Fractional Chief Financial Officer

Rutherford International

. Provide ongoing, strategic financial leadership on a part-time basis to one or more privately owned, growing organisations .

Posted 10/23/2026part-timeRemote • United StatesLeadWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates strategic financial leadership with expertise in cash-flow forecasting, financial planning, and management reporting. Proven ability to develop funding strategies and strengthen financial controls while collaborating with finance teams and stakeholders.

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Cash-Flow ForecastingFinancial PlanningManagement ReportingFinancial ControlsStakeholder Relationship Management

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Hard Skills

Financial LeadershipCash-Flow ManagementFunding Strategy DevelopmentSuccession PlanningManagement Buyout ExperienceGovernance FormalizationDecision SupportForecast Accuracy ImprovementLender Relationship ManagementEnterprise Value Influence

Soft Skills

AccountabilityInfluencing OutcomesPrioritizationCollaborationCommunication

Certifications & Qualifications

Professional Designations

Industry Keywords

Fractional CFOAdvisory ServicesConsulting ArrangementsFamily ShareholdersOperational Leadership

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide ongoing, strategic financial leadership on a part-time basis to one or more privately owned, growing organisations
Lead or support cash-flow forecasting and financial planning
Produce management reporting that informs real business decisions
Develop funding strategy and manage relationships with lenders, investors, and advisers
Design or strengthen financial controls and governance
Prepare businesses for succession, management buyout, ownership transition, or financing
Provide decision support through succession, buyout, or financing processes
Strengthen and work through the existing finance team
Accept accountability for agreed deliverables including forecasts, management reporting, controls, decision papers, and lender materials
Work jointly with finance staff, operational leaders, and owners to improve forecast accuracy, cash conversion, closing timeliness, and margins
Influence financings, buyouts, successions, and enterprise value where outcomes depend on external parties or owner decisions
Participate in registration, assessment, curator review, and potential membership in the Rutherford Talent Clearinghouse™
Develop a Rutherford Fractional Thesis™ or Rutherford Consultant Thesis™ after acceptance, where applicable

Requirements

What you’ll need

Demonstrated capability or assessed potential to perform at a high level in a growth and succession fractional CFO mandate
Executive-level financial leadership responsibility, assessed by actual responsibility rather than title
Experience working with owners, chief executives, boards, or family shareholders
Experience challenging assumptions and explaining the outcomes
Experience with cash-flow forecasting, planning, and management reporting that informed decisions
Experience designing or strengthening financial controls and governance proportionate to business size
Relationships with lenders, investors, and advisers
Financing experience led or supported
Relevant contribution to succession, management buyout, ownership transition, or financing, where applicable
Ability to distinguish accountability within an agreed mandate, joint outcomes, and influenced outcomes
Ability to prioritise within limited time
Ability to develop or work through an existing finance team
Readiness to describe growth, succession, ownership transition, buyout, financing, or governance-formalisation situations
Openness to fractional, advisory, or consulting arrangements
No fixed minimum years-of-experience threshold applies
Professional designations are considered alongside demonstrated capability; some client situations may call for one
Must meet Rutherford's benchmark for high-potential management consultants
Current résumé required for registration
LinkedIn profile optional

Benefits

Comp & perks

Independent engagements with clients
Ability to work part-time and ongoing across one or more clients
Flexible engagement arrangements, including fractional, advisory, and consulting options
Members remain independent and may work with several clients
Curator-led professional development and review
Selective promotion where there is a credible fit
Optional publication of a curator-approved profile, with member consent
Access to the searchable Rutherford Talent Clearinghouse™ directory
Clients may approach members directly or request curator shortlists
Opportunity to register interest in both the Clearinghouse and Guild communities