What CFOs actually need from their ERP
CFOs at Series B through pre-IPO companies are dealing with the same compounding problem: the business is growing fast, the board wants more, auditors are circling — and the finance team is still the same size it was two years ago.
The tools they inherited were built for a different era. QuickBooks collapses at scale. NetSuite takes a year to implement and requires a dedicated admin to maintain. Neither was designed to help a lean team punch above its weight.
Campfire is.
Scale revenue 20x without scaling the team
Replit went from $10M to $200M ARR in 18 months with the same 2-person finance team. That's not an outlier — it's what happens when the accounting work that normally requires 10 people runs automatically.
Accounting Intelligence categorizes transactions, reconciles accounts, and matches payments in the background. Ember Agents handle AP, AR, accruals, and close prep automatically. Your team reviews and approves — they don't do from scratch.
Real-time visibility
With Campfire, consolidated financials are current at all times. Not after close. Not after a manual export. Now.
When the board asks a question, you have the answer. When a cost center spikes, you know the same day. Ember AI answers executive questions in 30 seconds with full source attribution. No waiting, no spreadsheet archaeology.
Faster close
Campfire customers close 3–10 days faster than they did before. The reconciliation, accrual, and journal entry work that drives close time is automated. Month-end becomes a review and approval process, not a sprint.
TwelveLabs cut their close from 20 days to 10. CloudZero scaled efficiently without adding headcount. The pattern is consistent.
Audit and board readiness
Every transaction in Campfire has a full audit trail from source to GL. When auditors request support, your team pulls it directly from the system. No reconstruction, no scrambling.
Board packets that used to take a week to assemble take hours. Financials are current, SaaS metrics are built in, and Ember drafts the variance commentary.
The path to IPO
Campfire is the only next-gen ERP with public company customers. 1,000+ granular permission settings, configurable approval workflows, SOC 2 Type II certified, full audit trails, and locked periods. Built for the controls environment a public company needs — without the NetSuite implementation timeline and cost.
LimaOne Capital, a publicly-traded company: "Our team was impressed by the robust features, extensibility of the platform, and granularity of permissioning for a SOX environment."
Implementation
4–8 weeks, run by Campfire's own team. No outside consultants. No surprise renewal price hikes. One flat, predictable subscription.
Also relevant for
This page is relevant for finance leaders across a range of titles including: Chief Financial Officer, Interim CFO, Deputy CFO, EVP Finance, SVP Finance, VP Finance, VP Finance & Operations, VP Finance Administration, Director of Corporate Finance, Head of Corporate Finance, Head of Finance Department, Finance Officer, and Finance Manager.