Skip to content

Businesses · Churches · Nonprofits · Built for Good

Your strategy, finance, HR, and technology, run by one senior team.

We advise, partner, and lead with faith-driven businesses, churches, and nonprofits from $5M to $250M: a CFO-level finance function, HR that keeps you compliant, managed and secure technology with CTO-level leadership, and counsel on the decisions in front of you, without hiring a full executive team.

Book your Strategy Read Take the 7x Assessment

30 minutes with a senior partner. You leave knowing the three gaps costing you the most.

400 faith-driven businesses, churches, and nonprofits have trusted Novum with their strategy, finance, and HR. Nearly 200 rely on us for accounting and HR every month.

Strategic Consulting · Finance & Accounting · HR & Payroll · Technology & AI

Why We Exist

Growth breaks three things, in sequence.

When organizations outgrow themselves, three things break, in sequence. Most firms solve one. Novum rebuilds all three, as one team, accountable for the outcome.

01 · Strategy

The plan that worked at $5M won't work at $15M.

The strategy that got you here was built for a smaller version of the organization. It no longer fits the market you now operate in, and the leadership team is executing hard on a plan nobody fully believes anymore.

02 · Systems

Finance and HR built for a smaller org are failing.

Month-end close drags. Restricted funds get miscoded. Payroll compliance is a risk you know you're carrying. Handbook and comp bands don't exist. The systems holding the organization up were never designed for this scale.

03 · Structure

Too few people are carrying too much.

Every decision still routes through the founder, the ED, or the senior pastor. There is no room to think, no bench to rely on, no margin to lead from. That isn't scale. That's a ceiling, and the people carrying it are running out of reserve.

Novum rebuilds all three, as one firm, accountable for the outcome.

If any of this sounds familiar, we should talk.

Start the Conversation Or book a call directly

A Strategy Firm With Operational Depth

Strategy is the work. Finance and HR are how we make it real.

Most firms hand you a deck and disappear. We sit in the room, build the strategy with you, and then run the financial and people systems that make the plan executable. One firm. One team. Accountable for outcomes.

01 · STRATEGIC CONSULTING

Strategy that leadership can run.

We sit with your leadership team, run the 4-S diagnostic, build the operating model, and write the strategy with you, not for you. Then we stay long enough to make sure it lands.

Strategic planning · Growth & expansion · M&A advisory · Turnarounds · Organizational design · Board development · Executive coaching · Donor development · Fractional C-suite · Change management.

Explore Strategic Consulting →

02 · FINANCE & ACCOUNTING

Numbers your board and bank can trust.

The financial system that makes your strategy executable. Clean books, real margins, and reporting your board and bank actually trust, so leadership can decide with confidence, not guesswork.

Bookkeeping · Controller · FP&A · Fractional CFO, the full finance ladder under one firm.

Explore Finance & Accounting →

03 · HR & PAYROLL

The people system the strategy depends on.

Handbook, comp, payroll, compliance, and lifecycle, built and run by us, so the leadership your plan requires can actually be hired, retained, and developed.

HR Advisory · Benefits & Payroll · Executive Partnership · Complete Outsourced HR.

Explore HR & Payroll →

04 · TECHNOLOGY & AI

Technology that earns its place.

From technology roadmap and ERP selection through cybersecurity, automation, and embedded fractional CTO leadership, we run the technology side of the business so the strategy actually compounds.

IT advisory · ERP implementation · Cybersecurity & SOC 2 · Workflow automation & AI · Cloud strategy · Tech-stack rationalization · Fractional CTO & CIO.

Explore Technology & AI →
See How It Works

The Novum Ethos

We advise, partner, and lead with you.

Novum is building the Tier 1 firm for the faith ecosystem. In every practice we take one of three seats beside your leadership team: we advise on the decision, we partner on the build, or we lead the function with you until your own leader is in place. The organizations we serve carry mandates bigger than their balance sheets, and they deserve the caliber of strategic and operational excellence the Fortune 500 takes for granted.

We help leaders steward two things: the moment they are in, and the resources they hold. The season that built an organization is rarely the one that carries it forward, so we read the moment with you and sequence the work to it. Then we steward every resource entrusted to us, the money, the people, the goodwill, so it returns more than it was given.

Vendors deliver tasks. A firm takes accountability for outcomes.

Expert Operators

We are the expert voice in the room, not only in finance and HR but in your sector of it. Then we do the harder thing: we frame what we know so it matters in your seat, never over your head. Closes that are accurate. Payroll on time, every time. Compliance that is airtight.

Strategic Guides

We are not the hero of your story. We are the guide who sees around corners, names what is coming before it arrives, and earns the trust to speak into the whole organization. You know it is working when you start asking us the questions that sit outside our lane, because trust in the person has become trust in the firm.

Redemptive Partners

This is the work we take most seriously, and it is built on three commitments. We are in it for the long haul, taking the long view rather than the quick fix. We see the whole picture, because some things look good on paper and are not good for people, and that is worth saying out loud. And we sow goodness into every engagement, so leaders walk away more hopeful than we found them, even when the news is hard. That is redemptive work.

Built for your moment

The work looks different in every seat.

Strategic management for faith-driven businesses, churches, and nonprofits from $5M to $250M. Choose your world.

You have already tried the obvious answers.

A new hire gave you a person without a structure. An operating system gave you a framework without an operator. A coach gave you questions without a plan. We give you the architecture and the hands to build it.

See how we help businesses →

400+

Organizations Served

90 Days

To Financial Clarity

Your One Partner for Growth.

Strategy, IT, Finance, and HR under one firm

Trusted by organizations doing consequential work

Client Outcomes

What changes when the infrastructure catches up to the calling.

Three organizations. The same strains. One framework.

Financial Strain Finance & Accounting

How a $22M Multi-Campus Church Closed Its Books in 10 Days, Down from 45

Month-end close was taking 6 weeks. Restricted funds were commingled with operating funds. The board had lost confidence in the numbers. The executive pastor was spending 30% of his time chasing financial data instead of leading.

What we did: Reviewed every account, fund, and workflow in three weeks. Rebuilt the chart of accounts. Migrated to a new system. Implemented fund accounting with proper restricted fund coding. Trained the internal team. Took over the monthly close.

The result: Books now close by the 10th business day. The board receives financials they trust. The executive pastor is back to leading. The finance committee chair said it was the first time in 15 years he felt truly informed.

By The Numbers

6 weeks

→ 10 business days

Month-end close time

100%

Restricted funds properly coded and tracked

15 years

First time the board felt fully informed

People Strain HR & Payroll

How a $20M Nonprofit Built an Entire HR Function for 35% Less Than Market

No employee handbook. No compliant onboarding process. Payroll was being processed by an office manager using spreadsheets. Two wrongful termination claims in 18 months. The best people were leaving because there was no structure to support them.

What we did: Assessed every people system, policy, and payroll process. Built a compliant employee handbook. Restructured the org chart. Migrated payroll to a proper platform. Implemented benefits administration. Created onboarding and offboarding protocols. Trained hiring managers.

The result: Zero compliance incidents since engagement. Voluntary turnover dropped. The entire HR function was built and is run by Novum for 35% less than the market cost of an internal hire, with higher execution. The organization redirected those savings to fill other critical leadership gaps instead.

By The Numbers

0

Compliance incidents since engagement

180

Employees transitioned to compliant systems

35%

Less than market cost, with higher execution

Strategy Strain Strategic Consulting

How a $50M Business Reclaimed Strategic Direction in Two Quarters

Five years without a strategic plan. Product lines had multiplied without evaluation. Revenue was flat while costs were climbing. The leadership team was asking hard questions no one could answer confidently. The founding vision was still there. The relevance was not.

What we did: Conducted a full organizational health assessment using the 4-S Framework. Facilitated stakeholder engagement across leadership, department heads, and the board. Built a 3-year strategic plan with measurable milestones. Restructured the business portfolio. Realigned the budget to strategy.

The result: Three underperforming lines of business sunset. Two new offerings launched aligned to core mission. Revenue grew 18% in the first year of plan execution. The board chair called it "the most aligned this organization has been in a decade."

By The Numbers

18%

Revenue growth in year one of plan execution

3 out, 2 in

Underperforming lines retired; mission-aligned offerings launched

10 years

"Most aligned this organization has been in a decade"

What leaders say after working with us.

"It is literally a daily battle for so many of the organizations we serve. What Novum brings -- skillful strategy and plans for future success -- is exactly what we needed. We are grateful for the individual work and leadership of this team. They are the real deal."

Steve T.

CEO, Business

"I have served on over two dozen for-profit and nonprofit boards and worked with at least ten strategic consultants over my career. Novum is the best. Besides McKinsey, I have not seen an equal."

Dennis Noll

Board Chair, National Nonprofit

"We're not going to take on another project without Novum helping us."

Megan Legacy

Executive Director, Regional Nonprofit

"I'm leading confidently for the first time in 7 years with Novum supporting us."

John Gregg

Senior Pastor, Multi-Campus Church

Voices from the Work

"The most aligned this organization has been in a decade."

Board Chair, $50M Mission-Driven Business

After Novum's strategic engagement, two-quarter operating-model rebuild.

Frequently Asked Questions

The questions leaders ask before they call.

What is Novum Partners?

Novum Partners is a strategic management firm serving faith-driven businesses, churches, and nonprofits. Founded in 2023 and headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, Novum delivers integrated Consulting, Technology & AI, Finance and Accounting, and HR services under one accountable team. The firm exists to strategically guide and steward the resources of organizations built for good, for the goodness of all humanity. Novum operates as Expert Operators, Strategic Guides, and Redemptive Partners across engagements that typically span 12 to 36 months. Core engagement size is $5M to $250M in annual revenue. Novum is not a CPA firm, a search firm, a PEO, or a broker. The firm sits on the leadership side of the table, sets strategy, builds the operating model, embeds fractional executive leadership, and stays in the cadence until the work compounds.

Who founded Novum Partners?

Brad Hobbs, Ph.D. founded Novum Partners in 2023. Brad serves as CEO and Founder. He holds a Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership with a focus on Change Management and brings over 15 years advising mission-driven organizations across four continents from Fortune 500 to global nonprofits to top 10 churches. Before founding Novum, Brad held senior operating and advisory roles across the faith-driven sector, with sustained work in church operations, nonprofit governance, kingdom-aligned investing, and international development. He is married to Lauren, lives in San Antonio with their children, and serves as the public face of the firm in keynotes, board advisory, and the most senior client relationships. Brad's leadership style is direct, frameworks-driven, and anchored in long-term stewardship rather than transactional consulting.

Where is Novum Partners located?

Novum Partners is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. The firm serves clients across the United States with a fully distributed senior team and on-site engagement when the work requires it. San Antonio is the operational base; the client base spans evangelical churches across most regions, nonprofits operating in every major US market, and faith-driven businesses headquartered from Texas to the Mountain West to the Eastern Seaboard. For multi-state and multi-campus engagements, Novum's leaders travel to the client site for board meetings, leadership intensives, strategic planning sessions, and the operating reviews that benefit from being in the room. The remainder of the work is delivered remotely with the same standards and the same named senior leaders.

How much does Novum Partners cost?

Every Novum Partners engagement is scoped at proposal and priced on the value of the outcome. Most engagements run 12 to 36 months and span two or more practices: Consulting, Technology & AI, Finance and Accounting, and HR, with Payroll as a subset of HR. Investment depends on the seat Novum takes (advise, partner, or lead), the size of the organization, and the practices included. Novum does not publish a price book. Every prospect receives a proposal that lays out scope, the seat Novum will hold, any fractional executive roles, and the projected investment for the first 12 months. The 7x Growth Readiness Assessment is the paid starting point, and its fee is applied toward onboarding when the organization engages Novum. Pricing is transparent inside the proposal and locked at the engagement letter.

Is Novum Partners a CPA firm?

Novum Partners is a strategic management firm, not a CPA firm. Inside the Finance and Accounting vertical, Novum's controllers and account managers hold CPA and CMA credentials, and the firm operates as a financial advisory and operating-services practice. Novum does not prepare tax returns, sign audit opinions, or perform attestation work. Those functions belong with the client's CPA firm or external auditor. Where the client does not already have a CPA, Novum maintains a vetted network of CPA partners and coordinates the handoff. The practical model: Novum runs the books, holds the monthly close to standard, builds the audit binder, drafts the Form 990 package, and partners directly with the CPA on tax filings and audit fieldwork. Two firms, one operating cadence, clean lines of accountability.

Your calling exceeds your current infrastructure. We exist to close that gap.

We assess where you are. We build what comes next. We steward what matters most. The conversation itself is free.

Start the Conversation