Value Statement

What Actually Happens When Your CFO Leaves

When your CFO or Controller leaves, you're looking at 6 to 9 months before the next one is fully ramped. Most companies waste that time just trying to survive.
We help you use that window to build something better.
→ Stabilize operations so nothing falls apart
→ Support your finance team so they don't burn out
→ Build infrastructure that makes your next CFO successful
→ Keep your board and investors confident

This isn't typical interim CFO work. We focus on organizational systems, team development, and building finance functions that don't depend on heroics.

What We Do

Financial Leadership Transition Stabilization

90-120 day engagements when your CFO, Controller, or Finance Director exits. We stabilize the organization, coach your team, and build systems that make your next hire successful.

We don't just keep your books closed. We fix what broke when your last CFO left. We support your finance team so they don't burn out. We keep your board confident. And we set up your next CFO to actually succeed.

Financial Leadership Systems Audit

A 2-week diagnostic to assess whether your finance function can withstand a leadership transition. Or if you're one resignation away from crisis.

We assess your team's capability, evaluate your reporting infrastructure, identify single points of failure, and deliver a clear roadmap of what needs to be built before your next financial leader walks out the door.

Ongoing support for CFOs we've transitioned into their roles. We help them navigate their first year and build sustainable systems.

Monthly strategy calls, access for urgent questions, support during board presentations, and coaching on building their finance team. The first 12 months determine whether a CFO thrives or just survives.

Post-Transition CFO Advisory

You're in the right place if...

✅ Your CFO, Controller, or Finance Director just resigned |
✅ Your finance team is drowning trying to cover the gap
✅ You have a board meeting coming up and no one can produce materials
✅ You're worried about what happens if your CFO leaves
✅ Your last CFO held everything together through heroic effort

This Isn't For You If:
❌ You just need someone to close the books (hire a bookkeeper)
❌ You want the cheapest interim solution (we're premium)
❌ You're not willing to change how your finance function operates

How We Work

Week 3-8

We stabilize operations, coach your finance team to step up, build reporting infrastructure, and keep your board confident. The organization stays functional while we fix what broke.

Week 9-12+

We document everything your next CFO needs to know, support their onboarding with full context, and ensure seamless handoff. They walk into a system with everything they need to succeed from day one.

Week 1-2

We assess what's broken, interview key stakeholders (CEO, board, finance team), and deliver a 90-day stabilization roadmap. You'll know exactly what needs to happen and when.

About KB Training Group

KB Training Group was founded by Karyn Buggs, a CFO with 20+ years of experience stabilizing organizations during critical financial leadership transitions.

The pattern became impossible to ignore. Company after company, the story was the same. A CFO would leave. The organization would scramble. The finance team would burn out. The board would lose confidence. And six months later, the new CFO would walk into a mess.

After working with dozens of companies navigating sudden CFO and Controller departures, Karyn realized the problem wasn't just the departure. It was what the departure revealed. Organizations weren't just losing a person. They were discovering how fragile their systems actually were.

KB Training Group was built to solve that problem.

We help organizations use financial leadership transitions as an opportunity to build sustainable infrastructure, not just survive the gap. We stabilize operations, support teams, and set up the next CFO for actual success.

Karyn and the KB Training Group team work with companies facing unexpected financial leadership departures to turn crisis into competitive advantage.

Don't Waste The Gap

Your next CFO won't be fully ramped for 6 to 9 months. What you build during that window determines whether they succeed or burn out.

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