Hire a Fractional VP of Finance

{"@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "FAQPage", "mainEntity": [{"@type": "Question", "name": "Where can I hire a fractional VP of finance?", "acceptedAnswer": {"@type": "Answer", "text": "You can hire a fractional VP of finance through investor and founder networks, specialist executive recruiters, or dedicated fractional platforms. The right source depends on your stage, how quickly your reporting needs to stand up, and whether you want help evaluating candidates. A strong fractional VP of finance should have built a function from incomplete parts before - taken over a slow close, stood up investor reporting, and hired the first finance team members. Fractionus is a practical option when you want a vetted shortlist of fractional VP of finance candidates without the overhead of a traditional search process."}}, {"@type": "Question", "name": "What is the best platform for hiring a fractional VP of finance?", "acceptedAnswer": {"@type": "Answer", "text": "The best platform vets for builders - people who have shortened a close, implemented systems, and stood up reporting from scratch - rather than career reviewers of other people's work, and can match you quickly without requiring you to sort through irrelevant profiles. Fractionus is built for this, with pre-vetted fractional VPs of Finance and a shorter path from brief to shortlist. That speed matters most in the window right after a raise, when investor expectations arrive faster than a traditional executive search can move. For most buyers, the best platform is the one that saves screening time without sacrificing the depth of experience you need."}}, {"@type": "Question", "name": "How much does a fractional VP of finance cost?", "acceptedAnswer": {"@type": "Answer", "text": "Most fractional VP of finance engagements start at one to two days per week while the reporting foundation is built, charged as a day rate or a monthly retainer. Cost varies with seniority, market, and how much of the function you need owned rather than advised on. Current rate ranges by role are set out in our fractional executive rates guide. As a rule of thumb, a fractional arrangement costs materially less than a full-time VP of Finance, because you buy the days you need rather than a permanent salary and package."}}, {"@type": "Question", "name": "How do I start a search for a fractional VP of finance?", "acceptedAnswer": {"@type": "Answer", "text": "Start by defining what has to be true in 90 days: a close that lands on time, an investor update that goes out without heroics, a model the board believes, or a finance hire made and onboarded. The role is whatever gets those done. Clarify what already exists - bookkeeper, accountant, tools - and what the VP of finance will own versus build. A clear brief with defined outcomes will attract better candidates and help you assess fit faster."}}, {"@type": "Question", "name": "What should I look for when hiring a fractional VP of finance?", "acceptedAnswer": {"@type": "Answer", "text": "Look for evidence of building at your stage: a close they shortened, a reporting stack they implemented, a team they hired and structured. Ask what they built versus what they inherited, because the distinction is the whole role. You also want someone comfortable in front of investors without a CFO in the room. If your board will read their work every month, they need to write for that audience."}}, {"@type": "Question", "name": "How do I vet a fractional VP of finance before hiring?", "acceptedAnswer": {"@type": "Answer", "text": "Ask for a before-and-after on a function they ran: close timeline, reporting quality, systems, and team when they arrived versus when they left. Ask which system migrations they have led and which they would refuse to repeat. A good vetting process tests building and follow-through, not just credentials. If every example is analysis rather than implementation, you are interviewing for a different role."}}, {"@type": "Question", "name": "How does a fractional VP of finance compare with a CFO?", "acceptedAnswer": {"@type": "Answer", "text": "A VP of finance builds and runs the function: close, reporting, systems, and team. A fractional CFO owns financial strategy: capital structure, investor relations, fundraising, and board-level planning. The VP makes the numbers work; the CFO decides what the company does with them. Many funded companies hire the VP of finance first, because strategy without a working function is just slides. Others run both fractionally - a CFO a few days a month on capital and board work, a VP of finance weekly on the engine. A part time VP of finance, an outsourced VP of finance, or a virtual VP of finance usually means the same fractional arrangement described differently."}}]}