A fractional CFO provides senior financial strategy and oversight, fundraising support, board reporting, cash planning, on a part-time or as-needed basis, without the cost of a full-time in-house hire.
The role picks up where bookkeeping and standard accounting stop: modeling runway and burn scenarios, preparing board decks, advising on pricing and unit economics, representing the finance function in front of investors. It tends to fit a company that has outgrown a bookkeeper but isn't yet big enough to justify a full-time CFO's salary.
The value is judgment applied to numbers that are already accurate, which is exactly why a fractional CFO engagement is only as good as the bookkeeping underneath it. Strategic advice built on a shaky set of books is advice built on a bad foundation, no matter how experienced the person giving it is.
Runway, budgets, and what your next decision costs, built from books that are closed every month. Built by founders, investors, CPAs and startup people.