The benefits will stack up as you scale: better decisions, efficient operations, an energized department, and focus that’s tuned in to the future.
Data & mathematical rigor extracts insight from data that can resolve hard decisions. Automating analytics is transformational.
Gains from efficiency compound with scaling. Solid technology and robust processes unlock efficiency.
Inject a spirit of excellence and decisiveness into the finance department; add financial perspective to the executive team.
Success begets strategic dilemmas: Pursue or ignore the newest opportunity? Stay focused with strategic analysis.
Retain a fractional CFO in half-day blocks ranging from 0.5 – 2.0 days per week. Commitments are made on a quarterly basis. Additional hours, when desired, are charged on an hourly basis. Time is tracked and reported monthly.
Additional team members, like controllers and accountants, can be utilized on an hourly basis for additional support or to reduce overall costs. We aim for efficiency.
Ratio CFO is exceptional at identifying goals that elevate your business and converting those goals into measurable activities and achievable projects.
We’ll be frank with you on the value we can deliver. Our clients thrive because we only engage when our team can deliver transformational value.
We’ll agree on location (on-site, hybrid or remote), optimal hours of availability and a cadence for check-ins.
In our experience, it’s important to have the ability to have in-person meetings and to work on-site. For this reason, our fractional CFOs focus on clients in our hometown of Austin, TX and vicinity. However, we’ll consider remote-only engagements if we are able to deliver exceptional value.
A fractional CFO can help in the same ways as a full-time CFO. Here are some specific areas:
Fractional CFOs have deep expertise in these traditional finance department functions:
Fractional CFOs typically have significant experience managing these activities:
Fractional CFOs often have relevant experience in these areas as well :
A growing business often needs a CFO before there is budget to hire one full-time. This leaves knowledge gaps in the organization – often at critical phases – or saddles executives with responsibilities for which they are not ideally suited. Our rates for a fractional CFO range from $200 to $300 per hour. Additional team members range from $90 to $175 per hour.
A-level CFO talent for the time one is truly needed.
The bottom-line impact of your business decisions are contained within the finance department. It is a repository of data that touches all of your stakeholders. This information is phenomenally valuable and hard to obtain outside of operating within the industry. Don’t let it go to waste.
CFO expertise goes well beyond accounting. It will include working with capital providers, negotiations and legal agreements, dealing with the IRS and State Comptrollers, and enterprise software systems, just to name a few.
The key to transform data into insight.
Wisdom emerges from responsibility borne over time, after consequences are revealed. A fractional CFO has years of experience at the top-level of the organization. They’ve sat in the decision maker’s chair, untangled complex business decisions, worked with stakeholders, implemented decisions, and have been accountable for the outcomes.
Additional perspective is gained by broad industry exposure. Fractional CFOs typically work with multiple clients across a variety of industries. Each industry has it’s own approach to value creation, challenges and best practices.
The best decisions implemented at the optimal time.
CFO focuses on accuracy. Ensures accounting & tax compliance, and reports value & risk to shareholders. Stewards protect future value by critically assessing the risks and expected returns of different strategy alternatives.
CFO focuses on efficiency and effectiveness. Oversees treasury, tax and finance operations. Helps leadership to quantitatively analyze the implications of strategy choices and supports other departments with financial planning & analysis.
CFO focuses on execution. Works jointly with leadership to shape strategy choices; applies financial strategies to maximize the value during execution. Selectively drive initiatives like cost reduction, pricing execution and procurement.
CFO focuses on business performance. Helping to shape and execute future strategy as advisor to CEO. Thought leader aligning business & finance strategy to scale or grow. Integral in M&A and capital financing strategies.
RATIO CFO, LLC
PO Box 340334
Austin, TX 78734
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