Academy · Track 2 — Advanced
The Advanced Track · CPA & Cannabis CFO

From defensible practice to Cannabis CFO.

Ten advanced modules for CPAs and advisors building a high-value practice — tax strategy, FP&A, audit defense, valuation, and M&A readiness, capped by a full Summit M&A capstone.

10Advanced modules
500+Test-bank questions
11Transaction tools
150-QFinal exam + certificate
Track 2 — Advanced
$1,997 one-time
Lifetime access · Advanced Certificate
  • 10 advanced modules with worked examples
  • 500+ test-bank questions & flashcards
  • Summit M&A capstone + 11 transaction tools
  • Operator analysis, QoE, valuation & exit
  • 150-question final exam + advanced certificate
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Foundation-level knowledge recommended before starting.
Who It's For

For the advisor going beyond compliance.

Track 2 is for practitioners who already have the federal foundation and want to deliver CFO-level advisory, lead diligence, and guide operators through transactions.

CPAs & senior accountants

You serve cannabis clients and want to move up the value chain into advisory and CFO work.

Aspiring Cannabis CFOs

You want to own FP&A, cash strategy, and the board-level financial conversation.

Deal-side advisors

You want to lead diligence, quality-of-earnings, valuation, and sell-side readiness for cannabis operators.

What You'll Be Able To Do

Operate at the level operators pay the most for.

Track 2 turns a solid compliance practitioner into the strategic advisor an operator leans on through growth, financing, and exit.

Build a 13-week cash-flow model and lead FP&A
Execute advanced §280E tax-savings strategy
Run operator-type KPI and financial analysis
Defend a position through an IRS examination
Lead a quality-of-earnings and EBITDA normalization
Build a §280E-adjusted valuation
Prepare an operator for sell-side diligence
Recognize, price, and scale advisory engagements
The Curriculum

Ten advanced modules. From CFO to exit.

Each module includes teaching, worked examples, a 50-question test bank, and flashcards — building toward the Summit M&A capstone.

A1

Multi-State Operations & Conformity

Consolidated complexity and how states conform to — or decouple from — federal §280E.

A2

Advanced §280E Strategy

The tax-savings playbook: pushing every defensible dollar into COGS, and the case law that bounds it.

Core
A3

Operator-Type Financial Analysis

KPIs and financial analysis tailored to each license type.

A4

Cannabis CFO Advisory & FP&A

The CFO role, 13-week cash flow modeling, and forward-looking advisory.

Core
A5

Audit Defense & Exam Readiness

Surviving an IRS examination — the IDR response, the workpaper file, the posture.

A6

Financial Due Diligence & QoE

Quality-of-earnings analysis and EBITDA normalization for cannabis targets.

A7

Valuation & Capital Markets

§280E-adjusted valuation and how cannabis assets are priced.

A8

Acquisition & Exit Readiness

Sell-side preparation, the data room, and getting an operator acquisition-ready.

A9

Practice Management & Scaling

Pricing, opportunity recognition, and scaling a specialized advisory practice.

A10

Summit Capstone — M&A

A full M&A engagement: operator to acquisition-ready, end to end.

Capstone
What's Included

The advanced advisory toolkit.

10 advanced module guides

CFO advisory, audit defense, due diligence, valuation, and M&A — the strategic layer of the practice.

500+ assessment questions

A 50-question test bank per module, plus flashcards, with full answer keys and explanations.

11 transaction tools

Working models and templates: 13-week cash flow, QoE shell, valuation model, data-room checklist, and more.

The Summit M&A capstone

A complete fictional transaction — operator to acquisition-ready — with workbook and model solution.

150-question final exam

A comprehensive advanced assessment across all ten modules.

Advanced Certificate

A credential marking you as an advisor equipped for CFO-level and transaction work in cannabis.

Questions

Before you enroll.

It's strongly recommended. Track 2 assumes the federal foundation (§280E, §471, chart of accounts) that Track 1 builds. If you already have that grounding from practice, you can start here.

No — Track 2 is 100% federal. State-specific deep dives are available as separate $297 add-on modules.

Working spreadsheets and templates used in real engagements — a 13-week cash-flow model, a quality-of-earnings shell, a §280E-adjusted valuation model, a data-room checklist, and more.

Lifetime access, at your own pace, with everything to return to as your engagements demand.

Yes — the Full Certification Bundle includes Track 1 and Track 2, every template, and both certificates, at a saving over buying separately.

Enroll in Track 2

Become the Cannabis CFO operators build around.

The advanced strategy, the transaction tools, and the credential to operate at the top of the cannabis advisory market.

$1,997 · one-time · lifetime access