Fractional Operations & Finance Leadership

Fractional operations and finance leadership is a model where an experienced C-suite operator — a COO, a CFO, or both in one — works with your company part-time instead of full-time. You get the judgment, systems, and accountability of a senior executive without the salary, equity, and benefits burden of a full-time hire. For scaling companies that have outgrown founder-led operations but cannot yet justify a permanent C-suite, it is the missing layer between doing everything yourself and hiring someone full-time.

The signal that you need fractional leadership is rarely a single event. It is a pattern: pricing decisions pile up without an owner, the P&L closes late every month, vendor and tech-stack choices get made by whoever shouts loudest, hiring happens reactively, and the founder is still the operating system. A fractional COO or CFO installs the cadence — KPI scorecards, weekly operating reviews, pricing architecture, cash-flow forecasting — that lets the business run without depending on one person.

Engagements are right-sized to the problem. A fractional COO typically runs about one day a week; a combined COO + CFO role closer to two. Pricing is transparent and month-to-month or fixed-scope, with no long lock-in. The work is operator-level, not consulting theory — someone who has sat in the seat, owned the P&L, and built the systems you are trying to build now. The goal is to leave behind a working operating layer, not a slide deck.