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Forensics
U.S.-based · Global reach
Financial & Inventory Forensics
When cash, inventory, sales, deposits, purchasing, payroll, or reported results do not reconcile, leadership needs more than a surface-level variance report. Cole reconstructs the operating trail across POS activity, merchant settlements, bank accounts, invoices, receiving records, transfers, physical counts, recipes, waste, discounts, voids, refunds, timekeeping, purchasing, user access, and available surveillance or incident documentation. We identify when and where the numbers diverged, distinguish process failure from error or potential misconduct, quantify exposure where the records permit, preserve a clear work trail, and translate findings into corrective controls and management action. Legal, insurance, law-enforcement, and certified forensic-accounting specialists are coordinated when the matter requires formal investigation, expert testimony, or regulated professional opinions.
What this work is designed to deliverA documented explanation of material discrepancies, quantified exposure where supportable, clearer accountability, and strengthened controls to prevent recurrence.
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Senior expertise.
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When cash, inventory, sales, deposits, purchasing, payroll, or reported results do not reconcile, leadership needs more than a surface-level variance report. Cole reconstructs the operating trail across POS activity, merchant settlements, bank accounts, invoices, receiving records, transfers, physical counts, recipes, waste, discounts, voids, refunds, timekeeping, purchasing, user access, and available surveillance or incident documentation. We identify when and where the numbers diverged, distinguish process failure from error or potential misconduct, quantify exposure where the records permit, preserve a clear work trail, and translate findings into corrective controls and management action. Legal, insurance, law-enforcement, and certified forensic-accounting specialists are coordinated when the matter requires formal investigation, expert testimony, or regulated professional opinions.
Our operating approachNo seagull management. We can enter at the diagnostic, planning, implementation, stabilization, or ongoing-advisory stage—and remain accountable through execution, adoption, and a sustainable handoff.
Define the allegation, discrepancy, period, locations, systems, users, records, chain of custody, and immediate steps needed to protect evidence and assets.
Reconstruct sales, tenders, merchant deposits, cash, discounts, voids, refunds, gift cards, third-party delivery, payroll, and bank activity.
Trace purchasing, receiving, transfers, production, recipes, yields, waste, comps, physical counts, theoretical usage, and unexplained inventory variance.
Analyze access logs, approval patterns, vendor and employee relationships, timing, overrides, unusual transactions, and breakdowns in separation of duties.
Quantify supported exposure, document methodology and limitations, distinguish errors and process failures from indicators requiring further investigation.
Deliver findings, control recommendations, recovery priorities, and a coordination package for counsel, insurers, law enforcement, CPAs, or certified forensic specialists where needed.
When to bring us in
Before a decision.
During a transition.
When performance slips.
Fix or stabilize
Step into an urgent gap, stop leakage, restore accountability, and protect the business.
Improve or grow
Strengthen the operating platform before scaling, transacting, refinancing, or adding leadership.
Flexible engagement
Focused project
A defined issue, deliverable, timeline, and implementation plan.
Fractional leadership
Hands-on senior ownership without adding a permanent full-time executive.
Ongoing advisory
Regular operating review, decision support, accountability, and governance.
Cole provides hospitality operating, transaction-preparation, and coordination support. Legal, real-estate brokerage, lending, securities, tax, and other regulated services are performed by appropriately licensed professionals where required.
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