A practice for finance and analytics professionals climbing the next rung. Membership, programs, courses, and a weekly newsletter from Matt Brattin, former CFO and author of The Art of Analytics.

Coming Monday, June 1, 2026

The Climb

A recurring membership for finance and analytics professionals climbing the next rung.

Ambitious people who are really good, who want to move up, but who have become victims of their own success. They've built or taken on so much that they start to become a linchpin. They are buried by the gravity of their own potential.

What The Climb is

A recurring membership for finance and analytics professionals who got really good, took on too much, and want a way through.

Every step on the career ladder is a new room you have to break out of. The Climb is the rhythm and the planning instrument that helps members keep climbing, month after month, rung after rung.

What you get

The Current

A monthly 90-minute live session with Matt. Real work, real walkthroughs, real questions answered.

The Current weekly note

Behind-the-scenes from Matt's work: what he is seeing, building, and thinking through. Member-only.

Course library

Excel 4 Academy and Analytics 4 Tomorrow (shipping July). Included as long as your membership is active.

The Next Steps Plan

A one-page personal planning instrument: annual goal, quarterly milestones, monthly focus, weekly priorities.

Monthly office hours

Drop in, talk shop, work through what is in front of you.

A small operator-led community

Three or four channels. Quality over volume. Matt is in it.

Who it's for

Mid-career finance and analytics professionals. Anyone who is really good at what they do and is now buried by the gravity of their own potential.

  • Senior analysts
  • FP&A planners
  • Controllers and accounting professionals
  • Data analysts
  • Managers
  • Directors

Pricing

Founding rate
$59 / month

Locked for life. Available through Cyber Monday 2026.

Public rate
$79 / month

Or $790 per year. Starts late November 2026.

Founding window

Be the first to know when the founding window opens.

Founding members lock in $59 per month for life through Cyber Monday 2026.