Accounting
Fractional CFO
Senior finance leadership, at the intensity you need.
A CFO isn’t a senior accountant. The job looks forward. Where the cash is going. Which lines make money. What a funding round or an acquisition does to the model. And when to say no.
Most businesses somewhere between $2M and $50M in revenue need that thinking long before they can justify the salary. A fractional engagement gives you a CFO for the hours the role really takes, which is usually a standing weekly or fortnightly rhythm plus someone to call when something breaks.
It normally starts with building a model that reflects how the business truly works, then moves on to the decisions that model informs: pricing, hiring, capital structure, and getting ready for whatever transaction is coming.
What you get
A model you can steer with
A forecast built on real operating drivers, not last year plus ten percent.
You can see the runway
You know how long you’ve got and what shortens it, weeks before it gets urgent.
Ready for the board
Reporting packs and a narrative that answer the questions before anyone asks them.
Someone in your corner
A person who has been through diligence before, sitting on your side of the table.
How it works
Get our bearings
A couple of weeks getting to know the business, the numbers and where the real constraints sit.
Build the model
A working financial model, a reporting pack, and agreement on which metrics matter.
Settle into a rhythm
A standing cadence: monthly review, rolling forecast update, quarterly reset.
Do the real work
Whatever comes next. Pricing, financing, an acquisition, getting ready to sell.
Common questions
Somewhere between 20 and 60, depending on the stage you’re at. If you’re mid-raise or integrating an acquisition, expect the top of that range.
A controller owns accuracy and the close, which is looking backwards. A CFO owns strategy, capital and forecasting, which is looking forwards. Once you’re big enough you want both.
Fractional CFO
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Strategic finance without the full-time executive salary. Forecasting, capital strategy, unit economics, and the discipline to turn your reporting into actual decisions.