Business Owner Financial Planning

Ensure you’re maximizing both worlds with a solution that considers every aspect of your unique situation.

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If your business is an important piece of your life, shouldn’t it be an important piece of your financial plan?

At Cerity Partners, we have comprehensive financial planners focused on the intricacies of owning a business. Whether you have a small or a large business, we get to know you and your unique financial situation to set goals, measure them, identify gaps, and monitor progress.

Establish Measurable Goals

Our financial advisors—specializing in the unique needs of business owners—can help you define realistic, attainable, and purpose-driven steps to achieve your vision of success.

Develop Key Performance Indicators (KPIS)

We’re here to help you identify the ways your business is working great, allowing us to maximize efficiencies and help drive your business forward.

Identify Gaps

No business is perfect. Our business financial advisors are here to help you discover areas that may need some extra attention or additional support in your business.

Monitor Ongoing Progress

This is not just a set it and forget it plan. Our advisors will continually audit and adapt your business’s financial strategies in an easy to use dashboard that puts all your finances into focus.

Business Transition & Exit Planning Services

When it comes time to transition from your business, you want to ensure you’re maximizing the value you’ve put into it. Enhance your human, structural, customer, and cultural capital of your company to provide a substantial organization with lasting power with wealth advice from experts specific to business owners.

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