About Tallgrass Financial Partners
Tallgrass is a fractional CFO firm for owner-led Wichita companies. We work from the second floor of a restored brick warehouse at 317 N Rock Island St, Suite 210, Wichita, KS 67202, a short walk from the Old Town square.
The story
Lena Lindqvist spent eleven years in finance at a Wichita aerospace supplier. When an OEM changed its build rate, she was the one who had to tell the owner what it meant for payroll in six weeks. Friends who ran other shops started calling her on Thursdays with the same question.
In 2017 she opened Tallgrass to answer it properly: a 13-week forecast, rolled forward every week, and a partner in the room once a month. Theo Banerjee joined from a regional bank\'s commercial lending team, which is why our lender packages read the way a credit officer reads. Simone Ward joined in 2019 to run the close, because a forecast is only as good as last month\'s numbers.
We keep the firm at three partners on purpose. Every client knows all three of us by name. The founding story and dates are illustrative for this concept site.
The partners
Founding Partner, Fractional CFO
Lena spent eleven years as controller and then finance director at a Wichita aerospace supplier before opening Tallgrass in 2017. She has sat across the table from lenders, OEM purchasing teams and two buyers. She leads exit readiness and writes the firm's Kansas incentive notes.
Leads CFO retainers, exit readiness, board packs.
Partner, Forecasting and Lender Packages
Theo built forecasting models for a regional bank's commercial lending team, so he knows what a credit officer reads first. He builds every 13-week model the firm runs and prepares the bank and SBA packages.
Leads 13-week forecasts, lender and SBA packages, covenant reporting.
Controller Services Lead
Simone ran month-end close for a multi-location clinic group and a distributor before joining in 2019. She owns the day-six close calendar, the reconciliation review and Kansas sales and use tax oversight.
Leads Month-end close, reconciliations, sales and use tax.
How we fit in
We are not CPAs. We do not audit, review or prepare tax returns, we do not manage investments, and we do not value businesses.
What we hold to
See it early
13 WK
The forecast looks thirteen weeks ahead, every week.
Ready for the room
3 ROOMS
Bank, buyer and board packs that hold up to questions.
Here
67202
An Old Town office and the Wichita metro by name.
Next step
The 13-week cash review is a fixed $1,950: your bank data in, a working model and your runway number out, reviewed with a partner in a two-hour session. Three details in the form, or one call.