Fractional CFOs and finance coaching for $1M to $5M companies worldwide

A founder of a $1M to $5M company worldwide can hire a fractional CFO or learn the work and keep it in house. This page lists both: 1 firm offering fractional CFO work and 2 programs on finance, fundraising and exit preparation for founders and CEOs.

Updated 21 Oct 2026 Firms 1 Programs 2 Order published rule

Hire: fractional CFO

A fractional CFO owns cash, forecasting, reporting, banking and investor relations, and sits between the bookkeeper and the board.

Fees on requestnone of these firms publishes one
  • Hours4 to 16 hours a week
  • Minimum term3 months
  • Month oneAccess to the books, a cleaned-up close, a 13-week cash flow forecast and a first monthly reporting pack the CEO can read in ten minutes
  • Firms for $1M to $5M1 firm
  • Cost guideWhat a CFO costs

Learn: finance coaching for founders

You keep the work in house and learn to run it yourself, with a coach, a course or a peer group.

Prices on requestnone of these programs publishes one

Hire: fractional CFOs

None of them publishes a fee, so the first call sets the price. Most fractional CFOs at a $1M to $50M company work 4 to 16 hours a week, usually one fixed day plus the close and the weeks before a board meeting or a raise. Month one is access to the books, a cleaned-up close, a 13-week cash flow forecast and a first monthly reporting pack the CEO can read in ten minutes.

Fractional CFOs for $1M to $5M companies
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The CFO Centre Editor's pick Hire Names $1M to $5M

Firm, Swindon, UK. CFO. $1M to $100M.

6 named clients Founded 2001, 750+ people
Fee on request

Learn: coaching for founders

2 programs on finance, fundraising and exit preparation for founders and CEOs, open to companies worldwide.

Finance coaching

How this page is built. The firms offer fractional CFO work and say they serve $1M to $5M companies worldwide. The programs cover finance, fundraising and exit preparation and name founders or CEOs as their audience. Each list keeps the published order. Full methodology.