Top 20 Fractional CFOs to Hire in 2026
The best fractional CFOs bring strategic financial leadership without the full-time price tag. If you're weighing your options, the choice matters—the wrong fit costs you time, trust, and momentum. I've put together this list to help you find the right financial partner for your business's stage, needs, and goals.
Top 20 Fractional CFOs
Below are the profiles of the top fractional CFOs, covering who they are and the impact they've made in this space.
Craig Gainsboro
Craig Gainsboro founded Ignition Consultants after 15 years at PwC, where he served as U.S. CFO for its Tax and Advisory lines and oversaw finance for $4.5 billion in combined revenue today.
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Craig Gainsboro founded Ignition Consultants after 15 years at PwC, where he served as U.S. CFO for its Tax and Advisory lines and oversaw finance for $4.5 billion in combined revenue today.
Gainsboro helps founders, executives, and investors make decisions about financing, planning, business deals, and company structure. Ignition’s fractional CFO model combines experienced finance leaders with a support team. His background includes hundreds of projects with growing companies and raising significant funding through equity and debt.
Eric Stephenson
Eric Stephenson is an independent fractional CFO with 20+ years in finance, including leadership across growing B2B SaaS companies and startups.
Stephenson has led accounting, finance, HR, legal, investor relations, and financial…
Eric Stephenson is an independent fractional CFO with 20+ years in finance, including leadership across growing B2B SaaS companies and startups.
Stephenson has led accounting, finance, HR, legal, investor relations, and financial planning for SaaS businesses, with experience supporting an IPO and major equity and debt raises. His fractional practice targets earlier-stage B2B SaaS founders who need an embedded finance leader before a full-time CFO makes sense.
Dan DeGolier
Dan DeGolier founded Ascent CFO Solutions in 2011 after working as a CPA and full-time CFO. He brings nearly 30 years of finance experience across private and growth-stage companies today.
DeGolier works…
Dan DeGolier founded Ascent CFO Solutions in 2011 after working as a CPA and full-time CFO. He brings nearly 30 years of finance experience across private and growth-stage companies today.
DeGolier works with growing businesses on forecasting, cash management, financial modeling, capital raising, accounting, and exit planning. His experience spans technology, SaaS, manufacturing, ecommerce, professional services, construction, real estate, and other sectors, giving him a broad view of the fractional CFO seat.
Larry Bomback
Larry Bomback founded Strategic Nonprofit Finance after more than two decades in nonprofit and higher education finance, including leadership roles at major mission-driven institutions.
Bomback helps nonprofits manage growth and financial challenges.…
Larry Bomback founded Strategic Nonprofit Finance after more than two decades in nonprofit and higher education finance, including leadership roles at major mission-driven institutions.
Bomback helps nonprofits manage growth and financial challenges. His work covers financial turnarounds, fundraising, and building financial systems. As a fractional CFO, he helps executives and boards understand complex financial information and use it to make practical decisions.
Mark S. Piazza
Mark S. Piazza is a fractional CFO and COO with 25+ years across finance and operations, including a decade as CFO of MediaCom North America and executive roles at agencies nationwide.
Piazza…
Mark S. Piazza is a fractional CFO and COO with 25+ years across finance and operations, including a decade as CFO of MediaCom North America and executive roles at agencies nationwide.
Piazza helps agency leaders strengthen reporting, profitability, forecasting, commercial management, systems, and transaction readiness. His career includes scaling MediaCom North America, building financial and operational infrastructure for agencies, integrating acquisitions, and guiding businesses toward stronger margins and sale readiness.
Cornell Tsiang
Cornell Tsiang is a fractional CFO for B2B SaaS and AI founders, drawing on two decades in CFO roles across Australia, New Zealand, and Asia, including work at Amazon and Groupon globally.
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Cornell Tsiang is a fractional CFO for B2B SaaS and AI founders, drawing on two decades in CFO roles across Australia, New Zealand, and Asia, including work at Amazon and Groupon globally.
Tsiang works with founders on financial modeling, capital raising, exits, cash visibility, and building finance capability as companies scale. His experience in investment banking and senior finance roles across Asia-Pacific helps him understand fast-growing businesses and the financial systems they need.
Mariya Valeva
Mariya Valeva is Founder and Managing CFO of FounderFirst, a fractional CFO firm for B2B founders. Her operating career includes 12 years in CFO seats across scaling companies and startups.
Valeva helps…
Mariya Valeva is Founder and Managing CFO of FounderFirst, a fractional CFO firm for B2B founders. Her operating career includes 12 years in CFO seats across scaling companies and startups.
Valeva helps B2B companies grow, raise funding, and manage financial challenges. Through FounderFirst, she supports financial planning, reporting, cash tracking, profitability analysis, and strategic decisions.
Jason Lundell
Jason Lundell founded GoCFO after eight years as CFO of PNC Global Transfers and earlier work at Deloitte and PwC. He is a Texas CPA and Certified Fraud Examiner with deep finance…
Jason Lundell founded GoCFO after eight years as CFO of PNC Global Transfers and earlier work at Deloitte and PwC. He is a Texas CPA and Certified Fraud Examiner with deep finance experience.
Lundell brings experience in accounting, corporate finance, regulatory oversight, and CFO leadership. At GoCFO, he helps founder-led companies with reporting, planning, accounting, investment decisions, mergers and acquisitions, and interim CFO support. He focuses on making financial information clear and useful for business decisions.
Seth Zimmerman
Seth Zimmerman is a fractional CFO across several companies and an investment committee member at LifeX Ventures. A former deal attorney, he later built a career as a financial operator.
Zimmerman brings…
Seth Zimmerman is a fractional CFO across several companies and an investment committee member at LifeX Ventures. A former deal attorney, he later built a career as a financial operator.
Zimmerman brings legal, finance, and business experience from tech startups, venture capital, and private equity. He has helped companies grow, raise funding, and manage sales or exits. As a fractional CFO for businesses including NOCTEM Health, he helps founders navigate finance, business deals, and investment decisions.
Scott Hess
Scott Hess founded Main Street IQ after two decades in finance and operations, including CFO roles in subscription ecommerce and luxury retail and institutional finance at Northern Trust.
Hess helps owner-operated companies…
Scott Hess founded Main Street IQ after two decades in finance and operations, including CFO roles in subscription ecommerce and luxury retail and institutional finance at Northern Trust.
Hess helps owner-operated companies that need more than basic financial reporting but do not need a full-time CFO. He combines financial leadership with data analysis, forecasting, and automation to improve customer acquisition costs, retention, accounting timelines, profitability, and financial systems.
Nadia Hossen Mamode
Nadia Hossen Mamode is a UK-based fractional CFO and AI Operations Lead for Series A–C SaaS companies. An FCA, she combines 15+ years in finance with full-stack development expertise and coaching.
Mamode…
Nadia Hossen Mamode is a UK-based fractional CFO and AI Operations Lead for Series A–C SaaS companies. An FCA, she combines 15+ years in finance with full-stack development expertise and coaching.
Mamode combines finance, technology, and operations to build financial models, board reports, SaaS metrics, data systems, and AI workflows. Her accounting and software development skills help growing companies prepare for investors and automate finance processes.
Karim Boussedra
Karim Boussedra is a fractional CFO and advisor at Finaseva for SaaS and AI companies. His work centers on strategic finance for seed-to-Series B founders navigating growth and funding.
Boussedra helps companies…
Karim Boussedra is a fractional CFO and advisor at Finaseva for SaaS and AI companies. His work centers on strategic finance for seed-to-Series B founders navigating growth and funding.
Boussedra helps companies track how long their cash will last, report to boards, forecast performance, understand profitability, and prepare for fundraising. He also explores how AI affects SaaS costs, margins, pricing, and financial reporting as costs rise with product usage.
Ben Farbowitz
Ben Farbowitz is a CPA and commercial real estate fractional CFO with 15+ years spanning BDO, KPMG transaction advisory, institutional real estate platforms, family offices, and CFO roles.
Farbowitz helps real estate…
Ben Farbowitz is a CPA and commercial real estate fractional CFO with 15+ years spanning BDO, KPMG transaction advisory, institutional real estate platforms, family offices, and CFO roles.
Farbowitz helps real estate owners and operators manage finances across multiple companies, funding deals, investor and lender reports, forecasting, and finance teams. His experience in auditing, advising on transactions, and working directly in commercial real estate gives him a broad perspective on CFO decisions.
Hajime Sugino
Hajime Sugino is a Strategic Finance Lead Consultant and fractional CFO at BEAMS America, while also leading SevenArc Advisory and finance at DNX Ventures. He is a U.S.-qualified CPA and advisor.
Sugino’s…
Hajime Sugino is a Strategic Finance Lead Consultant and fractional CFO at BEAMS America, while also leading SevenArc Advisory and finance at DNX Ventures. He is a U.S.-qualified CPA and advisor.
Sugino’s background spans Big Four audit, public-company FP&A, venture capital operations, and startup finance. His work includes cross-border investment execution, fundraising, financial structuring, investor relations, and strategic finance across the U.S. and Japan, including a $7.8 million Series A raise in an earlier CFO role.
Cristina Lee
Cristina Lee founded Aligned Bridge Partners after 20 years in executive finance across media, SaaS, and consumer technology, including senior roles at BENlabs, Mythical Games, Warner Bros., and Fox.
Lee helps pre-seed…
Cristina Lee founded Aligned Bridge Partners after 20 years in executive finance across media, SaaS, and consumer technology, including senior roles at BENlabs, Mythical Games, Warner Bros., and Fox.
Lee helps pre-seed and seed founders prepare for fundraising with financial planning, reporting, and investor materials. As a fractional CFO, she prepares finances for investor review and guides decisions before and after funding.
Isaac Zaetz
Isaac Zaetz founded Gelos in 2016 after serving as CFO of Lights.com and Controller at KMG Direct. His finance career also includes hedge fund operations at Longacre Fund Management in New York.
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Isaac Zaetz founded Gelos in 2016 after serving as CFO of Lights.com and Controller at KMG Direct. His finance career also includes hedge fund operations at Longacre Fund Management in New York.
Zaetz helps founder-led businesses improve financial systems and decision-making. Drawing on investment and operating experience, he provides fractional CFO support for acquisitions, deals, fundraising, cash management, operations, and finance leadership.
Logan Thompson
Logan Thompson is Founder and President of Founders Finance Group and a licensed CPA in Orlando. His 20-year finance career spans roles from staff accountant through the CFO seat and PE-backed firms.
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Logan Thompson is Founder and President of Founders Finance Group and a licensed CPA in Orlando. His 20-year finance career spans roles from staff accountant through the CFO seat and PE-backed firms.
Thompson spent a decade working in private-equity-backed companies, helping raise funding, sell businesses, and complete 13 acquisitions. Founders Finance Group draws on that experience to connect companies with CFO leadership that fits their size and stage of growth.
Syed Ibn-e-Ali
Syed Ibn-e-Ali is an independent fractional CFO with 16 years of global finance experience. KPMG-trained and triple-qualified, he has led finance functions across three continents and industries.
Ibn-e-Ali builds finance teams, improves…
Syed Ibn-e-Ali is an independent fractional CFO with 16 years of global finance experience. KPMG-trained and triple-qualified, he has led finance functions across three continents and industries.
Ibn-e-Ali builds finance teams, improves reporting and systems, and helps raise funding across consumer businesses, SaaS, gaming, and technology. His international experience supports his work in cross-border finance, compliance, and investor preparation.
Firoz Alam
Firoz Alam is a Group CFO and fractional CFO advisor in Dhaka with more than two decades of finance leadership across manufacturing, engineering, retail, real estate, and media in Bangladesh.
Alam brings…
Firoz Alam is a Group CFO and fractional CFO advisor in Dhaka with more than two decades of finance leadership across manufacturing, engineering, retail, real estate, and media in Bangladesh.
Alam brings years of CFO experience to mid-sized businesses that need part-time financial leadership. He helps with financial oversight, banking, debt restructuring, budgets, cash flow, board reports, assessing business plans, fundraising, and preparing for mergers and acquisitions.
Zoe Bayliss Wong
Zoe Bayliss Wong is a portfolio CFO and COO who works with purpose-led businesses. A Deloitte-trained chartered accountant, she helped scale Depop through its $1.6 billion acquisition by Etsy.
Bayliss Wong provides…
Zoe Bayliss Wong is a portfolio CFO and COO who works with purpose-led businesses. A Deloitte-trained chartered accountant, she helped scale Depop through its $1.6 billion acquisition by Etsy.
Bayliss Wong provides fractional CFO and executive support to growing businesses focused on sustainability. She helps with fundraising, financial performance, and growth strategy, drawing on experience in operations, marketing, HR, and customer experience.
Selection Methodology
We selected the leaders on this list based on their relevance, demonstrated expertise and impact, professional credibility, and ongoing contributions to the field.
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