Strategic Financial Planning
Build the financial architecture your business needs to grow with intention, including an annual operating plan, multi-year projections, and a capital strategy aligned to your goals.
Whether you're scaling fast, preparing to raise, working through a cash crunch, or just trying to run tighter operations, we've done this work before and know where to start.
The title "CFO" often brings to mind Fortune 500 boardrooms and teams of analysts. But the function of a CFO is just as valuable at $3M in revenue as it is at $300M: financial leadership, risk identification, growth planning, and translating numbers into decisions.
A fractional CFO brings that function to your business without the overhead. You get dedicated strategic financial guidance on a schedule that matches your needs and budget. Think of it as having an experienced CFO available for the decisions that matter, without carrying a full-time executive salary.
There's a point every growing business reaches when the accountant handles the books but can't answer the decisions that actually drive the company forward. Pricing. Hiring. Capital readiness. A fractional CFO closes that gap.
A fractional CFO handles the strategic side of your finances, so you can make confident, informed decisions at every stage of growth.
Build the financial architecture your business needs to grow with intention, including an annual operating plan, multi-year projections, and a capital strategy aligned to your goals.
We build rolling forecasts that show you exactly what's coming in and going out, so you can act before a cash gap becomes a crisis.
Fundraising, M&A, and sale processes all require investor-ready packages, modeled deal structures, and someone who has been through diligence before.
Board-ready reporting isn't just for companies with boards. We build reporting structures and KPI dashboards tailored to your industry and business model.
We look beyond the income statement to understand how your business runs, where margins are eroding, where overhead is creeping, and which process improvements can affect the bottom line.
We build multi-year financial roadmaps that align capital allocation, hiring plans, and revenue targets to your growth goals.
| ★ Fractional CFO | Full-Time CFO | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | Flexible monthly retainer | $200K–$400K salary + benefits & equity |
| Commitment | Part-time, right-sized to your needs | Full-time, 40+ hours per week |
| Expertise | Works across multiple industries and models | Deep in one company's context over time |
| Flexibility | Scale up or down as needs change | Fixed overhead regardless of workload |
| Best For | $1M–$20M revenue, moving quickly | $20M+ revenue, complex finance needs |
| Speed to Value | Starts quickly | Months to recruit |
Your books are accurate, but nobody is interpreting them or helping you plan ahead. You're making big decisions without a strategic financial voice.
Investors and lenders scrutinize financials intensely. You need projections, narratives, and models that tell a compelling, defensible story.
You've had months where the bank balance surprised you, in the wrong direction. You need a forward-looking system, not just historical reports.
Whether you have formal investors, a board of advisors, or simply want to run your company at that level of rigor, we build the reporting infrastructure that makes it possible.
Big inflection points, including new locations, new markets, acquisitions, or a potential sale, call for financial modeling and a CFO who has been through them before.
The most common thing we hear from new clients: "I feel like I'm always behind." A fractional CFO changes that dynamic.
We work with businesses in the $1M–$20M range that are making real growth decisions and need a CFO who has worked through them before.