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10 fractional CFOs
These ten fractional CFOs hold or have held fractional CFO titles, and several of them also founded, own or lead the advisory firms they work through. A reader can learn how a fractional CFO scopes an engagement, sets up finance and accounting foundations, builds forecasts and prepares a company for fundraising or a sale.
Professionals to explore
01—10Aaron Awan
LinkedInExperience: Fractional CFO specialising in Investor backed businesses and M&A · FractionalCFO.Ltd
Fractional CFO specialising in Investor backed businesses and M&A at FractionalCFO.Ltd since 2023, Fractional Chief Financial Officer at EmergeOne since 2023 and Fractional CFO at Carno since 2024; he was also Fractional CFO at Inflow (2023–2026), a role listed as exited. His profile highlights scaling startups and SMEs, getting businesses investor- or exit-ready, and buying and selling businesses.
Alisha Loos
LinkedInExperience: Fractional CFO · Aetos Imaging
Owner of CFO to Grow Contract CFO Services since 2018 and Fractional CFO at Aetos Imaging (since 2026), Homegrown (since 2025) and Gemist.io (since 2024). She describes herself as a fractional CFO focused on early and growth-stage startups, and says she spent a decade in FP&A management at Procter & Gamble and launched her own advisory practice in 2018 to help scale small businesses.
Amy Spandau
LinkedInExperience: Founder Fractional CFO Strategy, Finance and Operations Advisor and Coach · Ablaze
Founder Fractional CFO Strategy, Finance and Operations Advisor and Coach at Ablaze since 2022. Her profile also lists Chief Financial Officer at MediaKind (2021), SVP and Corporate Controller at EchoStar Corporation (2018–2020) and CFO at Tendril (2012–2018). She says she helps founders build their financial knowledge and plan what comes next.
Ben Scott
LinkedInExperience: Fractional CFO · Startup CFO on Demand
Fractional CFO at Startup CFO on Demand and at Cottage (acquired by RenoFi) since 2024. His profile also lists Head of Finance & Strategy at Cottage (2023–2024), Fractional CFO at Skylight Technologies (2023) and VP Finance at Apartment List (2017–2023). He describes leading and scaling finance organizations in high-growth tech startups, raising capital from various sources and overseeing M&A activities.
Fernanda Cereijo
LinkedInExperience: Fractional CFO Startup Advisor · Independent Advisor
Fractional CFO Startup Advisor as an independent advisor since 2021 and Advisory Partner at eXCFO since 2022. Her profile also lists CFO Partner at Lazo (2021–2022) and Senior Manager M&A at PwC (2019–2021). She says she works with startups and scaleups across LatAm and the U.S. to organize their finances and get them ready for growth, from financial strategy to daily execution.
Frank J. Perez, MBA FPAC
LinkedInExperience: Fractional CFO & FP&A Consulting - Owner · Base20 Financial Consulting
Fractional CFO & FP&A Consulting - Owner at Base20 Financial Consulting since 2024, and former Director of Financial Planning and Analysis at LinkedIn (2015–2023). He says his work at Base20 focuses on driver-based modeling, multi-year planning, building clean historical views and forecasting future scenarios for growing companies.
Patrick Deane
LinkedInExperience: President, Fractional CFO · BizFlex Solutions
President, Fractional CFO at BizFlex Solutions since 2010, Fractional CFO at Velocity Esports, Inc. since 2022 and Fractional CFO, Business Advisor at Sketch To Growth since 2024. He was also Chief Financial Officer CFO Consultant at observIQ (2018–2022). He describes working alongside executives and entrepreneurs at high-growth and emerging businesses on financing and running the business.
Rachel Williams
LinkedInExperience: Founder and Fractional CFO · ScaleUp Financial Solutions
Founder and Fractional CFO at ScaleUp Financial Solutions since 2022, and Fractional CFO at xMentium (since 2023) and Revaluate (since 2021). Her profile says the firm provides startups and high-growth companies with strategic finance and accounting services. She was also an Advisor at SCAPE - SW Colorado Accelerator Program for Entrepreneurs (2021–2024).
Sara Dickinson, CPA
LinkedInExperience: Founder and Fractional CFO · Continuous Scale | NetSuite Alliance Partner
Founder and Fractional CFO at Continuous Scale since 2020. Her profile also lists Principal Strategic Partner at E78 (2020–2024) and Senior Director of Accounting at Highspot (2019–2020). She says she systemizes and scales finance departments for high-growth companies, working with entrepreneurs, startups and PE-backed portfolio companies.
Yasaman Alimardani
LinkedInExperience: Fractional CFO · Worm
Fractional CFO at Worm since 2025. Her profile also lists Financial Controller at Roligo Capital Dental Partners (2023–2025) and Head of Finance at Streamlabs (2018–2022). She says she helps early-stage startups build finance and accounting foundations, from cap tables and accounting systems to financial models and investor reporting.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's background to your need: someone with a controller or accounting history suits close and reporting cleanup, while someone with FP&A or corporate finance leadership suits forecasting and fundraising work. Check whether the fractional role is current and how many clients the person serves at once before scoping an engagement.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you split your time across clients, and what does a typical monthly engagement include?
- 02Which finance systems, reports and controls do you put in place first at a company without a full-time CFO?
- 03At what point should a company move from a fractional CFO to a full-time finance hire?
About this directory
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