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Hobasa is a cross-system intelligence platform that helps organisations identify and resolve hidden operational gaps across Finance and HR initiatives before they impact performance. It transforms disconnected client data into decision-ready information so you spend less time consolidating and more time advising.
The insight is the value. The data prep is the tax.
Financial information lives in a dozen systems. Significant time goes to consolidating and validating before any analysis begins. Issues are often identified late, after the impact has already occurred.
What our AI does today
AI that connects your systems, cites its sources and is reviewed by people.
No black-box answers. Every finding is traceable to a record in your systems and validated before it reaches a decision-maker.
Analysis across systems that don't normally talk
Reconcile records from accounting, payroll, HR and operational tools into one view.
Answers linked back to the source
Every finding cites the exact record, row or document it came from.
Explainable and reviewable outputs
Each answer shows the inputs, the rule applied and how it was calculated.
Fraud, anomaly and compliance detection
Duplicate payments, unusual patterns and policy breaks flagged against your rules.
Human review before important decisions
Findings are checked by an analyst before they reach an owner, controller or CFO.
Question
Why did October vendor spend jump vs. September?
Answer
October spend rose $42,180 (+18%). Two invoices from Redwood Logistics appear to be duplicates of September bills paid to the same vendor.
Sources
- GL · Bill #INV-10442 — Redwood LogisticsOct 08
- GL · Bill #INV-10390 — Redwood LogisticsSep 27
- AP ledger export · rows 214–215Nov 02
Illustrative answer. Company names and figures are fictional.
A deeper analytical layer for every client engagement.
Most CFOs start with one or two of these and expand. Each runs on top of the systems your clients already use.
'What changed and why' analysis
Move from variance tables to causal explanations across revenue, costs and margins, every period.
Cross-system reconciliation
Payroll vs accounting, HR vs finance, ops vs GL. Surface mismatches automatically, not at month-end.
Cash flow signal tracking
Early warning indicators across receivables, payables and burn, so cash issues are spotted before they bite.
Margin leakage & cost structure
Pinpoint where margin is quietly slipping, by customer, product, channel or location.
Anomaly detection
Unusual transactions and pattern breaks across financial and operational trends, flagged continuously.
Pre-board & investor prep
Structured insights, variance commentary and follow-ups packaged for the next board or investor meeting.
Ongoing cross-client review layer
One consistent review surface across your entire portfolio, with drill-downs into any single client.
Follow-up & compliance tracking
Track open items, identified issues and compliance gaps from one review to the next.
A deeper analytical layer, not a replacement for your tools or judgement.
Hobasa sits on top of the systems your clients already run, connecting them, structuring the data and surfacing what matters, while you keep working in the tools you know.
We do the hard part, and we keep doing it.
Connect
We connect your clients' accounting, payroll, HR and operational systems, including the ones with no easy export.
Structure
We clean and structure the data into a consistent model so every client is comparable and review-ready.
Surface
Anomalies, margin leakage, cash signals and advisory opportunities surface continuously, not at period-end.
Support
Real people support you. Hobasa is a managed analytical layer, not a tool we hand over and walk away from.
Scale your practice without scaling operational complexity.
A connected analytical layer changes the economics of fractional work. Less manual preparation, earlier signals, and the room to deliver consistent, defensible recommendations across every client.
- Reduced time spent on data consolidation and reporting
- Faster identification of financial risks and inefficiencies
- Improved quality of client conversations and decision-making
- Ability to serve more clients effectively, without losing depth
- Stronger client retention through higher-value advisory
- Increased confidence in financial oversight and reporting
Built for the way fractional CFOs actually work.
Solo Fractional CFOs
Carry more clients without losing depth, with a structured review layer that runs alongside you.
Boutique advisory firms
Standardize how your team reviews clients and packages insight, from first engagement to board prep.
Outsourced finance & CAS teams
A clean handoff between bookkeeping, controllership and CFO-level advisory, with shared context.
PE & portfolio CFOs
One consistent surface across multiple portfolio companies, with drill-down into each.
The controls a fractional CFO has to be able to show.
- ISO 27001 – Certified
- SOC 2 Type II – Audit in progress, report expected in Q3
- Data masked, access-controlled and audit-logged
- Your client data is never used to train LLMs, or shared with third parties
- Sub-processor list available on request
Questions fractional CFOs ask us.
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