Fractional CFO

Core Areas of Leadership

• Strategic Finance: Guide planning, forecasting, cash strategy, and enterprise wide financial decision making with foresight and discipline.
• Operational Stabilization: Assess quickly and strengthen core processes, controls, and team capabilities without disrupting momentum
• Performance and Growth Enablement: Build financial models, KPI frameworks, and decision support tools that translate insight into action and enable scalable growth
• Technology and Systems Advancement: Advance financial system maturity and data visibility through practical, modern solutions that teams actually adopt
• Leadership and Culture: Lead with calm authority and model trust, transparency, and collaboration that elevates performance and culture

Success Profile

• The ideal leader demonstrates a strategic mindset and the ability to connect financial insight to organizational priorities.
• Show situational adaptability and bring structure to ambiguity quickly.
• Results oriented, with a track record of disciplined execution and measurable improvement.
• Build trust through clear communication, integrity, and steady leadership.
• Simplify complexity into clear, actionable pathways and are committed to developing finance teams through coaching, clarity, and high expectations.

Experience Requirements

• Ten or more years of senior finance leadership experience as a CFO, VP Finance, Controller, or equivalent.
• Proven ability to stabilize organizations and lead through transition or change.
• Strong command of financial systems, reporting discipline, and operational rigor.
• Experience with nonprofit accounting or the ability to quickly develop proficiency.
• Comfortable managing multiple client engagements in a fast paced, dynamic environment.
• Prior fractional, advisory, or consulting experience.
• Experience supporting organizations through growth, scaling, or operational transformation.
• Familiarity with platforms such as QuickBooks, NetSuite, Sage Intacct, or comparable systems.

What You Bring

• Prior fractional, advisory or consulting experience.
• Executive presence that builds confidence with CEOs, boards, and teams.
• Calm, structured leadership style that reduces noise and sharpens focus.
• Culture first mindset grounded in collaboration, transparency, and accountability.
• Genuine passion for strengthening organizations through both people and systems.

Why Join CxORE

You will work with mission driven organizations, influence meaningful change, and join a high-performance team committed to excellence in execution and leadership.