For Portfolio Operations Teams

Every active TSA is a standing portfolio exposure.

Portfolio operations heads see three to ten TSAs at once, each running on a different timeline, with a different seller, on a different cost structure. The questions are always the same. Is the run rate above plan. Is the exit date defensible. Are SLAs being enforced. Is the next sponsor's diligence going to find a stranded cost mess. TSA Advisory standardizes the answers across every active file in the portfolio.

The Portfolio View

Five jobs every portfolio operations function carries.

Portfolio operations sits across every portfolio company in the fund. Where the operating partner owns one or two assets, portfolio operations owns the standard. The TSA work that lives at the portfolio level looks different from the work that lives inside a single carve-out.

A portfolio retainer covers these five jobs, refreshed quarterly with the same advisor across every active file.

  1. i.

    Portfolio TSA exposure dashboard.

    One view of every active TSA in the fund. Monthly run rate, exit date, extension risk, open SLA claims, governance committee status. Refreshed each quarter.

  2. ii.

    Standardized governance.

    A single TSA governance template applied across the portfolio. Same committee cadence, same scorecard, same escalation path. Portfolio companies stop reinventing the wheel.

  3. iii.

    Cost discipline across the book.

    Cost-plus mark-up benchmarks, mid-TSA pricing resets, extension fee minimization. Run the same playbook on every carve-out where the run rate has drifted past plan.

  4. iv.

    Exit readiness for the fund cycle.

    Carve-outs being readied for sale need a TSA off the operating model before the data room opens. Sequenced exit acceleration programs across every asset entering the exit window.

  5. v.

    Knowledge that travels.

    What worked on the last carve-out feeds the next one. The portfolio retainer keeps the lessons inside the fund instead of inside a rotating set of consultants.

Documentary view of a portfolio operations team reviewing TSA exposure across the book
What Portfolio Operations Gets

Six recurring deliverables. Same standard, every asset.

The portfolio retainer is a quarterly engagement that touches every active TSA in the fund. The deliverables below cycle each quarter, focused on whichever assets are at the highest leverage point in that period.

01

Portfolio TSA exposure dashboard

Live view of every active TSA across the fund. Monthly run rate, exit date, extension risk, governance status, dispute exposure. Refreshed each quarter for the operating committee.

02

Standardized governance template

One TSA governance committee structure applied across the portfolio. Cadence, scorecard, escalation paths, board reporting. Replaces twenty different formats with one.

03

Cost-plus and pricing benchmarks

Quarterly refresh of cost-plus mark-up ranges, pass-through validation, extension fee curves and service catalog pricing across the portfolio's industry verticals.

04

Mid-TSA renegotiation campaigns

Where the run rate has drifted past plan, run the same renegotiation playbook against the seller. Catalog rationalization, pricing reset, exit ramp rewrite. Sequenced asset by asset.

05

Exit readiness sequencing

For carve-outs entering the fund exit window, a portfolio level program that sequences exit acceleration, stranded cost analysis and clean separation ahead of the data room.

06

Dispute remedy across the book

SLA breach claims, service credit recovery and governance escalations run consistently across every active TSA. Recover dormant remedies before filing windows close.

Outcomes

What portfolio operations heads have moved across the book.

Anonymized results from portfolio retainer engagements. Full case studies available on request under NDA.

$18M
Mid-Market PE · Multi Sector

Portfolio savings, four assets

Four active TSAs across the fund. Coordinated renegotiation and exit acceleration across the book. Run rate savings booked across the value creation models.

3 of 3
Large-Cap PE · Multi Sector

Three exits on schedule

Three portfolio companies entering the exit window in the same quarter. Sequenced TSA exit programs landed all three on the original exit date.

1 standard
Mid-Market PE · Multi Sector

Governance unified across portfolio

Twelve portfolio companies on twelve different TSA governance models. One standard template, one cadence, one scorecard now used across every active file.

For Portfolio Operations

One standard. Every TSA in the fund.

Portfolio retainer proposal in 48 hours. Same advisor across every asset. The first conversation is always free.