When a company is ready for finance leadership and strategic guidance but not yet ready for a full-time CFO, a fractional CFO can be the answer. Fractional CFOs help startups, nonprofits, and small and medium size businesses build off their early success, to make smart financial moves, improve financial health, and prepare the company for […]
The first controller is a significant milestone for a startup, nonprofit or growing company, and a fractional controller could be the first one to fill the role. For a set number of hours per month, fractional controllers take the organization to the next level—a place where the financial information is timelier, more reliable, and integral […]
The responsibility involved in leading and managing a startup, nonprofit or small business is a great one. Are you making the right choices? Will you run out of cash before your product will get to market? Is there a better, more efficient way to run the back office? For these tough-to-answer questions on your own, […]
With every turn of the calendar, senior executives are hit with competing priorities, along with risks and opportunities to consider. Still dealing with high interest rates, geopolitical tensions, and other uncertainties as we enter 2023, there is no shortage of issues competing for our attention. Yet one issue in particular deserves to be high on […]
Unlocking Growth With Outsourced Finance Solutions Building up or solidifying your company’s finance function is effectively done when you have access to specialized expertise. Our outsourced finance services cover every role in the finance team, including day-to-day accounting, FP&A insights, controller support, and strategic CFO-level guidance. We’ll tailor our expertise to your unique needs. Empowering […]
For a finance organization experiencing a leadership transition or growth, interim finance experts provide knowledge, skills and insights at a critical time, without needing to ramp up and without the company having to risk making a rash hiring choice. Whether you need a part-time, fractional, or interim accounting manager, interim controller, interim CFO—or an entire […]
Once considered primarily a compliance role, the internal audit function has expanded to provide a unique, and important, perspective that can greatly influence decision-making. Today’s internal audit experts provide a broad view, whether or not the company has a fully outsourced, completely in-house, or “co-sourced” internal audit function. Here is how to think about the […]
Holding different perspectives, the skillsets of a CFO and controller vary. Read on as we unpack the roles and responsibilities of the CFO vs the controller. As your emerging growth company takes on more business and more employees, a central question may arise: Should you bring in a controller or CFO, or both? Should these […]
Setting up a board of directors with independent directors takes a startup to another level—a level that will assure prospective investors of your young company’s commitment to its future, backed by accountability and oversight. The board can also provide financial discipline, strategic guidance, and fill in skills and expertise gaps to take the company further […]
Publicly traded companies will soon be subject to new disclosure requirements around how they manage their cybersecurity risk and strategy, and they’ll have a short window of time to disclose any material cybersecurity incidents that strike. Companies need to figure out now how they will comply with the new Securities and Exchange Commission disclosure requirements, […]
On demand leadership and consulting services out of Silicon Valley specializing in the Finance & Accounting disciplines.