Fractional CFOs and finance coaching for $5M to $20M companies in Canada
A founder of a $5M to $20M company in Canada can hire a fractional CFO or learn the work and keep it in house. This page lists both: 2 firms offering fractional CFO work and 2 programs on finance, fundraising and exit preparation for founders and CEOs.
Hire: fractional CFO
A fractional CFO owns cash, forecasting, reporting, banking and investor relations, and sits between the bookkeeper and the board.
- Hours4 to 16 hours a week
- Minimum term3 months
- Month oneAccess to the books, a cleaned-up close, a 13-week cash flow forecast and a first monthly reporting pack the CEO can read in ten minutes
- Firms for $5M to $20M2 firms
- Cost guideWhat a CFO costs
Learn: finance coaching for founders
You keep the work in house and learn to run it yourself, with a coach, a course or a peer group.
- FormatLive, self-paced
- Most common1-on-1 coaching, courses
- Programs2 finance programs
Hire: fractional CFOs
First on the list are The CFO Centre and Eightx. None of them publishes a fee, so the first call sets the price. Most fractional CFOs at a $1M to $50M company work 4 to 16 hours a week, usually one fixed day plus the close and the weeks before a board meeting or a raise. Month one is access to the books, a cleaned-up close, a 13-week cash flow forecast and a first monthly reporting pack the CEO can read in ten minutes.
Eightx Hire Names $5M to $20M
Learn: coaching for founders
2 programs on finance, fundraising and exit preparation for founders and CEOs, open to companies in Canada.
How this page is built. The firms offer fractional CFO work and say they serve $5M to $20M companies in Canada. The programs cover finance, fundraising and exit preparation and name founders or CEOs as their audience. Each list keeps the published order. Full methodology.