Pairing an AI-native planning platform with the trusted advisor to finance
At Abacum, we're focused on helping modern finance teams move faster, plan with greater confidence, and turn FP&A into a more strategic driver of business performance. That's why we're excited to announce that Abacum is partnering with CFGI - bringing our AI-native FP&A platform together with CFGI's advisory bench to help finance leaders modernize the way they plan, forecast, and report.
For 25 years, CFGI has built its reputation as the trusted advisor to finance; an independent accounting and advisory firm working alongside more than 3,000 active clients and 500+ private equity sponsors across the full lifecycle, from IPO readiness to post-merger integration to day-to-day finance transformation. Because CFGI operates without the constraints of auditor independence, its teams work side by side with finance leaders in a way few advisory firms can.
Abacum was built for finance teams that have outgrown spreadsheets and legacy planning tools but still need a platform that can scale with the speed and complexity of their business. Through this alliance, CFGI's Financial Transformation & Technology and FP&A practitioners can bring Abacum's planning, reporting, and intelligence platform into their client engagements - pairing AI-native technology with the hands-on advisory and interim finance leadership CFGI is already known for.
CFGI has already doubled down on AI-native delivery through its own AI-Enabled Finance practice, embedding automation and technology into every engagement its practitioners run. This alliance extends that thinking into the planning and forecasting layer, giving CFGI's teams a modern FP&A platform to pair with the technology they're already bringing to clients.
For Abacum, this alliance reflects a shared belief that the next generation of FP&A will be more collaborative, intelligent, and advisory-led; practitioners in the loop, powered by better technology, not replaced by it. CFGI's clients span private capital-backed companies, high-growth technology and life sciences businesses, and complex multi-entity organizations - exactly the profile of finance team Abacum was built to serve.
Jonathan Etkin, Managing Director, CFGI
"Clients rely on us and our experienced leaders to solve their toughest challenges utilizing the most advanced, proven technology. Abacum gives our FP&A practitioners a modern, AI-native platform that matches the pace our clients are moving at, and lets us focus more of our time on the judgment calls that actually move the needle for a CFO."
TJ Dhadwar, Partnerships, Abacum
"CFGI's independence, its bench of former Big 4 talent, and its reach across private capital make them exactly the kind of advisory partner our customers need. Together, we can help finance teams stand up a modern planning function faster and keep unlocking value as they scale."
As this alliance grows, CFGI's practitioners will be able to bring Abacum into finance transformation and FP&A engagements as the planning layer of choice; helping shared customers implement faster and keep building on that foundation as their businesses grow.
About Abacum
Abacum is an AI-native FP&A platform built for modern finance teams. Designed for mid-market and high-growth companies, Abacum helps organizations automate reporting, improve forecasting, and make faster, more informed decisions. With customers across more than 40 countries, Abacum enables finance teams to scale with clarity and confidence.
About CFGI
CFGI is the trusted advisor to finance - an independent accounting and business advisory firm supporting CFOs across accounting and compliance, transactions, strategy execution, and financial transformation and technology. With more than 3,000 active clients, 1,400+ former Big 4 professionals, 30+ global offices, and 500+ private equity sponsors served, CFGI helps the world's leading companies move forward with confidence, unconstrained by auditor independence rules. CFGI is a portfolio company of Carlyle and CVC.
