Three numbers your CFO can verify.
Your CTO or VP Engineering had the scoping call. Your CFO wasn't in the room. Here is the financial case, in terms a CFO can check against your own books.
Where the retainer pays for itself.
40-60 hrs/mo
Leadership capacity recovered
Recovered leadership capacity
Your senior leaders (VP Engineering, CTO, CPO) currently spend 40-60 hours per month on compliance questionnaires, security reviews, vendor assessments, and board prep they are not staffed for. Multiply their loaded hourly rate by the hours returned. The retainer typically costs less than the capacity it frees.
DKK 1-2M
Stalled deal value
Deal protection
One enterprise deal stalled on a security questionnaire or missing ISO 27001 certification costs DKK 1-2M ARR in delayed or lost revenue. Most growing B2B companies have at least one in the pipeline right now. The retainer pays for itself if it unblocks a single deal.
40-65K/mo
Monthly saving vs hire
Hire deferral
A full-time Head of IT & Security costs 115-130K DKK/month all-in (salary, pension, holiday, bonus, employer overhead) plus a 22-25% recruiter fee and a 5-9 month hiring timeline. The Standard Retainer runs 65-75K DKK/month. No recruitment cost, no timeline risk, no wrong-hire exposure. When you are ready for the permanent role, I help you recruit and transition.
First-year total cost by option.
Accel Comply retainer
780K-1.44M
Productive in 1-2 weeks
Fixed monthly fee. No recruitment cost. Full scope from day one.
Full-time hire (Head of IT & Security)
1.2M-1.8M + recruiter fee
5-9 months to productive
Partial scope (one person, three domains). Recruiter fee 22-25% on top.
Big 4 / large consultancy
800K-2M+
6-12 weeks to start
Rotating team. Partner-pitched, junior-delivered.
Figures in DKK, ex VAT. Based on a typical Danish B2B SaaS or FinTech at 80-250 staff.
What 'we will handle it later' actually costs.
- Enterprise deal stalled 3-6 months on a security review you cannot staff
- NIS2 obligation missed -- management body liability is personal under Art. 20. EU AI Act deployer fines up to 15M EUR or 3% of turnover
- Cyber insurance renewal at +30-40% because controls are not documented
- Wrong senior hire at 6 months and 500K+ sunk cost before you discover the mismatch
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30 minutes. No commitment. I will tailor these numbers to your actual situation so you have a business case your CFO can verify against your own books.
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