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 organisation, 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.
Management accounts & compliance
Accurate, regular management accounts. Statutory returns filed on time. Full legal compliance. This layer keeps you informed and protected.
Budgeting & forecasting
An annual budget, supported by quarterly or rolling monthly forecasts. Regular reviews against budget keep you on top of performance and able to course- correct quickly.
Analysis & Insight
Identifying what drives profitability and surfacing revenue or cost-saving opportunities. Good analysis turns financial data into decisions.
Strategic direction & M&A
Defining long-term direction, evaluating M&A opportunities, and modelling the financial impacts of strategic decisions. A clear strategic framework ensures every major decision is grounded in financial reality.
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 and embedded with all business functions.
BUILDING
Budgeting, forecasting, Analysis and Insights with modern tools for business owners to focus on the Strategy of their business.
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
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.
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.
