An early-stage software company seeks a fractional CFO to professionalise its finance function across a 6 to 9 month remote engagement, supporting growth planning, fundraising preparation, and financial operations.
The client is an early-stage software business looking to bring senior finance leadership into the organisation on a fractional basis. The engagement is fully remote and expected to run for 6 to 9 months, with the CFO acting as a strategic adviser to the executive team across growth planning, capital allocation, and key business decisions.
The role spans the full finance function: building and maintaining operating models, budgets, forecasts, and cash projections; preparing investor-ready materials and board reporting; defining recurring-revenue KPIs; overseeing outsourced accounting; and strengthening internal controls and finance processes to support future scale.
- Serve as strategic finance adviser to executive leadership on growth planning, resource allocation, and key business decisions
- Build and maintain operating models, budgets, forecasts, cash projections, and long-range financial plans
- Improve forecast accuracy through detailed variance analysis and performance tracking against actual operating costs
- Prepare financial models, diligence materials, and data-room support for future fundraising activities
- Lead board-level financial reporting, communicating performance, risks, and key business drivers
- Define and monitor recurring-revenue metrics and KPIs related to growth, liquidity, and operating performance
- Oversee outsourced accounting and strengthen internal controls, reporting cadence, and finance workflows
- Senior finance leadership experience as a CFO, VP of Finance, or comparable role
- Background supporting early-stage, venture-backed software or recurring-revenue businesses
- Advanced financial modelling, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and cash-planning capabilities
- Demonstrated experience with fundraising support, investor communications, and board reporting
- Ability to advise founders and executive teams while building scalable finance processes and managing outsourced accounting
Vaco by Highspring is a talent and solutions firm that places finance, accounting, technology, and operations professionals with businesses across a range of industries and growth stages. The firm acts as an intermediary, connecting skilled fractional and interim leaders with client organisations.
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