Top 18 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 18 Fractional CFOs
Below are the profiles of the top fractional CFOs, covering who they are and the impact they've made in this space.
Brett Frevert
Brett Frevert founded CFO Systems in 2004 and serves as partner and managing director, drawing on finance leadership experience spanning Deloitte, First Data, public companies, and private businesses.
Through CFO Systems, Frevert…
Brett Frevert founded CFO Systems in 2004 and serves as partner and managing director, drawing on finance leadership experience spanning Deloitte, First Data, public companies, and private businesses.
Through CFO Systems, Frevert has built an on-demand leadership model for CFOs, controllers, FP&A, HR, and operations. His own work has included capital raising, acquisitions, public-company finance, and helping organizations strengthen financial leadership without a full-time executive hire.
Mark S. Piazza
Mark S. Piazza is a fractional CFO and COO with 25+ years in finance and operations, including a decade as CFO of MediaCom North America and leadership roles across agencies and PE-backed…
Mark S. Piazza is a fractional CFO and COO with 25+ years in finance and operations, including a decade as CFO of MediaCom North America and leadership roles across agencies and PE-backed firms.
Piazza works with agency leaders on financial visibility, profitability, forecasting, pricing, operations, and M&A readiness. His career includes scaling MediaCom North America, advising agencies through the 4A’s, integrating PE-backed businesses, and preparing founder-led companies for growth or sale.
Heather Tuason
Heather Tuason is founder and CEO of Arena and has more than 25 years in finance and prior leadership experience at Capital One, Fannie Mae, StreetShares, M&T Bank, and Wachovia in banking.
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Heather Tuason is founder and CEO of Arena and has more than 25 years in finance and prior leadership experience at Capital One, Fannie Mae, StreetShares, M&T Bank, and Wachovia in banking.
Tuason built Arena around a persistent small-business problem: owners often lack dedicated financial leadership and actionable plans. Arena connects growing companies with fractional CFO expertise focused on cash flow, loan readiness, financial planning, and better decision-making.
Abir Syed
Abir Syed is a CPA, co-founder of UpCounting, and fractional CFO whose background combines finance and marketing with firsthand experience building and operating an ecommerce brand at scale.
Syed specializes in the…
Abir Syed is a CPA, co-founder of UpCounting, and fractional CFO whose background combines finance and marketing with firsthand experience building and operating an ecommerce brand at scale.
Syed specializes in the financial mechanics behind ecommerce growth, from forecasting and inventory to customer acquisition economics and profitability. His operator background gives his CFO work a commercial angle: understanding how marketing decisions flow through cash, margins, and sustainable growth.
Larry Bomback
Larry Bomback founded Strategic Nonprofit Finance and works as a fractional and interim CFO, drawing on more than two decades of leadership across nonprofit, higher education, and finance.
Bomback helps organizations manage…
Larry Bomback founded Strategic Nonprofit Finance and works as a fractional and interim CFO, drawing on more than two decades of leadership across nonprofit, higher education, and finance.
Bomback helps organizations manage growth, crises, and financial change. His work covers turnarounds, business planning, investments, fundraising, and financial communication with boards. He helps mission-driven leaders make important decisions with clearer information.
Lindsey Head
Lindsey Head is a fractional CFO and COO who leads Pulse Business Group. She has experience across finance, operations, technology, startups, agencies, and professional services firms.
Head combines financial strategy with practical…
Lindsey Head is a fractional CFO and COO who leads Pulse Business Group. She has experience across finance, operations, technology, startups, agencies, and professional services firms.
Head combines financial strategy with practical systems and technology. She helps founder-led companies improve forecasting, performance tracking, cash management, processes, automation, operations, and infrastructure so finance can support better decisions.
Alexandra Shainskaya
Alexandra Shainskaya is a CPA and founder of Altitude CFO with more than 15 years in startup corporate finance, including CFO roles at Wibbitz and Launchmetrics before launching her firm.
Shainskaya works…
Alexandra Shainskaya is a CPA and founder of Altitude CFO with more than 15 years in startup corporate finance, including CFO roles at Wibbitz and Launchmetrics before launching her firm.
Shainskaya works primarily with growing technology, SaaS, and crypto companies. Her fractional CFO work covers budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, fundraising support, cash management, board reporting, and finance-team leadership—the infrastructure startups need as financial complexity increases.
Christine Guzman
Christine Guzman founded and leads CASEman Global Enterprises after more than 25 years across audit, accounting, tax, M&A, business strategy, and CFO leadership for complex organizations.
Guzman’s CFO experience includes debt and…
Christine Guzman founded and leads CASEman Global Enterprises after more than 25 years across audit, accounting, tax, M&A, business strategy, and CFO leadership for complex organizations.
Guzman’s CFO experience includes debt and capital restructuring, cost reduction, operational improvement, and M&A execution. Through CASEman, she extends that background into fractional CFO, controllership, transaction advisory, and business optimization, while also writing on forecasting and scenario planning.
Ben Farbowitz
Ben Farbowitz is a CPA and commercial real estate finance executive with 15+ years across BDO, KPMG, institutional real estate platforms, family offices, and CFO roles before launching CRE FO.
Farbowitz brings…
Ben Farbowitz is a CPA and commercial real estate finance executive with 15+ years across BDO, KPMG, institutional real estate platforms, family offices, and CFO roles before launching CRE FO.
Farbowitz brings institutional finance practices to commercial real estate owner-operators. His work covers investment decisions, complex business structures, reporting systems, financial modeling, fundraising, and finance team development. He draws on experience in auditing, due diligence, and CFO roles.
Mike Ford
Mike Ford is president and founder of PBO Advisory Group, with more than 35 years in management consulting, business advisory, and outsourcing, including extensive experience at Deloitte.
Ford has advised hundreds of…
Mike Ford is president and founder of PBO Advisory Group, with more than 35 years in management consulting, business advisory, and outsourcing, including extensive experience at Deloitte.
Ford has advised hundreds of organizations across private, public, government, and nonprofit sectors. PBO’s model combines outsourced accounting with strategic consulting and scalable professional resources, while Ford’s broader work has covered cash management, finance assessments, governance, and business planning.
Logan Thompson
Logan Thompson is a CPA, fractional CFO, and founder and president of Founders Finance Group, with 20 years across finance roles and a decade working inside private-equity-backed companies.
Thompson’s CFO work focuses…
Logan Thompson is a CPA, fractional CFO, and founder and president of Founders Finance Group, with 20 years across finance roles and a decade working inside private-equity-backed companies.
Thompson’s CFO work focuses on giving founders better visibility before major decisions. His experience spans fundraising, acquisitions, cash forecasting, pricing and margins, board reporting, quality of earnings, and exit preparation, pairing strategic advice with the finance infrastructure needed to support it.
Demet Anagnos
Demet Anagnos is founder and CEO of My Valuable Business, a fractional CFO and business advisory firm, drawing on experience across business, finance, economics, law, and entrepreneurship.
Anagnos helps owners build more…
Demet Anagnos is founder and CEO of My Valuable Business, a fractional CFO and business advisory firm, drawing on experience across business, finance, economics, law, and entrepreneurship.
Anagnos helps owners build more valuable businesses through strong financial management, clear strategy, and data-driven decisions. His work helps companies improve performance, protect the business, and connect daily choices with long-term value.
Nate Littlewood
Nate Littlewood runs Future Ready CFO, a fractional CFO practice for ecommerce founders, combining nearly a decade on Wall Street with firsthand experience building his own ecommerce business.
Littlewood helps ecommerce founders…
Nate Littlewood runs Future Ready CFO, a fractional CFO practice for ecommerce founders, combining nearly a decade on Wall Street with firsthand experience building his own ecommerce business.
Littlewood helps ecommerce founders use financial data to find profitable growth opportunities and make better decisions. His work covers cash flow, profit margins, investment readiness, and the financial choices involved in scaling a business.
Chantal Sheehan
Chantal Sheehan is founder and CEO of Blue Fox, a fractional CFO and COO advisory firm for nonprofits and social enterprises, with executive experience spanning finance and nonprofit management.
Sheehan’s work combines…
Chantal Sheehan is founder and CEO of Blue Fox, a fractional CFO and COO advisory firm for nonprofits and social enterprises, with executive experience spanning finance and nonprofit management.
Sheehan’s work combines strategic finance, operational leadership, compliance, and financial education for mission-driven organizations. She emphasizes data-driven decisions, capacity building, and translating financial complexity into useful information for executives and boards.
Hajime Sugino
Hajime Sugino is founder and principal of SevenArc Advisory, a U.S. CPA and global finance leader whose work includes fractional CFO engagements, venture capital operations, and cross-border finance.
Sugino operates across startup,…
Hajime Sugino is founder and principal of SevenArc Advisory, a U.S. CPA and global finance leader whose work includes fractional CFO engagements, venture capital operations, and cross-border finance.
Sugino operates across startup, venture capital, and international finance. Alongside SevenArc, he works in fractional strategic finance and venture finance, bringing expertise in planning, analysis, reporting, advisory, and cross-border capital to companies navigating growth across markets.
Candice Phillips
Candice Phillips is founder and managing partner of C/P CFO, with 15+ years of finance experience including nonprofit financial leadership, fiscal consulting, accounting, and tax work.
Phillips provides CFO support to nonprofits,…
Candice Phillips is founder and managing partner of C/P CFO, with 15+ years of finance experience including nonprofit financial leadership, fiscal consulting, accounting, and tax work.
Phillips provides CFO support to nonprofits, charter schools, and other mission-driven organizations. Beyond budgets and compliance, she helps with long-term financial planning, supports leaders and boards, and builds strong financial systems for sustainable growth.
Milica Rajkovic
Milica Rajkovic is a fractional CFO and strategic finance leader with nearly a decade of experience spanning EY audit, tax planning, FP&A, capital raising, financial reporting, and corporate finance.
Rajkovic helps businesses…
Milica Rajkovic is a fractional CFO and strategic finance leader with nearly a decade of experience spanning EY audit, tax planning, FP&A, capital raising, financial reporting, and corporate finance.
Rajkovic helps businesses make better growth and financing decisions. Drawing on experience in transportation, equipment leasing, real estate, and factoring, she focuses on profitability, financial reporting, risk management, and funding strategies that support long-term growth.
David King
David King is founder of DivideByN. He is a fractional CFO, CPA, CMA, and serial entrepreneur with more than 35 years building, funding, scaling, and advising venture-backed technology companies.
King has supported…
David King is founder of DivideByN. He is a fractional CFO, CPA, CMA, and serial entrepreneur with more than 35 years building, funding, scaling, and advising venture-backed technology companies.
King has supported startups from launch through fundraising and acquisition, giving him practical experience in managing capital and growth. He also uses AI and automation to improve finance and operations, helping early-stage companies work more efficiently.
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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