Fractional CFO
Executive financial leadership focused on cash, forecasting, profitability, capital and strategic decisions.
What success looks like
- Know what happened
- Understand what is happening
- Prepare for what is next
- Improve decision quality
- Increase financial visibility for ownership and lenders
Typical deliverables
- 13-week cash forecasting
- Annual budget
- Rolling forecast
- KPI and profitability dashboard
- Scenario modeling
- Capital planning
- Monthly CFO meeting
- 30/60/90-day decision priorities
How the engagement works
Diagnose
Confirm current state, systems, risks, deadlines, people and required outcomes.
Build the operating cadence
Establish responsibilities, requests, controls, reporting and review gates.
Prepare → Review → Deliver
Northlen uses documented preparation, professional review and controlled release of material deliverables.
Commercial starting point
Starting at $3,000/month
Monthly in advance
Final fees depend on scope, entity count, transaction volume, systems, historical condition, deadlines and advisory complexity.
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