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The EOS Finance Benchmark

Which best describes you?

About 10 minutes. Confidential — individual answers are never published or attributed. Every contributor gets the findings.

The benchmark runs in two versions that share the same core questions — Implementers answer about the companies they work with, finance seat holders answer about their own. Pick the one that fits and the rest of the survey adjusts to match.

I am an EOS Implementer, or I run an operating-system practice I hold or oversee the Finance seat inside a company running EOS

Choose one above to begin.

Participants receive

The aggregate benchmark findings and summary report
Practical guidelines for spotting finance bottlenecks
Insight into when companies outgrow their finance seat
Everything in the Finance Seat resource center — free

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1 Your practice

About your Implementer practice

Context only — used to segment results, never to identify you.

1. How long have you been implementing EOS (or a comparable operating system)?

Under 2 years 2–5 years 5–10 years 10+ years

2. Roughly how many companies are you actively implementing with right now?

1–3 4–8 9–15 15+

3. What revenue band describes most of your client companies?

Under $5M $5–20M $20–50M $50M+

1 Your company

About your company

Context only — used to segment results, never to identify you or your company.

1. Which best describes your role?

Owner / CEO / Visionary Integrator / President / COO CFO Controller Finance or Accounting Manager Bookkeeper / Office Manager

2. What is your company’s approximate annual revenue?

Under $5M $5–20M $20–50M $50M+ Prefer not to say

3. Roughly how many people work in the company?

Under 25 25–75 75–200 200+

4. How long has the company been running on EOS?

Under 1 year 1–3 years 3–5 years 5+ years

5. Do you work with an Implementer?

Yes — an outside Professional or Certified EOS Implementer Yes — an internal implementer No — we self-implement We used to, but not currently

2 Finance & traction

Finance and traction

Your read on how finance and EOS execution interact across your clients.

6. To what degree is the Finance seat holding back traction in your company — even when the rest of EOS is running well?

1Not at all 2Slightly 3Moderately 4Considerably 5Severely

7. How often does your company have a quarter where the Scorecard is green and Rocks get done, but profit or cash still doesn’t improve?

1Never 2Rarely 3Sometimes 4Often 5Very often

4. In what share of your clients is the Finance seat holding back traction — even when the rest of EOS is running well?

1Almost none 2A few 3About half 4Most 5Nearly all

5. How often do you see a client where the Scorecard is green and Rocks get done, but profit or cash still doesn't improve?

1Never 2Rarely 3Sometimes 4Often 5Very often

6. Which statement best reflects your experience?

EOS almost always improves financial outcomes EOS usually improves financial outcomes EOS improves execution more than economics EOS often improves activity without improving economics It depends largely on the maturity of the Finance seat Not sure

7. How confident are you in the accuracy and timeliness of the financials your clients bring to L10s?

1Not at all 2Slightly 3Moderately 4Mostly 5Fully —Not sure

3 Finance seat maturity

The Finance seat

The gap between the seat companies have and the seat their complexity requires.

8. Which Finance seat best describes most of your clients today?

Founder-Led Bookkeeping Accounting Control / Controller Strategic Finance CFO Leadership

9. Which Finance seat do most of those companies need?

Founder-Led Bookkeeping Accounting Control / Controller Strategic Finance CFO Leadership Not sure

10. What percentage of your clients are operating below the Finance seat their complexity requires?

Less than 10% 10–25% 25–50% 50–75% More than 75% Not sure

11. Which statement best describes the role finance plays in most client companies?

Records financial history Produces accurate reporting Provides forecasting and planning Influences leadership decisions Drives enterprise value creation

4 Breaking points

Which finance failures do you see most?

For each item, rate how frequently you encounter it across your clients.

5 Leverage points

When the Finance seat is strong

Where a strong finance function creates the most lift inside an EOS company.

20. When the Finance seat is strong, where do you see the greatest improvement? (select up to 3)

Better Scorecards Better Rock execution Better IDS discussions Better forecasting Better cash flow Better profitability Better accountability Better leadership decision-making Better resource allocation

6 Root cause

What's really driving it?

Use the arrows (or drag on desktop) to move your top three to the top. Order below the third does not matter.

21. Rank the root causes — only your top three matter

7 Your finance function

How it actually runs

The operational reality behind the ratings above.

23. How many business days after month-end do you close the books and issue financials?

5 days or fewer 6–10 days 11–20 days More than 20 days No reliable schedule Not sure

24. Who does the finance work today?

The owner or an office manager, alongside another job An outsourced bookkeeper or accounting firm An internal bookkeeper or accounting staff An internal controller A fractional or outsourced CFO A full-time CFO

25. Has the state of the finance function ever been raised as an Issue in an L10?

Yes — it was IDS’d and something changed Yes — but it keeps coming back Yes — but nothing came of it No — it has never made the Issues List

26. Which of these would help you? (pick up to 2)

A Finance Seat readiness assessment EOS financial Scorecard templates A month-end close checklist we can run A 13-week cash forecast toolkit A bookkeeper → controller → CFO decision guide A conversation with someone who has done this

27. If you could fix one thing about finance in your company, what would it be?

Get financials out faster Be able to trust the numbers See cash further ahead Understand margin by job, product, or customer Connect the Scorecard to economics Get the right person in the seat

7 In the room

How you handle it as an Implementer

How finance surfaces in your sessions — and what you do with it.

22. When finance is clearly the issue, what typically happens?

It becomes an Issue and gets IDS'd with a clear owner It surfaces repeatedly but keeps regenerating I flag it but treat it as outside my lane I refer them to a finance partner

23. Do you currently have a trusted finance partner you refer clients to?

Yes — reliable go-to A few, ad hoc No — wish I did No — not my role

24. When a client needs finance help beyond bookkeeping, where does the work usually go? (select up to 3)

Their existing CPA firm An outsourced accounting firm A fractional CFO firm or individual A recruiter, to hire in-house Someone from the EOS community network Nowhere — the client sorts it out themselves

25. Any firms or people you name specifically? (optional)

Helps us map who already serves this need. Never published by name.

26. How comfortable are you diagnosing whether a company's Finance seat is the right size for its complexity?

1Not at all 2A little 3Somewhat 4Quite 5Very

27. Which would be most useful to you? (pick up to 2)

Finance Seat Readiness Assessment EOS Financial Scorecard Templates CFO Deployment Evaluator Bookkeeper → Controller → CFO Decision Guide Cash Forecast Toolkit Vetted Finance Partner Network

8 In your words

Anything the multiple choice missed

Optional. Open responses often become the most quoted lines in the published report (anonymized).

28. Describe the most memorable case where a finance gap quietly capped a client's progress.

29. Complete this sentence:

“The most common sign that a company has outgrown its Finance seat is …”

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