A membership for the climbers.
For finance, analytics, and accounting professionals buried by the gravity of their own potential.
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Most career advice assumes you're at the bottom. You're not.
You got really good. Then you took on too much. The Climb is the monthly rhythm that keeps you climbing. Rung after rung, quarter after quarter.
Does this sound like you? Ask yourself three things.
Most people doing this work answer yes to more than one of these. That's the point. The questions show you what's loudest right now.
Do you feel buried by your own potential?
You climbed too fast to notice when the climb started. The yes-saying that got you promoted is the thing keeping you stuck.
Do you have ambition with no clear map?
You can see the next rung. The role you want feels just as far away as it's ever been.
Are you trying to move now, or laying foundation for the next year?
Both work. Know which one you are.
Answer yes to any of these and you're in the right place.
What's inside
Each of these maps to a place inside the membership.
The Green Pill onboarding
Your first 30 days follow a method: a heavy first week, a looser middle, and a strong week four that hands you into the monthly rhythm. You'll know exactly where to start, what to do this week, and what comes next.
The Current
Monthly live training session with Matt. 90 minutes of fresh material, recorded for an ever-growing library. Plus monthly drop-in office hours for the messy stuff, member-driven and off the record.
The Climber Community
A single operator-led room with multiple channels. Matt is in there with you. The room where you say the thing you can't say out loud at work.
The Undercurrent
Weekly members-only channel inside the community. Behind the scenes from what Matt is seeing, building, and thinking through.
Foundational Training Library
Excel 4 Academy now. Analytics 4 Tomorrow when it ships (targeted Q3 2026). Additional modules in the works. Plus access to planning tools and templates ready for you to make your own. All included with an active membership.
The Map
Six competencies carry the whole climb, and the weight shifts as you rise.
The competencies
The mix, by rung
The muted share is the technical foundation; the saturated share is everything above it.
The path
Every move up runs through the four stages.
01
Know where you stand
02
See the opportunity
03
Prepare to move
04
Operate at the next level
Who this is for
Mid-career finance, analytics, and accounting professionals who are climbers with the ambition to reach new heights. Whether you're buried or just looking for more, we have something for you.
- Senior analysts
- FP&A analysts
- Controllers and accounting professionals
- Data analysts
- Managers, including managers of managers
- Directors
Who it isn't for
- Not for the coasting.
- Not for the comfortable.
- Not for the people looking to be saved.
- Not for anyone whose ambition is already satisfied.
I cannot push a rope. The work is yours.
I light the rungs, you climb.
Who built this
Matt Brattin
20 years of corporate climbing, up the FP&A ladder from junior analyst to CFO. Five companies. Eight promotions.
The Climb is the room he built for people who want more out of their career.
See moreWhat people say
“Matt is an exceptional executive coach who seamlessly bridges the gap between high-level boardroom strategy and deep tactical execution. In corporate finance, it's rare to find someone who can talk through the nuances of reading a room and navigating leadership team dynamics, and then immediately pivot to setting up AI workflows or structuring complex models. Our sessions always deliver actionable frameworks that can be brought straight into daily work with total confidence. For any ambitious finance leader looking to level up their career, his frameworks are absolute gold.”
Andrew M.
Director of Financial Planning & Analysis
“I had the honor of working with Matt for a little over three years... It's easy to undersell how much of an impact he's had on my career and on my work... He's never been one to shirk a hard question or avoid passing on a lesson. He's a people-first leader and great human.”
Arthur C.
Data Analyst
“Matt is not only an excellent analyst, but a great teacher, coach, and mentor. I had the pleasure of working with Matt professionally, and then reconnecting with him as I transitioned my career from accounting into analytics. His insight helped me understand the local analyst job market, while his Analytics Career Access program helped me sharpen my Excel skill set, and show up for my interviews feeling truly confident, prepared, and comfortable.”
Nicholas L.
Finance Manager
“Matt was kind enough to volunteer some of his time to mentoring me during my final semester of college. His guidance helped me land my first analyst job right out of school and he has continued to be a source of inspiration, encouragement, and enlightening conversations about data and the world of analytics. Matt is the real deal, he cares about helping people realize their full potential and his positive attitude is energizing to be around.”
Jef G.
Lead Data Scientist
The cost
One tier, everything included. Pick monthly or annual.
Available June 2 through end of day Friday, June 26, 2026. Your founding rate stays locked for as long as your membership remains continuously active. Cancel and rejoin later, and you rejoin at the public rate.
Become a founding memberThis becomes the standing rate after June 26.
Available after the founding window closes.
$590/year founding rate. It stays locked for as long as your membership remains continuously active. Founding window closes end of day Friday, June 26, 2026.
Both rates include the full course library. Excel 4 Academy now. Analytics 4 Tomorrow the moment it ships (targeted Q3 2026).
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