Virtual CFO Services — Remote Financial Leadership, On Your Terms

Engagements are assembled from modules, for founder-led companies and mid-sized enterprises alike:

• Ongoing strategic vCFO — a standing partner who owns forecasting, reporting and the board relationship, usually on a fixed monthly retainer.
• Project work — fundraising preparation, a pricing review, lender refinancing or audit readiness, quoted upfront.
• Temporary interim cover — a senior specialist who steps in after a CFO departure until a permanent hire is in place.
• Controller oversight — month-end close discipline, internal controls and a clean chart of accounts, coordinated with your bookkeeper.
• Fully managed finance function — if you prefer to outsource bookkeeping, payroll coordination and reporting together, we lead them as one team.
• Cross-border finance — entity structure, currency exposure, tax strategy and compliance for groups operating in several countries.

Sector programs:

• Startups — runway modeling, investor reporting and round readiness from pre-seed to Series A; see our startup program.
• Legal practices — partner profitability, lockup, trust-account discipline and matter-level pricing; see our page for law practices.

Within the first quarter, a typical engagement produces:

• A 13-week cash flow forecast refreshed weekly, plus a rolling 12–18-month plan tied to headcount, pricing and collections.
• Margin analysis by product, customer and channel, so you can evaluate spending and reduce unnecessary expenses.
• A one-page KPI pack every month and a board-ready reporting cycle.
• Internal controls that fit your size — approval limits, segregation of duties and a close checklist that keeps the books ready for an audit.
• Annual budget preparation with an owner for each line and a variance review during the year.
• Models, data rooms and negotiation support for equity raises, bank debt and acquisitions.

• Revenue is growing, yet cash keeps running tight and nobody can explain why.
• Pricing, hiring or expansion decisions rely on gut feel because forecasts are missing or not trusted.
• A bank, investor or buyer asked for numbers you could not produce within a week.
• The owner reconciles spreadsheets instead of overseeing key operations.
• You are opening a second entity, entering a new country or preparing for a sale.
• A full-time CFO at 300,000–500,000+ a year all-in is out of proportion to your size.

If two of these sound familiar, a 30-minute call will show whether a remote engagement fits.

Most virtual CFO packages are defined by scope rather than catchy names. Across US providers, packages fall into three bands:

• Light scope — a cash forecast and on-call advisory, about 1,500–3,000 a month.
• Core scope — full forecasting, KPI reporting, budgeting and board support, mostly 3,000–12,000 a month.
• Growth or multi-entity scope — fundraising, M&A or consolidation across countries, typically 9,000–15,000+ a month.

Ad-hoc work is billed by the hour: senior part-time finance executives in the US bill 150–450 per hour, and one-off projects run from a few thousand dollars to $40,000+. BureauCFO starts from about €1,500 per month, with flexible scope, transparent per-hour pricing, no hidden fees and no long-term contracts. Even a top-band retainer stays well below the cost of a full-time hire.

1. Discovery call — we learn your business model and goals, and say honestly whether you need a vCFO, a controller or better bookkeeping.
2. Diagnostic — within two to three weeks we review your books and reporting and deliver a written list of quick wins and risks.
3. Onboarding — we agree on modules and cadence, and connect to your accounting and banking solutions with read-only access where possible.
4. Delivery — weekly or biweekly calls, a close review after each period end and board materials in one online workspace.
5. Quarterly review — you can expand, reduce or pause the scope without penalty.