Built Across the Business
The strongest business decisions rarely belong to only one department. Finance affects operations. HR affects payroll and productivity. Grant requirements affect budgeting and documentation. Growth affects all of them.
That cross-functional perspective is a major part of how Consulting with Wine approaches client work.
Financial Leadership
Nearly two decades of hands-on experience with accounting operations, budgeting, forecasting, cash flow, financial reporting, internal controls, payroll, and management decision support.
Grants & Nonprofit Finance
Direct experience managing the financial side of federally funded programs, including budgets, allocations, reimbursement, reconciliation, documentation, monitoring preparation, and closeout.
HR & Organizational Systems
Experience building and improving handbooks, policies, onboarding, performance processes, corrective-action systems, timekeeping, payroll workflows, and management structure.
And because these areas often overlap, the work is approached as part of the larger organization—not as isolated problems.
Practical Advice. Hands-On Support.
Consulting should result in something useful—not another report that sits on a shelf.
The approach at Consulting with Wine is practical and implementation-focused. The first step is understanding what is actually happening inside the organization, including the systems, people, financial realities, and constraints behind the problem.
From there, the goal is to identify what matters most, develop a workable solution, and help put the right systems in place.
What Clients Can Expect
Straightforward Communication
Clear explanations, realistic expectations, and direct conversations about what is working and what is not.
Prioritized Recommendations
Problems are organized by importance so leadership can focus resources where they will have the greatest impact.
Solutions Built for the Organization
Recommendations are designed around the organization’s actual size, resources, systems, and capabilities—not a generic template.
Implementation Support
When needed, Consulting with Wine can stay involved to help build, document, and put recommended changes into practice.
Experienced Support Without More Overhead
Organizations do not always need another full-time executive, consultant on permanent retainer, or large advisory firm. Sometimes they need experienced help focused on a specific problem—and the flexibility to scale that support up or down as needs change.
Project-Based
Focused engagements for a defined problem, system, deliverable, or business objective.
Ongoing & Fractional
Recurring financial, HR, grant, operational, or advisory support when the organization needs experienced leadership without another full-time position.
Based in Washington. Serving organizations nationwide.
Flexible by Design
Support can be provided remotely nationwide, with onsite and international engagements available by arrangement.