Fractional CFO Services

Gain strategic financial leadership without the full-time cost. Our Fractional CFO Services provide expert financial planning, cash flow management, and data-driven insights to help your business grow and stay profitable.

Strategic Financial Leadership Without the Full-Time CFO Cost

Every business reaches a point where surface-level bookkeeping and basic accounting are no longer enough. You need deeper financial insight, long-term projections, strategic modeling, and someone who can guide you through complex decisions, but hiring a full-time CFO is expensive, unrealistic, or unnecessary for many small and mid-sized companies.

That’s where Fractional CFO Services come in. At Sunrise Accountants, we provide high-level financial leadership on a part-time, outsourced, or virtual basis, giving you the strategic expertise of a seasoned CFO without the cost and commitment of an in-house executive.

Whether you’re a startup building your first financial model, a growing company planning expansions, or an established business that wants better control over cash flow and projections, our fractional CFO accounting services are designed to give you clarity, direction, and confidence with every financial decision.

Trusted by Businesses

Across the USA

10+

Years Experience

500+

Clients Served

50+

States Covered

99.9%

Accuracy Rate

Why Businesses Choose Our Fractional CFO Services

A fractional CFO is not simply outsourcing the services of a financial professional, but a leader who can influence the future of your business. Businesses make calls to us since they desire:

01

Monetary visibility and transparency

We provide you with transparent access to your numbers, spending trends, profitability and risks, so that you can make intelligent decisions supported by actual data.

02

More superior prediction and prospective planning

With us, we are able to project your business in the future in case of market changes, growth opportunities, and financial bottlenecks long before they take place.

03

Strong cash-flow management

We detect cash leakage, optimize the payment cycles, and develop cash-flow systems that will ensure that your business remains sustainable and scalable.

04

Expertise without the executive salary

Instead of paying $250K–$400K+ for a full-time CFO, you get the same strategic value at a flexible, affordable cost.

05

Board-ready reporting, investor, and lender

We are ready to prepare professional reports, dashboards and financial materials to the investors, lenders, banks or to board meetings.

06

Executive-level decision support

We assist you in considering expansion, new products, new staff, new funding, mergers, budget, and additional income.

Our Fractional CFO Process

We have a systematic yet dynamic process to give you high-quality support of a CFO consistently and dependably to meet your business requirements.

01

Financial Diagnosis & Discovery

We begin by understanding your current financial position, challenges, structure, and goals. This includes:

  • Reviewing financial statements
  • Understanding revenue streams and cost drivers
  • Identifying weaknesses in systems or reporting
02

Strategic Planning & Roadmap Creation

Based on discovery, we build a tailored CFO roadmap detailing:

  • Business priorities
  • Financial goals
  • Short-term and long-term milestones
  • Growth and risk strategies
  • Budgeting & cash flow priorities
03

Financial Modeling & Business Projections

This is one of the core pillars of our CFO offering. We develop:

  • Detailed financial models
  • Revenue projections
  • Expense forecasting
  • Profitability analysis
  • Growth scenarios
04

KPI Development Performance Monitoring

We define the most important metrics to your business. This may include:

  • Acquisition cost of customers (CAC)
  • Lifetime value (LTV)
  • Gross margins
  • Profitability ratios
  • Operational efficiency KPIs
  • Inventory metrics (for eCommerce/CPG)
05

Optimization and Management of Cash-Flow

Problems in cash flow will drown any business more than unprofitable ones. We help you:

  • Project outflows and inflows.
  • Improve collection cycles
  • Optimize vendor payments

Our Fractional CFO Services

Our offering is comprehensive and customizable based on your business size, growth stage, and goals. Services include:

Virtual CFO Management

We act as your on-demand CFO virtually or part-time, providing expert financial leadership without the cost of a full-time executive. We handle strategic financial management, guide decision-making, and align your financial strategy with business goals.

Financial Forecasting and Modeling

We develop accurate financial forecasts and detailed models that help you predict future performance, prepare for upcoming challenges, and evaluate the financial impact of business decisions before you make them.

Cash-Flow Analysis and Management

Cash flow is the lifeblood of any business. We analyze your inflows and outflows to ensure liquidity, optimize working capital, and plan ahead for upcoming expenses or investments—keeping your business financially healthy.

Budget Creation and Monitoring

We help you build realistic, data-driven budgets and monitor them closely to track performance against targets. This enables proactive adjustments to spending, investment, and resource allocation for better profitability.

Strategic Financial Planning

We partner with your leadership team to create long-term financial strategies that align with your growth vision, covering expansion, fundraising, debt management, and operational efficiency.

Profitability Review

Our team identifies profit leaks and inefficiencies by reviewing costs, pricing strategies, and margins. We then implement actionable strategies to improve profitability and strengthen your bottom line.

Business Projection Services

We create future-focused projections and scenarios to help you plan for growth, investment, or exit strategies. These projections serve as a roadmap for making informed, confident business decisions.

Financial Reporting and Dashboard Setup

We design and implement financial dashboards and reporting systems that deliver real-time insights into your company’s performance. This transparency empowers leadership to make fast, data-backed decisions.

Industries We Serve

Our fractional CFO services are highly adaptive. We support businesses across multiple industries, including:

Technology startups

SaaS companies

eCommerce and DTC brands

Professional services

Construction and contracting

Health and wellness businesses

Retail and wholesale

Real estate

Logistics and transport

Food, beverage, and CPG industries

Why Choose Sunrise Accountants?

Businesses across the U.S. rely on Sunrise Accountants because we provide:

Deep U.S. industry experience

Human financial insight + technology-driven accuracy

Affordable, flexible packages

Affordable outsourcing options

Clear dashboards and easy-to-understand financials

Strong track record with startups and growing businesses

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Frequently Asked Questions

Get answers to common questions about our fractional CFO services

What is fractional CFO services?
Fractional CFO services enable companies to obtain a highly qualified Chief Financial Officer, who is either part time, outsourced, or virtual. Companies are provided with strategic financial leadership, forecasting, cash-flow management, and long-term planning services on a case-by-case basis instead of hiring an executive on a full-time basis. This provides growing companies with the benefit of having an executive level experience and the savings of not having a full-time CFO.

 

Why hire a fractional CFO?

A fractional CFO is custom-made financial advice when the company is in a critical growth phase. A fractional CFO will make you know your numbers, plan, spend, increase profit and will make sound decisions that have factual data. Lots of companies use fractional CFOs when growing, overcoming financial difficulties, raising funds, or when they just require more solid financial counsel without engaging a full-time executive.

How many hours does a fractional CFO work?

The number of hours a fractional CFO would be engaged is all based on what your business requires. The majority of the companies hire fractional CFOs on a per-week or per-hour basis and in most cases, five to forty hours a week or fifty to a hundred hours a month. They are employed on a project basis by others to perform such tasks as forecasting, budgeting, or preparing to fund. The time is not fixed and is created according to your needs.

What services does a fractional CFO provide?

The fullest amount of financial leadership, including financial modeling, forecasts, budgeting, profitability growth, cash-flow management, strategic planning, pricing, financial reporting, risk management, and investor/lender communications are offered at fractional CFO. Its service is comparable to the services of a traditional CFO that is not obligatory to have a full-time commitment.

How do I know if my business needs a fractional CFO?

A fractional CFO could help your business when you are on the fast track, you have difficulties in interpreting financial data, cash flow problems, significant decision-making, investor planning, or you do not have a long-term financial plan. In case your company has grown past the simple bookkeeping and needs further understanding of your financial situation or needs a structured plan, a fractional CFO can make the necessary move.

How long does an engagement last? Is it short-term or ongoing?

Based on your objectives, fractional CFO engagements may be both short-term and long-term. Projects that are usually undertaken on short-term basis include drawing budgets, developing forecasts or fundraising preparations. The continuous interactions offer the leadership of finances and monthly strategic assistance. The reason why many businesses opt to have a long-term partnership is due to the fact that steady financial management provides better results, although both models are present.

How does a fractional CFO improve profitability?

A fractional CFO enhances profitability by analyzing your financial framework, unwarranted spending, better pricing, better margins, better operational efficiency, and leading decisions to more lucrative decisions. They examine your financial performance highly and offer practical approaches that can assist you so as to raise earnings and minimize waste and risk.

Do I need a certain revenue size before hiring a fractional CFO?

The size of revenue needed to hire a fractional CFO is none. Fractional CFO support is useful to many small businesses and early-stage startups long before they reach one million dollars in revenue, particularly in cases where they require forecasting, organization of their finances appropriately, or reporting to investors. Provided that your business is growing, has financial intricacy, or lacks strategic clarity, you can advantage having a fractional CFO irrespective of your present income level.

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Fractional CFO Services

Take control of your company’s financial future with confidence. At Sunrise Accountants, our Fractional CFO Services are designed to deliver expert financial strategy, forecasting, and guidance tailored to your business goals.