Fractional CFO, Professional Services

We want experienced financial leadership without a full-time hire: a hands-on partner to bring structure to our finances, sharpen decision-making, and build the systems a scaling firm needs. This is a fractional engagement with real influence on how the business is run.

The role involves owning financial strategy and planning for a small, growing professional services firm. You'll build practical reporting systems, design compensation structures including ownership-aligned components, and establish lightweight systems the team can maintain.

• Own financial strategy, planning, and forecasting for growing professional services firm
• Build practical reporting and dashboards around key metrics including margin, revenue per head, cash flow, and utilisation
• Design compensation and incentive structure, including ownership-aligned upside components such as phantom equity or profit sharing
• Bring rigour to budgeting, pricing, and cash flow management processes
• Implement lightweight, low-administration systems that the team can maintain effectively

• Experience as fractional, interim, or full-time CFO, preferably with professional services or people-driven businesses
• Track record bringing financial structure to small or privately held companies
• Comfort designing compensation and incentive plans, including equity or equity-alternative structures
• Practical, build-it-yourself orientation rather than large-enterprise mindset
• Strong understanding of the tradeoffs between different compensation structures

Tapio is a professional services company focused on providing B2B solutions. The growing firm is seeking to enhance its financial leadership through fractional executive roles.