FP&A for Founders

Finally, financial clarity
built for how
you actually think.

Most CEOs didn't grow up in finance. BUILD Financial Labs translates FP&A thinking into language, models, and decisions that make sense to the people running the business.

$15M
Series A raised with modeling & investor support
18mo
Runway extended without additional capital
$1.2M
Annual savings through pricing & cost redesign
25yr
Deep FP&A expertise across SaaS and enterprise

Three ways to work together.

Deep-Dive

Pricing & Go-to-Market Finance

Rigorous analysis of your pricing architecture and the financial implications of your GTM motion — before you scale it.

  • Pricing model audit and redesign
  • Seat vs. usage vs. outcome-based analysis
  • Segment-level margin analysis
  • Expansion and upsell revenue modeling
Ongoing Retainer

Fractional CFO

For founders who need embedded finance leadership — strategic finance, board reporting, and FP&A guidance on a part-time basis.

  • Monthly reporting and board prep
  • Fundraising modeling and materials
  • Budget management and variance analysis
  • Finance tech stack implementation

FP&A expertise that translates for founders.

Bassam Afif is a CFA charterholder and FP&A expert with 25+ years spanning Fortune 500 finance, SaaS product management, and growth-stage advisory. He's built financial models at organizations from Johnson & Johnson and JP Morgan to Adobe and SAP — and led product analytics at Workday.

That combination is rare. It means the models he builds reflect how your product actually drives revenue — not just how finance textbooks say it should.

CFA Charterholder · MBA, Santa Clara University
FP&A leadership at J&J, JP Morgan, Adobe
Product management at Workday, SAP, Sequoia Consulting
Serving seed-to-Series B SaaS founders

FP&A made legible for CEOs

No jargon, no 80-tab spreadsheets handed off without context. Every engagement ends with a model you understand and can defend in a board meeting.

Built from your actual data

Models start from your product analytics, billing history, and CRM — not a generic template. They behave like your business.

Finance that speaks product

Activation, retention, expansion — these are built into the model so product decisions show up as financial outcomes.

Ready to make your numbers make sense?

Start with a complimentary 30-minute call. We'll talk through where your financial model breaks down — and what it would take to fix it.