes.