Based in Indianapolis, Bradley & Company pairs a CMA’s financial discipline with two decades of leadership across accounting, finance, and HR — and years of running a business from the owner’s chair. We focus on small to mid-sized businesses in a few key industries.
I'm Bradley J. Combs, a CMA and the founder of Bradley & Company. Before this practice, I spent a decade as co-owner and President of a calibration laboratory and an instrument manufacturing business — together they reached roughly $25M in revenue and about 100 employees. I made payroll through the hard months, and we sold the two businesses separately. With years of consulting experience and running my own business, I know how to convert financial reports into something you can use. You don't need an accounting degree. You can use mine. Read the full story →
That's the gap most accounting relationships leave open. The reports arrive on time and the numbers tie out — and the owner is still left to figure out what to actually do about it.
We don't just produce reports. We tell you what they mean.
Use what you already know — we'll adjust to your needs. Whether you run one of the most widely used accounting and ERP systems or something else entirely, you send reports on the cadence you choose, or you grant remote access and we work directly inside your system. No re-platforming required to get CFO-grade reporting.
Export your standard financial reports on whatever schedule you need and we build the CFO package around them — no new logins for your team to manage.
Prefer we work directly in your financial software? We connect remotely and pull what we need on our own schedule, out of your team's way.
Cash flow, KPI scorecards, budget-to-actual, and forward forecasting — the deliverable doesn't change based on how we got the data.
Construction, manufacturing, food manufacturing, and professional services all carry financial complexity most generalist accountants underestimate — job costing, equipment financing, inventory and yield, utilization and engagement economics. We only serve these four, so we go deep instead of wide.
Job costing accuracy, WIP schedules, retainage tracking, and margin visibility by project — not just by month.
Job and unit costing, equipment financing, inventory visibility, and labor efficiency across the production floor.
Batch and yield costing, ingredient cost volatility, and margin pressure from compliance and shelf life.
Utilization and realization tracking, engagement-level profitability, and cash flow timing around billing cycles.
Results against plan, cash, and a plain-English read on what to do next, every reporting cycle. Here is a sample page.
September revenue beat budget by $37,400 on stronger aerospace bracket volume, and gross margin held above plan. Cash is up $304,200 over twelve months, with $1,550,000 still available on the line of credit. Recommended next step: lock in second-shift staffing before the January order ramp.
A CMA credential means the work goes past compliance and into the numbers that change what you do next: budgeting, forecasting, and business strategy support built into every cycle.
The most important person in the company is the customer. That's a no-brainer. The second most important person is whoever is working with the customer — and the reporting we build is meant to support that person, not just the owner reading it at month-end.
A fractional CFO does the work of a chief financial officer on a part-time basis: forecasting cash, explaining what the numbers mean, preparing what your lender needs, and planning ahead with you. You get CFO-level judgment without a full-time salary.
No. We work from the standard reports your system already produces, or with remote access to it. Your team keeps entering transactions the way it does today.
Companies with roughly $5 million to $100 million in revenue in construction, manufacturing, food manufacturing, and professional services.
Indianapolis. Most of the work happens remotely, so location is never a limit, and we’re local for companies across Central Indiana. More about working with us in Indianapolis.
A 30-minute call at no cost: how you get your numbers today, what you wish you knew sooner, and whether an engagement makes sense.