Finance leadership.
Built on TACT.
Transparency. Accuracy. Consistency. Timeliness. Four principles that shape how we turn financial information into useful direction.
Meet Nick Darragh, MBA, CPA
Nick Darragh is the founder of TactCFO, providing experienced financial leadership to growing businesses that need more than traditional accounting but may not need a full-time CFO.
A CPA and MBA with more than 20 years of finance and accounting experience, Nick has worked across organizations ranging from middle-market operating companies to publicly traded enterprises with more than $2 billion in revenue. His background spans CFO leadership, financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting, cash flow, credit and working-capital management, internal controls, audit, banking, financial systems, and data analytics.
Before founding TactCFO, Nick served as Chief Financial Officer of a multi-entity commercial field-services business operating across eight states. There, he led the company’s finance organization and was responsible for financial reporting, budgeting and rolling forecasts, AP and AR, tax, internal controls, banking and covenant compliance, acquisition diligence, and expansion modeling. He also developed financial reporting and analytics that provided management with greater visibility into project costs and margins during a period of significant growth.
His experience also includes leadership roles with national and publicly traded organizations in construction materials, energy, manufacturing, distribution, logistics, and other industries. Earlier in his career, Nick worked in commercial banking as both a lender and credit analyst, giving him the perspective of evaluating businesses from both sides of the banking relationship.
Today, Nick works directly with business owners as a fractional CFO. His current engagements include manufacturers with approximately $15 million to $30 million in revenue, where his work encompasses full-cycle finance and accounting, budgeting and forecasting, financial reporting, cost accounting, systems implementation, contract review, and ownership decision support.
Nick earned both his Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and Master of Business Administration (MBA) from The University of Texas at Tyler. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in Texas and also holds the Certified Credit Executive (CCE), Credit Business Fellow (CBF), and Credit Business Associate (CBA) credentials.
Through TactCFO, Nick brings that experience to growing businesses with a practical objective: give owners better financial visibility, help them make better decisions, and build stronger businesses.
Clarity today. A stronger tomorrow.
Clarity is useful only
when you can act on it.
TactCFO is built around a straightforward idea: business owners should understand their financial position and have a practical way to plan what comes next.
TactCFO operates under East Texas Analytics, LLC. Our services combine strategic finance with business analytics and data analysis.
Our focus is the space between reporting what happened and deciding what to do. We connect cash flow, forecasts, and profitability to the choices facing small and mid-sized businesses.
The approach is collaborative: work with your existing team, make assumptions visible, and keep attention on the decisions that matter.
Transparency
Explain what the numbers say, where assumptions enter the picture, and what remains uncertain.
Accuracy
Review information carefully, reconcile inconsistencies, and make data limitations clear.
Consistency
Use stable definitions and a dependable review cadence so changes in performance are easier to understand.
Timeliness
Put relevant information in front of decision-makers when it can still influence the outcome.
A clearer next step starts here.
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