Project CFO
A project CFO is a valuable resource when authoritative financial expertise is needed to complete a single, high-priority project and realize target outcome value.
Growing businesses rely on their CPA firms and internal accounting staffs, but when the requirements of a challenge exceed available expertise or bandwidth, incurred costs of the challenge continue to accrue, and time-sensitive opportunities fade.
With experience gained as enterprise CFOs and as CFO services partners – and acting in the role of a project CFO – we bring exceptional talents to finding root causes of challenges, evaluating options with you, and teaming to implement high-value solutions.
Project CFO
Skill Sets
- High-caliber financial leadership
- Authoritative financial expertise
Focus
- One clearly-defined project
- Can include sub-projects
Duration
- Driven by the engagement
- Can be as short as a few days
- Can be one, two or more weeks
On-Site Presence
- Driven by the engagement
- Can be one or two days a week on-site
- Can include remote task completion
Value of a Project CFO
Executives frequently face challenges that require financial expertise that exceeds internal capabilities or bandwidth.
These situations are efficiently addressed and resolved by a project CFO.
In addition to delivering high-caliber financial leadership, all our partners apply authoritative financial expertise with a laser-like focus on a single, pressing financial challenge that is standing in the way of performance or value gains.
We also address a project that is comprised of sub-projects. For example, completing a funding request may require a cash flow analysis, restatements or an updated forecast to build an accurate financial model.
A project CFO gets up to speed quickly and knows what needs to be done to successfully move a project to completion
Working with a project CFO pays dividends both now – there will be no delays in resolving front-burner challenges – and in the future – with positive results achieved by completion.
A project CFO’s level of expertise means there will be no need for significant supervision, and you and your team will be able to focus on your roles operating your business.
When to Think of a Project CFO
Examples of ways a project CFO can team with you to resolve challenges include the following:
- A financing request cannot be made until there is a forecast for comparing actual results.
- Some products warrant price increases, but there is no analysis to support it or “what if?” scenarios.
- Industry peers report six- or seven-digit annual cost savings, and you want an expert review of your COGS, operating expenses, and margins.
- A new operating model could move the company from selling commodity-based offerings to selling specialized, premium-priced offerings.
- An independent audit must be done to complete a sale or merger, and time is running short.
- A retiring partner’s buy-out is delayed because the best way to finance it is not known.
- A new order could triple company size, but there are no hard numbers on how to price it or the affordability of capital to fund it.
- You are a seated CFO and know the quickest path to completion of project is to hire a project CFO to supplement your work.
Visit our Solutions Grid to see over 60 areas in which we deliver project CFO solutions.