You have big plans for your company. We provide the financial leadership to get you there.
Growing. Raising capital. Acquiring. Preparing for exit. Energy CEOs making big moves deserve a financial partner who has been in the rooms that matter - and knows what it takes to win in them.
Book a Free 30-Minute AssessmentA working conversation about where you are headed and how to get there. With our team of former investment bankers, operators, and energy finance specialists. No cost. No pitch.
What Is Your Next Move?
Every energy company reaches moments that define what comes next. Some are planned. Some show up faster than expected. Either way, they go better with the right financial leadership beside you.
Grow
Scaling the business and building the infrastructure to match.
You are growing and you want every part of the company to keep pace - including the financial side. Real-time forecasting. KPIs that actually drive decisions. Reporting that keeps your board, your lenders, and your leadership team aligned. A financial rhythm built for the company you are becoming, not the one you were two years ago.
Learn more →Raise Capital
Getting the best terms on your next financing.
Whether it is a borrowing base review, a refinance, a new facility, or a PE raise - the companies that walk in prepared walk out with better results. We build the models, the projections, and the capital structure analysis so you sit across from lenders and investors with a clear, defensible story.
Learn more →Acquire
Making the deal work - financially, not just operationally.
You have a target. The strategic fit is there. We make sure the financial side is just as strong - the deal model, the financing structure, the pro forma, the covenant impact, the integration economics. So you go into the deal knowing exactly what you are buying and exactly what it costs.
Learn more →Exit
Getting full value for what you have built.
Whether it is 6 months out or 3 years, the companies that get the strongest multiples are the ones that start building the financial story early. We help you get the reporting, the metrics, the valuation narrative, and the financial infrastructure to a place where a buyer sees exactly what your company is worth - and pays for it. You built something valuable. The exit should reflect that.
Learn more →Built for Energy Finance
North Star Advisors was founded by Brad Frame after 20 years in energy finance - from the investment banking desks at JP Morgan and Bank of America to corporate finance roles inside energy companies. Capital raises, acquisitions, reserve-based loans, project finance, tax equity, sell-side mandates. Our team has been on both sides of the table.
Today we work directly with energy CEOs as their fractional CFO team. Same institutional skillset. Your side of the table. We bring the financial leadership that makes growth, capital raises, acquisitions, and exits go the way they should.
We take on 3 to 4 retainer clients at a time because this only works if we genuinely know your business and your numbers. When we work together, our team is in your meetings, in your decisions, and beside you for the moments that matter.
Start With a Conversation. Build From There.
No long-term contract required. Every engagement starts the same way and grows to fit what you actually need.
The Financeability Assessment Free
30 minutes with our team. We talk about where your company is headed and what the financial infrastructure needs to look like for where you are going. You get honest, specific insight - and a clear sense of whether working together makes sense. Not a sales call. A working conversation.
Book Your Free AssessmentThe Financeability Roadmap $12,500 to $18,500
A 2 to 4 week deep engagement. We review the full financial landscape - forecasting, capital structure, reporting, KPIs, lender readiness, valuation positioning - and deliver a complete blueprint with a 90-day execution plan. You can take the roadmap and execute it with your own team, or bring us on to do it with you. Either way, you walk away with total clarity on the financial path forward.
CFO Cadence Retainer
Ongoing financial leadership. Monthly reporting with KPIs and variance analysis. Rolling forecast. Covenant monitoring. Board and investor communication. Strategic decision support. Direct-line access for the moments that cannot wait. Month-to-month. 60-day exit clause.
Project Work Scoped per engagement
Specific transactions or one-time needs - acquisition modeling, sell-side readiness, capital raise support, board deck builds, lender negotiation prep. We scope it, price it, and deliver it.
Energy & Infrastructure CEOs Making Big Moves
Our clients run companies doing $10M to $150M in revenue across power generation, renewables, utilities, data center power, and energy infrastructure. They are founder-led or PE-backed. They are ambitious operators who are growing, raising capital, doing deals, or building toward an exit.
They are good at what they do. They want a financial partner who is equally good at what we do.
Let Us Talk About Where You Are Headed.
30 minutes. Free. A real conversation about your next move and what the financial side of it looks like. If there is a fit, great. If not, you still walk away with clarity.
Book Your Free AssessmentWant to start on your own? Take the free Financeability Scorecard at nscfo.com/tools - 5 minutes, instant results.