Fractional Chief Financial Officer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Deliver strategic financial leadership on a part-time basis to one or more privately held, expanding organizations.

• Lead or assist in cash-flow forecasting and financial planning activities.

• Generate management reports that guide significant business decisions.

• Formulate funding strategies and nurture relationships with lenders, investors, and advisors.

• Create or enhance financial controls and governance structures.

• Prepare businesses for succession planning, management buyouts, ownership transitions, or financing needs.

• Offer decision support during succession, buyout, or financing processes.

• Collaborate with and strengthen the existing finance team.

• Assume responsibility for agreed deliverables, including forecasts, management reporting, controls, decision papers, and lender documentation.

• Partner with finance personnel, operational leaders, and owners to enhance forecast accuracy, cash conversion, closing timeliness, and profit margins.

• Influence financing, buyouts, successions, and enterprise value when outcomes hinge on external parties or owner decisions.

• Engage in registration, assessment, curator review, and potential membership in the Rutherford Talent Clearinghouse™.

• Develop a Rutherford Fractional Thesis™ or Rutherford Consultant Thesis™ post-acceptance, where applicable.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven ability or assessed potential to excel in a growth and succession fractional CFO role.

• Executive-level financial leadership experience, evaluated by actual responsibilities rather than titles.

• Background in working with owners, CEOs, boards, or family shareholders.

• Experience in challenging assumptions and articulating the resulting outcomes.

• Proficient in cash-flow forecasting, planning, and management reporting that informs decision-making.

• Experience in designing or enhancing financial controls and governance relative to business size.

• Established relationships with lenders, investors, and advisors.

• Experience leading or supporting financing initiatives.

• Relevant contributions to succession planning, management buyouts, ownership transitions, or financing, where applicable.

• Ability to differentiate accountability within an agreed mandate, joint outcomes, and influenced results.

• Capacity to prioritize effectively within limited time constraints.

• Skill in developing or collaborating with an existing finance team.

• Willingness to discuss situations involving growth, succession, ownership transition, buyouts, financing, or governance formalization.

• Openness to fractional, advisory, or consulting arrangements.

• No fixed minimum years of experience requirement applies.

• Professional designations are considered in conjunction with demonstrated capabilities; some client scenarios may necessitate one.

• Must meet Rutherford's criteria for high-potential management consultants.

• Current résumé is required for registration.

• LinkedIn profile is optional.

🏝️ Benefits

• Engage independently with clients.

• Flexible part-time and ongoing work across one or more clients.

• Customizable engagement options, including fractional, advisory, and consulting arrangements.

• Members maintain independence and may collaborate with multiple clients.

• Curator-led professional development and review opportunities.

• Opportunities for selective promotion where a credible fit exists.

• Option to publish a curator-approved profile, with member consent.

• Access to the searchable Rutherford Talent Clearinghouse™ directory.

• Clients can contact members directly or request curated shortlists.

• Chance to express interest in both the Clearinghouse and Guild communities.