Fractional CFO
Know your runway before your board asks.
Board packages, forecasts, hiring scenarios and fundraising prep, ready when you need them, without a full-time hire.
What is included
Fractional CFO at Cabot
Planning
- Operating model and annual budget
- Forecasts with base, upside and downside cases
- Headcount and compensation planning
- Sales compensation plans
Runway and cash
- Burn, runway and hiring scenarios
- Cash management and where to hold it
- Venture debt, evaluated and negotiated when it fits
Growth decisions
- Pricing and monetization analysis
- Unit economics by customer and product
- Metrics benchmarked against companies at your stage
Board and investors
- Monthly flash report, then the full review once books close
- Board packages and meeting prep
- Investor updates written from the same numbers
Carried through
Decisions handed to the Cabot team to put into billing, payroll and the books
Who does what
Agents do the work. Your fractional CFO makes the call.
The same split as every Cabot service, applied here.
Agents
Keeping every number current between meetings
- Refresh the forecast as actuals land
- Draft the flash report and board package
- Run scenarios on request
- Track your metrics and flag anything off plan
Your fractional CFO
In the room for every decision that moves the numbers
- Build the plan with you
- Pressure-test hiring, pricing and spend decisions
- Present to your board and investors
- Hand decisions to the Cabot team to carry out
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Walk into your next board meeting ready
Book a 15-minute call. We review your burn and plan, and tell you where the numbers stand.