What is Solve For X?

Solve For X serves organizations that have specific analytical or modeling challenges they need to address—typically on a project basis. The typical engagement involves a defined problem (a financial model that needs building, an analysis that needs to be done, a decision that needs data support) rather than ongoing finance function management.

This makes Solve For X a good fit for companies that already have an internal finance team and need specialized analytical support for a specific initiative. Companies without an internal finance team or those needing day-to-day bookkeeping, monthly close, and continuous CFO-level engagement will find the model insufficient.

The project-based nature also means there is no continuity of relationship—you engage for a specific deliverable and the engagement concludes. For businesses that need an ongoing finance partner, this structure does not provide that continuity.

Solve For X offers analytical and consulting services including:

Financial Modeling: Building and improving financial models for forecasting, valuation, and decision support. This is typically project-based, with a defined scope and deliverable.

Data Analysis: Helping organizations analyze financial or operational data to support business decisions. This can include custom analysis, dashboard design, or data infrastructure work.

Decision Support: Analytical support for specific strategic decisions—capital allocation, pricing decisions, investment evaluation, and similar high-stakes choices.

Strategy Support: Broader analytical support for strategic planning initiatives, often tied to the financial modeling and data analysis services.

The firm appears to focus on solving specific 'X' problems—hence the name—rather than managing an ongoing finance function.

Solve For X does not publish pricing on its website. As a small consulting boutique offering project-based work, engagement fees are likely quoted per project based on scope, complexity, and the specific analytical challenge.

Businesses interested in working with Solve For X would need to reach out directly to discuss their specific analytical needs and receive a custom proposal.

Deep analytical expertise: The firm specializes in solving complex analytical problems, suggesting genuine expertise in financial modeling and data analysis techniques.

Project-based clarity: For specific, defined challenges, a project-based engagement can be exactly the right structure—clear scope, clear deliverable, no ongoing commitment.

Fresh perspective: For organizations with internal teams that are too close to a problem, an external analytical consultant can bring a new angle of analysis.

Focused on the problem: The firm's name suggests a focus on solving specific problems rather than providing ongoing services—which can be valuable for well-defined analytical challenges.

No ongoing relationship: Once the project is complete, the engagement ends. There is no continuity—no one who knows your business deeply from month to month.

No day-to-day finance operations: Solve For X does not handle bookkeeping, transaction processing, accounts payable/receivable, or monthly close. These are not the firm's scope.

Project scope means limited context: Each engagement starts fresh, without the deep context that comes from being embedded in a business over time.

Not for companies without internal finance: If you do not have an internal team to manage the books and financial operations day-to-day, a project-based analytical consultant cannot replace that.

Custom pricing means uncertainty: Without public pricing, it can be difficult to assess whether Solve For X is cost-competitive before engaging in a sales process.

Solve For X and Eagle Rock CFO serve fundamentally different needs. Solve For X provides project-based analytical consulting; Eagle Rock CFO provides an ongoing, dedicated finance team.

Ongoing vs. project-based: Eagle Rock CFO works with your business continuously—managing monthly close, providing ongoing CFO-level guidance, and building a long-term financial relationship. Solve For X engages for specific projects with defined endpoints.

Complete finance function vs. analytical projects: Eagle Rock CFO covers the full finance stack including bookkeeping, controller oversight, treasury, and CFO strategy. Solve For X focuses on analytical projects—building models, running analyses through our outsourced accounting services, controller services, and treasury management."

Embedded vs. external: Eagle Rock CFO becomes part of your business, learning your numbers, your processes, and your strategy over time. Solve For X brings external expertise for specific problems.

If you have a specific analytical challenge that needs solving—a model to build, an analysis to run—Solve For X could be helpful. If you need a team to run your entire finance function, Eagle Rock CFO is the answer.

See our outsourced controller services and accounting services for what that includes.