Fractional CFO services · Build business value

The CFO seat - filled with a partner, not a placeholder.

Senior finance leadership for companies $10M–$100M, delivered by a full-time team of CFOs who have already held the seat. Independent and founder-led since 1996.

1996

Founded in Austin

6,000+

Companies served

4

Markets across TX & CO

Ellen Wood, CEO, sitting at a desk in a modern office setting.

Engagement brief

A vcfo CFO embeds with the leadership team - not the org chart.

Cadence

2–4 days per week, on-site or remote

Term

30-day notice. Always. Either side.

Bench

Full-time CFOs · not contractors

Coverage

Houston
Dallas | Fort Worth
Austin | Central Texas
Denver | Colorado

The reasons people call

Most calls start the same way.

After thirty years and 6,000+ engagements, we've heard nearly every version of "I knew something was off". If any of these sound familiar - that's a good first conversation.

01

The books are a month behind, every month.

You can't make a decision on numbers you don't trust - and your accountant is doing their best.

02

The board has stopped trusting the CFO seat.

Reports keep changing. Forecasts miss. Confidence is leaking before the next round.

03

Cash is tight and you don't know why.

Revenue looks healthy. Margins should work. The bank account disagrees.

04

You need to raise - and you need someone who has done it.

Diligence-grade financials, a defensible model, and a CFO sitting next to you in the room.

05

Your CFO just resigned, mid-year.

Or your controller. Or both. You need senior coverage by next week, not next quarter.

06

You're heading into a transaction.

M&A, sale, recap, integration - and your finance function isn't ready to be looked at.

The reasons people call

Expertise, integrity, performance - every firm claims them.
These are the differentiators.

01 - Value

Loyalty

Full effort. Full commitment.

Every vcfo CFO is a full-time employee, sharing one bench, one playbook, one set of standards. Your business gets our complete attention - not the leftover hours of a contractor running six other engagements.

02 - Value

Cordiality

Warm. Charismatic. Effective.

We move with the leadership team, not against it. Polite enough for the boardroom, candid enough for the founder breakfast. The CFO who builds momentum, not friction.

03 - Value

Courage

The opposite of CF-NO.

The audacity to say what is right for success - including the things you do not want to hear. We back our convictions with math, then help you carry them through.

Position

We do not parent your business.
We partner with it.

The traditional CFO sits above the business - keeper of the rules, gatekeeper of the spending, hand brake on the strategy. That's not the seat we play. The vcfo CFO sits beside the founder, the CEO, the owner - close enough to see the whites of the problem.

01

Companion, not gatekeeper.

We move with the leadership team, not against it. The CFO who tells you what's possible - then helps you do it.

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02

Full-time employees, not contractors.

Every CFO is a full-time vcfo employee, sharing one bench, one playbook, one set of standards. Coverage, not exposure.

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03

30 years. 6,000+ engagements.

Founded in Austin in 1996 - one of the original fractional CFO firms in the country, and still independent.

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04

Thirty days notice. Always.

No multi-year minimums. No retainer traps. We earn the next month every month.

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Scope of the seat

The CFO seat.
End to end.

Most engagements span all four practice areas. Some clients hire us for one and grow it from there. Either way, you get the senior seat - not a junior with a CFO email signature.

01

Strategic finance

  • Operating plan + 3-year model
  • KPI design + dashboards

 

  • Board & investor reporting
  • Capital strategy

 

02

Cash + capital

  • 13-week cash forecast
  • Debt + equity raises

 

  • Working capital optimization
  • Banking & lender relationships

 

03

Growth + transactions

  • M&A buy-side & sell-side
  • Diligence rooms

 

  • Quality of Earnings prep
  • Integration & synergy tracking

 

04

Finance operations

  • Close calendar + controls
  • FP&A build-out

 

  • ERP selection + implementation
  • Audit readiness

 

Beginning the engagement

From hello to kickoff,
in two weeks.

01

Discovery call

We move with the leadership team, not against it. The CFO who tells you what's possible - then helps you do it.

02

Scope & match

We review your financials, draft a scope, and propose the CFO whose industry, stage and temperament fits you best.

03

Kick-off in days

Engagements typically start within 1–2 weeks. Your CFO embeds with the leadership team from week one.

04

Build value, prove it

Monthly financial cadence, quarterly business reviews, and a running ledger of value delivered.

$2.4B

Capital raised alongside clients

6,000+

Companies served since 1996

30 yrs

Independent. Founder-led.

4

Markets - Houston
Dallas | Fort Worth
Austin | Central Texas
Denver | Colorado

Innovative business consulting team collaborating in a modern office environment.

I have hired three full-time CFOs over fifteen years. None of them moved the business the way our vcfo partner did in the first ninety days. He was already at the table the morning we got the term sheet.

CEO, Series B SaaS company · Austin, TX

Case · Series B SaaS

$42M Series B closed in 11 weeks.

A founder-led SaaS company hired vcfo six days after their CFO resigned. The new operating model, Series B model and lender package shipped on the same calendar.

6 days

Time to kickoff

+14 mo

Runway gained

+38 pts

Board NPS

Who calls us

Three kinds of organizations
call us most.

For startups

Fractional CFO services for startups

Series A–C founders who need diligence-grade financials, a defensible model, and a CFO who has sat across from VCs before. We are not a bookkeeper with a CFO title.

startups · venture-backed · pre-IPO

For SMBs

Outsourced CFO services for owner-led businesses

For owners of $10M–$100M companies who outgrew their controller and aren't ready for a $400K CFO. We deliver the seat - without the W-2.

owner-operated · family-owned · PE-backed

For non-profits

Fractional CFO for non-profits

Mission-driven organizations with grant-funded budgets, board reporting expectations, and audit cycles that don't allow surprises. We've served foundations, associations, and 501(c)(3)s for thirty years.

foundations · associations · 501(c)(3)

Markets served

Four markets. One bench.

Our CFOs work on-site, hybrid, or fully remote. We serve clients across the U.S. and internationally - but if you'd like someone in the room, we are likely already in your city.

Austin | Central Texas

2,400+

companies served

Dallas | Fort Worth

1,100+

companies served

Houston

1,300+

companies served

Denver | Colorado

900+

companies served

SaaS & technology

Life sciences

Aerospace & defense

Professional services

Manufacturing

Non-profit

Healthcare

Consumer & retail

Real estate