A PE Portfolio Company’s Guide to Using AI Without a Compliance Disaster

By Sean Peerless | December 30, 2025

AI has become part of the finance function almost overnight. Not because of a formal rollout or a board-approved initiative, but because it is easy. A…

Don’t Hire a Finance Leader Who’s Just a Human Wrapper for AI

By Sean Peerless | December 22, 2025

There’s a scene from The Simpsons that comes up more often than you’d expect in our conversations with private equity clients. Homer Simpson sits at a…

Why PE Firms Still Need Human Finance Leaders in the Age of AI

By Sean Peerless | December 14, 2025

There’s a tempting narrative floating around right now: “AI is becoming so good at financial analysis that eventually it will replace large parts of the finance…

AI-Ready CFOs: The New Baseline for PE-Backed Growth

By Sean Peerless | December 10, 2025

If you’re leading a private equity firm or supporting a portfolio company right now, you can probably feel it: AI has officially moved from being an…

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Why Waiting to Hire (or Job Hunt) Might Cost You in Q1

By Sean Peerless | November 25, 2025

Let’s be honest. December tends to get the reputation of being a “lost” month when it comes to hiring. People are juggling year-end reports, holiday parties,…

What Smart PE Firms Do During a Hiring Slowdown

What Smart PE Firms Do During a Hiring Slowdown

By Sean Peerless | November 22, 2025

Smart Private Equity Firms Use Hiring Slowdowns to Get Ahead When hiring slows, most firms hit pause. But smart private equity (PE) operators use that pause…