Fractional CFO Services
Fractional CFO Support for Better Cash, Control and Growth Decisions
A fractional CFO from 5th Quadrant brings senior financial leadership to cash flow, planning, profitability and board-level decisions — as an advisory and operating layer on top of your existing team, not a replacement for it.
Better business decisions, not just more accounting activity.
Sound familiar?
When owners typically reach for CFO support
- Revenue is growing but cash remains tight.
- Budgets and forecasts are either absent or go stale within weeks.
- Management can't clearly explain why margins moved.
- Bank, investor or board reporting eats up too much founder time.
- The finance team has people, but no one leading it.
CFO workstreams
- Financial strategy and planning.
- Cash flow, working capital and capital allocation.
- Budgeting, forecasting and scenario modelling.
- Profitability, pricing and unit economics.
- Board, lender and investor reporting.
- Finance-team governance and review.
The management cadence
- A weekly cash and priority review.
- A monthly performance review.
- A quarterly reforecast and strategic-priorities check-in.
- Decision notes for material investment, hiring or expansion calls.
What changes
- Clearer priorities for cash.
- Earlier visibility into performance gaps.
- Improved financial accountability across the team.
- Better-prepared lender, investor and board conversations.
5th Quadrant's fractional CFO engagement is advisory and operating support. It does not constitute a statutory Key Managerial Personnel appointment, and does not replace your independently appointed statutory auditor or company secretary.
What You Receive
- 13-week cash-flow forecast.
- Annual budget and rolling forecast.
- Monthly CFO dashboard and review pack.
- Working-capital action plan.
- Scenario models and decision memos.
- Finance-team priorities and control calendar.
Ask us about our 13-Week Cash-Flow Forecast Template when you get in touch.
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We're building out anonymised sample deliverables and case studies for this service. Ask us for examples relevant to your industry when you get in touch, and we'll walk you through our review controls and reporting frequency directly.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a fractional CFO?
Senior financial leadership — strategy, planning, cash management and board-level reporting — engaged part-time or on retainer instead of hired full-time. It's an advisory and operating role, not a statutory office.
How is a fractional CFO different from an accountant?
An accountant keeps the books and reconciles the numbers. A fractional CFO uses those numbers for forecasting, pricing, cash strategy and board reporting — the two roles work together, and 5th Quadrant can provide either or both.
Is a fractional CFO the company's statutory CFO?
No. Where a company is legally required to appoint a Chief Financial Officer as a Key Managerial Personnel, that is a formal corporate appointment. Our fractional CFO engagement is advisory and operating support alongside that structure.
How many days per month are required?
It depends on the stage of the business and the workstreams involved — this is agreed during scoping rather than sold as a fixed package.
Can 5th Quadrant work with our existing CA and finance team?
Yes. A fractional CFO engagement is designed to sit alongside your existing accountant, CA and finance staff, not replace them.
What information is required to begin?
Recent financial statements, your current reporting pack (if any), and access to the accounting system are the usual starting point — the exact list is confirmed once we understand your setup.