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Professional Services · Improve Margins

Improve Margins for Professional Services.

Move gross margin and EBITDA margin into top-quartile territory.

Professional services scaled like product.

Professional Services · Improve Margins

Why professional services operators engage SAZ to improve margins.

Margin is the single best signal of business health and the foundation for valuation multiples. SAZ margin engagements work both sides of the equation — pricing and cost — to move both gross margin and EBITDA margin toward top-quartile bands.

Professional services firms — accounting, consulting, agencies, advisory — face a step-change opportunity with AI. SAZ helps firms productize services, build AI leverage, and scale the operating model.

The approach

The SAZ playbook for improve margins, calibrated to professional services.

Phase 1

Margin diagnostic

Gross margin by SKU/segment, EBITDA bridge analysis, cost-to-serve modeling.

Phase 2

Pricing reset

Value-based pricing, packaging, contract structure.

Phase 3

Cost reduction

Top cost categories with automation/AI/vendor consolidation.

Phase 4

Operating cadence

Monthly margin review, quarterly pricing review.

Expected outcomes

What professional services operators walk away with.

Gross margin +5–15pp

EBITDA margin +3–8pp

Top-quartile economics by year 2

Premium valuation multiple unlocked

Professional Services · Improve Margins

Ready to improve margins in professional services?

Email info@Sedighi.ca or call (604) 632-4959. A senior partner responds within one business day.

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