Operational Infrastructure for Cannabis Retail
From opening day to audit-ready operations — I install the financial and operational systems that turn margin, cash, and staff performance into something you can run, not something that runs you.
The bench behind the work
Built by owners, operators, and CPAs.
Tested in the most competitive markets.
Refined over 17+ years.
Audit-tested and approved.
80+ combined years of CPA bench.
The Problem
Margins leak at the SKU. Cash tightens quietly. Staff drifts without accountability. On paper the business looks fine — underneath it's not holding.
Advice doesn't fix that. Systems do.
What I install
Open with a business, not a project. Built before the doors swing, so the first 90 days aren't spent fixing what should have been installed.
A three-phase engagement that identifies margin leakage, installs the systems that stop it, and keeps the structure enforced long enough to hold.
The accountability of a senior operator without the cost of an exec hire. Monthly variance review, KPI governance, and margin protection that holds long after installation.
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A plain-English walkthrough of the tax structure that quietly eats 30–60% of dispensary net income — and the two legally defensible strategies that bring it back.
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The full system we install on $15–25K advisory engagements — now as a DIY kit. 16 documents that take a dispensary from $50–200K in annual §280E overpayment to audit-ready.
90-day guarantee. If you don't find three margin leaks worth more than $999, full refund — and you keep the files.
How it works
Pre-implementation visibility across pricing, inventory, discounts, vendor terms, labor, and cash. The leaks get named before anyone touches them.
Executive Findings Report · 90-day planThe systems go in — pricing architecture, open-to-buy discipline, cash controls, 280E allocation, KPI cadence — with dashboards and enforcement built for your operators, not for a slide deck.
Governance Installation SummaryStructure without enforcement drifts. Ongoing executive oversight keeps margin, cash, and staff discipline in place month after month — variance reviewed, results reported.
Monthly KPI reporting & variance reviewMeasured results
Not one lever. The system, working together.
Stephen is the rare operator who can translate what works on the retail floor into what survives an audit. His work on our operational systems, margin recovery, and 280E compliance set a new bar for how Mission dispensaries were run.
Joe Feltham Bengal Capital · Former COO, 4Front Ventures
The Story
Green Ledger Systems was built over 17+ years operating dispensaries from the ground up — through the most competitive markets in the country, through regulatory changes nobody saw coming, and through every version of the problems operators are still dealing with today.
"If you're opening a dispensary, I can save you years of expensive trial and error. If you're already open and something isn't working, I've probably seen the problem before — and I know exactly what to do about it."
— Stephen Rechif, Founder
Questions people ask
Operators, not MSOs. First-time operators opening their first dispensary, existing operators whose numbers look fine on paper but don't hold under pressure, and small groups scaling from one location to several. If you're a national MSO with a full finance team, I'm probably not your fit.
Consultants hand you a report. I install systems. That distinction is the entire business. If a recommendation isn't executable on Monday morning by the team already in your building, it's not a system — it's a sales deck.
Built to support, not replace. We're not here to replace operator judgment. We don't dictate tools, vendors, or strategy. We build the infrastructure that helps you run your operation, your way — with financial control, operational discipline, and clear visibility.
Ninety days to find it. Up to six months to fix it. The diagnostic is scoped to a 90-day window. Installation runs from 60 days to six months depending on the state of the operation. Ongoing oversight is a monthly cadence with quarterly reviews.
Private by default. Every engagement is covered by NDA. I don't publish client names, don't share numbers, and don't use your operation as a case study without written permission.
Fixed-fee for the diagnostic. Milestone-based for installation. Retained monthly for oversight. You'll see a written proposal before any commitment. If the math doesn't work for your operation, I'll tell you in the discovery call.
Skin in the game, not a slide deck. I've run the retail floor, owned the P&L, sat in the controller seat, and survived every version of 280E since it applied. The systems here were built for operations I had skin in — not drafted in a workshop. That's why they hold.
Next step
48-hour review. Confidential. NDA-covered. No pitch unless it fits. Book a 15-minute discovery call and bring the one number that's keeping you up.
Or call (415) 379-0824