Virtual and Fractional CFO Ireland
Our Virtual CFO and part-time CFO services strengthen reporting, planning and commercial decision-making alongside the leadership team.
What we can support
We agree the exact scope, responsibilities and timetable around the business rather than applying a fixed package.
Add recurring senior finance involvement at a level that fits the business, without recruiting a full-time CFO or finance director.
Bring financial structure and experienced challenge to plans, board discussions and important commercial choices.
Connect management reporting, cash visibility, forecasts and KPIs into one recurring leadership view.
Improve finance processes, identify financial risks and organise information for banks, lenders and appointed regulated specialists.
What this looks like in practice
A Virtual CFO or fractional CFO relationship is designed for leadership teams that need recurring senior financial input, not only completed reports. The value comes from connecting information, challenge and decisions through an agreed operating rhythm.
The engagement normally combines a management reporting pack, cash and forecast review, a focused performance meeting and follow-up on agreed financial priorities. The exact monthly or quarterly rhythm depends on the pace of change and the capability already available inside the business.
Before each meeting, the relevant financial information is prepared and material movements are identified. The discussion can then focus on the decisions behind growth, margin, cash, investment, funding and operational trade-offs rather than reading through figures line by line.
The relationship can coordinate information required by banks, lenders and the client’s appointed tax, payroll and external audit specialists. It does not replace those regulated providers or present coordination work as tax advice, payroll processing, audit or assurance.
A Virtual CFO engagement is most useful when management is prepared to share priorities, maintain a regular review cadence and act on the resulting financial information. A narrower project may be more proportionate when the requirement is limited to one forecast, model or reporting redesign.
The commercial result
Reporting, forecasting and leadership conversations happen on an agreed schedule.
Cash, performance, risk and strategic plans are considered together instead of in separate spreadsheets.
Management gains an experienced finance perspective when testing plans, priorities and trade-offs.
Information is organised for banks, lenders and appointed tax, payroll and external audit specialists.
When it makes sense
Service boundary: Virtual CFO support does not replace tax compliance, payroll or statutory audit providers. We coordinate with the client’s appointed specialists where required.
How the engagement works
We agree the reporting rhythm, leadership involvement and immediate priorities, then work alongside management and the wider adviser team.
The role can coordinate information with the client’s tax adviser, payroll provider and external auditor, while keeping responsibility for regulated services with those appointed specialists.
Work directly with the finance professional responsible for understanding the business.
Know what will be delivered, discussed and decided during each reporting cycle.
Keep attention connected to cash, performance, risk and the plan ahead.
Your first working cycle
Review reporting, cash visibility, forecasts, processes and the decisions currently facing leadership.
Agree immediate priorities, recurring deliverables, meeting cadence and responsibility boundaries.
Bring reporting, planning and decision support into a repeatable monthly or quarterly cycle.
What our team will need
Ways to engage
The right scope depends on the condition of the information, reporting frequency and level of senior input. See how fees are scoped.
Questions before you enquire
It is most useful when financial decisions are becoming more complex but a full-time CFO is not yet proportionate. The business should be ready for a regular reporting and leadership rhythm.
No. Those services remain with the client’s appointed regulated specialists. Our team can coordinate the financial information they require and keep responsibilities clear.
Usually, because the value comes from an ongoing understanding of the business and regular decision support. A defined strategic finance project may also be appropriate for a specific need.
Complimentary 20-minute finance consultation
Tell us what is changing, where the finance function is stretched and which decisions need a clearer financial view.
Speak with our accountancy team. No obligation and no need to choose a service beforehand.