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Part-time finance director (CFO)

No senior finance lead yet?

A part-time CFO takes ownership of the numbers: monthly reporting you can rely on, controls that hold and a finance view in every big decision.

  • A monthly reporting pack
  • Controls that hold
  • A finance voice in decisions
Brief us on your finance function

No search fee. Reply within 24 hours, Monday to Friday.

A senior finance executive reviewing figures in a calm Dubai boardroom
400+curated executives in the UAE collective · embedded within weeks of the brief

Our fractional CFOs have owned the numbers at

Emirates NBDFirst Abu Dhabi BankMubadalaMashreqGoldman SachsHSBCPwCKPMG
The problem

Sound familiar?

  • Your accountant records the past, but nobody plans ahead.
  • Month-end numbers arrive late, if at all.
  • Big decisions get made without the numbers.
  • The bank, the auditors and the board all come to you.

Bookkeeping tells you what happened. A finance director tells you what to do next. A part-time CFO gives you that without a full-time hire.

What changes

Finance leadership in the room

Today

Numbers arrive late, if at all

With a part-time CFO

A monthly reporting pack

The numbers you need to run the business, on a fixed rhythm.

Today

Controls that rely on trust

With a part-time CFO

Controls that hold

Who approves what, with checks that do not depend on one person.

Today

Big decisions made without the numbers

With a part-time CFO

A finance voice in decisions

Hiring, spending and commercial decisions tested against the numbers first.

Brief us on your finance function

No search fee. Reply within 24 hours, Monday to Friday.

How we solve it

A CFO takes ownership of the numbers, part-time

Without a senior finance lead, the numbers arrive late and big decisions are made without them. A part-time CFO takes ownership of finance, inside the business.

  1. First

    Fix the monthly reporting

    A monthly pack you can rely on, on a fixed date.

  2. Then

    Put controls in place

    Approvals, payments and reconciliations that hold as you grow.

  3. Ongoing

    Bring finance into decisions

    A finance view in every big decision: pricing, hiring and investment.

Senior, and done it before

Leaders from our curated collective of 400+ who have held the role and solved this problem before.

Inside your business, part-time

Half a day to three days a week, working with your team and owning the outcome. Not advice from outside.

No long commitment

Contracted business to business on one month’s notice. No visa, no permanent seat on the payroll, no end-of-service liability.

Built for owner-led UAE businesses with five or more people.

The comparison

A fractional CFO, a full-time hire or a consultant

Three ways to bring in senior help. Only one owns the problem until it is fixed.

RecommendedFractional CFO
Full-time hire
Consultant
What you get
Fractional CFO · RecommendedA senior leader inside the business, owning the problem until it is fixed.
Full-time hireThe same seniority, at a full-time salary whether the work needs it or not.
ConsultantAdvice on one specific question, at a premium day rate.
Who does the work
Fractional CFO · RecommendedThey do, alongside your team.
Full-time hireThey do, once the search and the notice period are over.
ConsultantYou do. The recommendations stay with you to deliver.
Cost
Fractional CFO · RecommendedOur engagements typically run 30 to 60% less than a full-time hire.
Full-time hireA senior package, plus visa, insurance and end-of-service liability.
ConsultantPremium day rates, which add up fast for anything ongoing.
Commitment
Fractional CFO · RecommendedBusiness to business, on one month’s notice.
Full-time hireA permanent contract.
ConsultantA fixed scope. More work is a new proposal.
Best when
Fractional CFO · RecommendedYou need the problem owned and fixed.
Full-time hireYou can keep a senior leader busy full time.
ConsultantYou need one specific answer and will pay a premium for it.
Brief us on your finance function

No search fee. Reply within 24 hours, Monday to Friday.

How it works

From the brief to the match

  1. STEP 1

    Tell us the problem

    A short brief, read personally.

  2. STEP 2

    Meet your shortlist

    Leaders from our collective of 400+ who have solved it before.

  3. STEP 3

    Embedded within weeks

    Business to business, on one month’s notice.

Brief us on your finance function
Your brief

Tell us what finance looks like today

A few questions on the business and the problem. Every brief is read personally, and we reply within 24 hours, Monday to Friday.

  1. We read your brief and reply within 24 hours, Monday to Friday.
  2. We come back with leaders from the collective who have solved this before.
  3. No search fee. Business to business, on one month’s notice.
Step 1 of 3About 3 minutes

Where to reach you

So we can come back to you with names, not a form reply.

We reply to this address within 24 hours, Monday to Friday. Every brief is read personally. No newsletter, no list.

If you stop before sending, we may keep what you have entered so far so the team can pick your enquiry up with you.

We ask for a number because the fastest briefs are settled in one short call. We will not add you to a list or pass it on.

No search fee.

What an engagement costs, plainly.

  • Priced on time and scope, not on a salary.
  • Our engagements typically run 30 to 60% less than a comparable full-time hire.
  • Business to business, on one month’s notice.
Questions

Before you brief us

Within weeks of the brief. Tell us the problem and we come back with leaders from the collective whose experience fits it.

An engagement is priced on time and scope, not on a salary. Our engagements typically run 30 to 60% less than a comparable full-time hire. There is no search fee.

Most engagements run half a day to three days a week, set to what the problem needs and reviewed as the business changes, contracted business to business with one month's notice either way.

Neither. The leader works inside the business, part-time, owns the outcome with your team and stays on to run it, without a visa, a permanent seat on the payroll or end-of-service liability.

Part-time finance director (CFO)

Finance leadership in the room.

Tell us the problem. We come back with leaders who have solved it before.

Brief us on your finance function