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Smith + Howard Advisory
Smith + Howard partners with middle-market organizations, public companies and private equity-backed businesses navigating growth, transformation and critical business moments.
Advisory at a glance
Our Advisory team brings together experienced professionals and integrated expertise to help organizations navigate growth, transformation and critical business moments.
150+
Advisory professionals
700+
Clients served
1,000+
Client engagements
15+
Industries served
Advisory capabilities
From focused support in one area to expertise across the business, we bring the capabilities needed to solve complex challenges and move critical priorities forward.
Strengthen financial performance, visibility and finance operations.
Build stronger people, leadership and workforce strategies.
Turn strategy into action and improve business performance.
Navigate transactions from diligence and readiness through integration.
Security, compliance and AI governance for an increasingly complex threat environment.
Find the leadership and specialized talent your organization needs.
How we engage
Every challenge is different. We shape our support around your priorities, your existing team and what it will take to move forward.
01 · Capability area
Focused guidance for complex decisions, opportunities and critical business priorities.
Services include
02 · Capability area
Dedicated expertise to plan, execute and deliver defined initiatives.
03 · Capability area
Experienced leadership when critical roles or capabilities are needed.
04 · Capability area
Targeted expertise or additional capacity that extends your existing team.
05 · Capability area
Ongoing operational support that provides scalable execution without requiring every capability in-house.
Why Smith + Howard Advisory
We bring together experienced operators and specialized expertise to help leaders solve complex challenges and move critical priorities forward.
Perspective shaped by experience in the roles and functions we advise.
Capabilities brought together around the needs of the business.
Support that moves from recommendation through implementation.
Experienced professionals who stay close to the work.
Meet our leadership
Smith + Howard’s Advisory practice brings together experienced professionals across finance, people, operations, transactions, cyber risk and talent to help clients navigate complex business challenges.
Advisory Practice Leader
Managing Partner, Advisory
Leads the Advisory practice at Smith + Howard, bringing senior perspective to clients navigating growth, change and complex business challenges.
Real challenges. Measurable results
A private equity–backed consumer products company needed better visibility across sales, inventory and profitability to improve performance. Smith + Howard Advisory consolidated data from four systems, established actionable KPIs and built daily reporting that gave leadership better information to guide purchasing, marketing and sales decisions.
The Impact
Questions we're asked
Audit and tax are compliance work — required, historical and precise. Advisory is forward-looking. We help leaders think through decisions, strengthen the business and execute the work that comes with growth, change and complexity.
Yes. Most engagements begin in one capability, but our teams work together across finance, people, operations, transactions, cyber risk and talent as the business calls for it.
With a conversation. We take time to understand the business, the goal and what’s in the way, then propose the right shape of support — from strategic advisory to project work, interim leadership or ongoing operational support.
Yes. We serve middle-market, publicly traded and private-equity-backed organizations across the country, with teams built around the needs of each engagement.
Start a conversation
Whether you know exactly what support you need or are still defining the challenge, start with a conversation. We'll help you identify the right expertise and path forward.
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