Fractional CFO
Senior finance thinking, without a full-time hire
Some decisions need more than a set of accounts. Raising money, building a senior team, pricing a new service, or deciding whether you can afford to grow faster.
A full-time CFO is one of the most expensive hires a growing business can make, and most don't need one five days a week. Our Fractional CFO service gives you a senior finance partner for the time you need, backed by a whole finance department doing the day-to-day work underneath.
When a business usually needs a CFO
You are planning to raise investment or borrow, and need a model and a story that lenders and investors will believe
Growth has stalled or sped up, and you can't see which clients, products or projects make money
Cash is tighter than the profit figure suggests
You are about to make a big hire, open a new site or launch a new service
Your board or shareholders want better reporting than you can produce today
You are thinking about selling, or want the business to be ready if someone asks
What the first 90 days look like
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Weeks 1 to 2: understand the business. We meet the founders, review the last 12 months of numbers and agree the decisions that matter most this year.
02
Weeks 3 to 6: get the numbers right. We tighten the month-end, set up the KPIs that match how you make money, and build a 12-month cash forecast.
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Weeks 7 to 12: plan ahead. We build the budget or investor model, agree a board reporting rhythm and work through the first big decision with you.
A CFO backed by a whole department
A single fractional hire is one person. If the numbers underneath are late or wrong, their time goes on fixing the bookkeeping instead of advising you.
With us, Fractional CFO support sits on top of a Virtual Finance Department. Our team handles the bookkeeping, month-end and reporting, so the senior time goes on the decisions.
Experience from inside businesses
Our founders trained at KPMG and have held senior finance roles in FTSE 100, FTSE 250 and US-listed businesses, including a divisional FD role. We have done the job inside businesses, not just advised on it.
Fractional CFO support is part of our VFD with Fractional CFO package, from £2,500 a month. See pricing.
Related services
Virtual Finance Department
Forecasting & modelling
Tell us about your business
We'll come back to you within one working day. If it looks like a good fit, the next step is a 30-minute call.
