ERP, finance, and operations stabilization for mid-market operators

Restore control when finance, operations, and systems stop telling the same story.

Distributors, e-commerce, & retailers call us when financials are late, data is broken, margins are leaking, and operations no longer trusts the system after go-live. We help restore control fast because we have lived the aftermath ourselves.

Who We Are

Battle-tested, not theory-based.

Founder-led by an operator who has lived the post-go-live disaster, with a vetted bench of specialists brought in only when the work actually requires it.

Founder-led by an operator who lived it

FidesOps is led by Thomas Williams, a former CIO who led full NetSuite, WMS, and POS implementations and integrations for a mid-market distribution business, then had to clean up the financial and operational fallout when the system went live but the business still was not under control. This work comes from carrying the consequences, not observing them from outside the blast radius.

One accountable lead, specialist depth when needed

You work with one senior operator who owns the diagnosis, priorities, and client relationship. When an engagement needs deeper execution, FidesOps can bring in vetted specialists across SuiteScript, NetSuite configuration, Celigo and integrations, accounting cleanup, and project delivery without turning the engagement into a bloated consulting team.

The Post-Go-Live Reality

Most companies discover the real problems 3–12 months after go-live.

Data that was never cleaned. Processes that were never mapped. A controller who can’t close from the new system. The result is late financials, margin leakage, shadow spreadsheets, and leadership spending more time explaining exceptions than running the business.

01

Late closes & broken trust

Data parked in suspense accounts, unreconciled transactions, reports that don’t tie, and finance teams that can’t explain variances to leadership or the board.

02

Margin leakage that quietly compounds

Stale costs, pricing exceptions never cleaned up, UOM and inventory mismatches, returns and freight coded wrong — all eroding profit month after month.

03

Operations no longer believes the system

Warehouse, purchasing, and sales teams build their own spreadsheets because the ERP doesn’t reflect reality. Finance and ops end up in permanent conflict.

04

Reporting still isn’t decision-ready

Leadership still ends up piecing together comparative financials, margin, and performance from exports and spreadsheets because the native view is not clean enough to run the business.

How We Help

Two clear ways we get you unstuck — fast.

No long assessments that sit on a shelf. We give you clarity and momentum in weeks, not months.

Clarity in 1–2 weeks

Stabilization Diagnostic

We come in, talk to your team, review the close process, data quality, integrations, margin drivers, and ownership gaps. You get a clear, prioritized picture of what’s broken, what it’s costing, and exactly what to fix first.

  • Close process & reconciliation gaps
  • Data & master data quality issues
  • Margin leakage root causes
  • Integration & reporting trust problems
  • Clear ownership map + 30/60/90 plan

Best when: you know something is wrong but can’t get a clean diagnosis or priority list from internal teams or the original implementer.

Visible progress in 30–90 days

Stabilization Sprint

Once we know the priorities, we help your team and vendors execute the highest-impact fixes: data cleanup, close process redesign, margin visibility, and critical integrations. We keep everyone focused and accountable.

  • Clear ownership + weekly progress
  • Data remediation that actually sticks
  • Close process and reporting fixes
  • Margin & cost visibility work
  • Vendor escalation when needed

Best when: you need visible movement on the issues costing real money and leadership trust right now.

What happens after the mess is under control

We stabilize the business, restore ownership, and avoid creating another consulting dependency.

Most clients do not need a long-term consulting dependency. They need the reporting cleaned up, the critical issues fixed, and clear ownership back inside the business.

Keep visibility where it matters If needed, we provide a light operating review on the remaining issues affecting cash, margin, close, and vendor commitments.
Prevent backsliding Make sure the fixes that restored trust do not quietly unravel through new exceptions, weak ownership, or vendor drift.
No permanent bench When deeper execution is needed, we bring in the right specialists or hand the work back to your team cleanly.
How We Work

A simple, bounded process from symptoms to clarity and action.

1. Diagnose

Find the real issues

Interview leaders and users. Review close process, data, integrations, margin reports, and actual vs system reality.

2. Classify

Separate symptom from cause

Data quality, configuration, integration gaps, process design, ownership voids, or vendor performance.

3. Prioritize

Focus on what actually moves the needle

Rank by cash impact, margin leakage, close risk, customer pain, and leadership trust.

4. Move

Clear owners + visible progress

Assign ownership, route work, escalate vendors, and keep leadership focused on the few things that matter.

What the diagnostic actually covers

The first step is not more activity. It is a clear view of what is broken, what it costs, and what gets fixed first.

A Stabilization Diagnostic is built to separate signal from noise so leadership can make decisions with a real picture of the business.

1

Financial visibility

Close process, reconciliations, reporting gaps, and whether leadership can trust the numbers in time to run the business.

2

Data and integrations

Master data quality, system handoffs, broken integrations, duplicate work, and where bad data is spreading across the operation.

3

Operational workarounds

Where warehouse, purchasing, sales, and finance have stopped trusting the system and built side processes to survive.

4

Ownership and vendor gaps

Who actually owns the problem, where decisions are stalled, and whether vendors, internal teams, or leadership are creating drag.

5

Priority and next steps

A practical view of what to fix first, what can wait, and what likely requires internal work, vendor action, or specialist support.

Not outsourced IT No password resets or day-to-day admin. We fix the hard problems.
Not permanent staff augmentation We stabilize, transfer knowledge, and step back cleanly.
Not slide-deck consulting Everything is grounded in actually having lived and fixed the mess.
Not report-only consulting We stay until there is visible progress and restored leadership confidence.

Start with a straight conversation about what is actually broken.

We will talk through the symptoms, where the numbers or workflow stop being trustworthy, and whether this looks like normal cleanup, a real control problem, or something that does not require outside help.

Let's Talk

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