FRACTIONAL CFO
Do you feel your financial monitoring isn't keeping pace with your business growth?
Are you only getting a "rear-view mirror" view of your finances, rather than forward-looking insights?
Growing companies need strategic finance leadership, but often can't justify a full-time CFO - that's where our team comes in.
What we do
We support your actual organization, leveraging the processes and tools already in place. Our approach focuses on the top four layers of the Modern Finance Setup, while accounting operations remain with your company or its providers.
THE MODERN FINANCE SETUP
Level 1 - Strategy
Long-term strategic direction and M&A, identify what you need to get there and how it'll impact the P&L in the short-term and long-term.
Level 2 - Analysis and Insight
Identify what drives your profitability, and give insight into revenue-generating or cost-saving opportunities.
Level 3 - Budgeting and Forecasting
Create an annual budget, do quarterly or rolling monthly forecasts, and review performance against budget/forecast regularly.
Level 4 - Reporting
Get accurate, regular, timely management accounts, file all your statutory returns accurately and on time, and stay compliant with the law.
Level 5 - Transaction Processing
[Remains with your company or providers]
Staff and suppliers are paid on time, cash is collected from customers, ensure cash flow sufficiency, and enter data accurately into your ERP.
• Accurate, timely management accounts
• Clear understanding of business operations with stringent internal financial controls
• Identify profitability opportunities through pricing or cost optimization
Financial Reporting
• Robust data collection and dynamic KPI tracking dashboards
• Unlock critical insights into performance
• Implement realistic and effective KPIs
Performance Tracking
• Strategic guidance through debt raises, equity investments, and M&A; ventures
• Enable your business to thrive through various growth phases
Strategic Financial Management
• Collaborate with department heads to create budgets and financial forecasts
• Align financial goals with overall business strategies
• Modern tools for business owners to focus on strategy
Budgeting, Forecasting & Analysis
• Facilitate communication between finance and other departments
• Ensure financial implications are considered in strategies and initiatives
• Integrate financial metrics into performance evaluations
Increased Collaboration
• Identify financial risks related to activities and work on mitigation strategies
• Ensure compliance with financial regulations
• Develop policies and procedures to safeguard financial integrity
Risk Management
How we work
We come to support your organisation, leveraging the processes and tools already in place. Our three-phase approach ensures your finance function remains solid throughout the various phases of your company.
THREE-PHASE APPROACH:
ASSESSMENT
Assessment of the whole finance function, making sure the Transaction Processing and the Reporting are reliable. Understanding the overall finance function of your organisation.
COORDINATION
Coordination of the finance function, ensuring the finance function remains solid throughout the various phases of the company. Involvement tailored to your needs.
BUILDING
Budgeting, forecasting, Analysis and Insights with modern tools for business owners to focus on the Strategy of their business. Involvement tailored to your needs.
Our Credentials
Our Team's Experience
✔ Swiss Chartered Accountants
✔ 15+ years of experience in corporate finance and accounting
✔ Experience with top-tier consulting firms (Deloitte, Berney Associés, Smith & Williamson)
✔ Worked with hundreds of companies from micro enterprises to listed companies
✔ Cross-border experience (Switzerland, Ireland, international)
✔ Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE)
Key Experience Highlights:
★ Fractional CFO for 50-employee engineering company
★ Implementation and integration of work in progress in accounts
★ Implementation of KPIs
★ Oversight of monthly/quarterly/annual closing
★ Coordination with statutory auditors
★ M&A; advisory
★ Led successful exits for clients
Why Choose Us?
EXPERTISE
Chartered accountants with 15+ years of experience in corporate finance. From top-tier consulting firm audits to hands-on CFO work for growing companies—we know the difference between finance that reports and finance that drives decisions.
FINANCE BUILT FOR GROWTH
Our mission is to turn finance into a strategic asset so you can stay focused on your customers, product, next stage, and ultimately a successful exit.
PRACTICAL, NOT THEORETICAL
We focus on results, not buzzwords. You get clear dashboards, tailored KPIs, and routines that actually help you make better decisions.
DIRECT PARTNER ACCESS
When you work with us, the experts you consult will be the same professionals executing the work—no junior teams.
WE WORK WITH WHAT YOU HAVE
There is no need to start from scratch—we embed into your existing tools and team to bring structure, clarity, and momentum.
FRACTIONAL = RIGHT-SIZED, NOT LIMITED
Our fractional model gives you access to senior expertise matched to your actual needs and budget.
Client Success Stories
"Ducommun's professionalism and expertise in understanding the various challenges of a rapidly growing SME were of great help in the development of SP Groups. Their quick understanding of our business and interpretation of it through the numbers were particularly impressive to me. The in-depth analysis of our activity, through finance and accounting, allowed us to implement realistic and effective KPIs."
— Fabrice Dumont, Founder of SP Groups
EgonZehnder
40%
of CFOs do not completely trust their organisations financial data
Blackline
of CFOs are somewhat pessimistic about the US economy
CNBC’s CFO Council
FAQs
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As businesses grow, the financial function often does not scale at the same speed than the rest of the operation, while the financial risk substantially increases.
Companies often wait too long to transition from compliance accounting to informed financial monitoring.
External CFO services will enable your transition towards informed monitoring and proactive financial management.
We work with our clients across the whole financial function to get things right, from the assessment to the implementation of new methods and tools across the whole organisation.
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It is clearly becoming a critical necessity whenever you feel that your financial monitoring is not up the task of supporting your decision-making, or that you’re only getting a “rear mirror” view of your financial situation.
The urgency is usually compounded by important changes affecting the company: Rapid growth (or negative developments), accelerating capex programs, increase in debt financing, entry of new investors, acquisitions or divestitures, etc.
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This is great. And we will not take their job. We will not compute your taxes. We will not prepare your payslip. We will work with you on the bigger picture, working with you through the different phases of your business.
