You don't have a CFO
A fractional CFO is out of reach for most early startups. Get the modeling, scenarios, and reporting a CFO would build, as software from day zero.
The problem
A good fractional CFO costs more than most pre-seed startups can justify, so founders run finance themselves in spreadsheets. You still need the modeling, scenario, and reporting infrastructure a CFO would build, you just cannot afford the CFO to build it.
How YourCFO handles it
Initiative-based forecasts, a BAU baseline, and scenarios, without hiring for it.
Variance analysis and investor updates that a CFO would normally own.
Built to give operators the infrastructure, not to replace a real CFO once you can hire one.
you are running finance yourself
you get the structure a CFO would build, and keep it when you eventually hire one.
Run finance like you have a CFO, long before you can afford one.
Related
Investors want to know how you will hit the numbers, not just the numbers. Initiative-based forecasting ties every projection to the decision behind it.
Auto-generate variance analysis with root-cause attribution, so board prep takes 30 minutes, not three days.
Model each cost and revenue lever as an initiative and watch the date your cash runs out move in real time.
Further reading
Model your next decision and watch the runway move, then let variance tell you how it landed.