About Meridian Rise Advisors
Strategic finance leadership for founders, management teams, and investors navigating growth, complexity, and transaction readiness.
BUILT FOR SCALE | DESIGNED FOR EXIT
CFO Perspective. Operator’s Discipline. Transaction Readiness.
Meridian Rise Advisors helps founder‑led, private‑equity‑backed, and operationally complex businesses build the financial infrastructure required for scale, transformation, and exit.
Mario Ricci brings CFO‑level experience across multi‑site operations, PE‑backed environments, acquisition integration, board and lender reporting, cost accounting, ERP transitions, and transaction preparation. His work turns financial complexity into clearer reporting, stronger operating visibility, and more confident decision‑making.
Meridian Rise is built for businesses that need more than historical reporting. We support leaders who need decision‑ready finance, sharper margin visibility, transaction readiness, and the operating cadence required to execute through growth or change.
Experience That Translates to the Lower-Middle Market
Practical finance leadership shaped by operating environments where reporting, margin visibility, capital decisions, and transaction readiness all matter.
Private Equity & Board Reporting
Experience supporting sponsor, board, lender, and executive reporting needs in growth and transition environments.
M&A and Transaction Preparation
Experience with add-on acquisitions, integration, sell-side preparation, diligence support, and financial narrative.
Operational Finance
Hands-on finance leadership across cost accounting, labor analysis, margin visibility, site profitability, working capital, and KPI reporting.
Finance Infrastructure
Support for ERP transitions, reporting cadence, scalable processes, close improvement, controls, and finance-team development.
How We Work
Practical
Focused on actionable financial clarity, not theoretical analysis.
Operator-Oriented
Built around the real decisions management teams face across growth, cash flow, margin, people, systems, and transactions.
Transaction-Aware
Designed to help businesses prepare for buyer, lender, board, and investor scrutiny before the pressure of a live process.
Let’s Talk About the Next Phase of Your Business
Whether you are scaling, preparing for diligence, improving financial visibility, or evaluating a transaction, Meridian Rise Advisors can help clarify the path forward.