Finance leadership that fits your business.

Experienced Controllers, VPs Finance and CFOs — available on a flexible, fractional basis to strengthen your finance function and help your business scale.

Not a recruiter and not an accounting firm — finance leaders who have run the function, working inside your business.

Controller VP Finance CFO Finance transformation & AI readiness
A boardroom overlooking the Vancouver skyline

You may not need a full-time CFO.

Most growing businesses don't need another full-time executive. They need the right finance leadership at the right time.

The Finance Office matches the problem with the right level of finance leadership — rather than automatically selling you a CFO.
  • 01 Reporting comes too late The numbers arrive after the decisions have already been made.
  • 02 The CEO is still the CFO The owner is carrying finance judgement on top of running the business.
  • 03 Growth is stretching the team The business is preparing to scale, raise capital, acquire or sell — and there aren't enough hands to run the process.
  • 04 Finance needs stronger leadership Stronger leadership, streamlined processes and better use of modern tools.
  • 05 Cash flow isn't reliable enough Forecasting can’t be trusted to guide spending, hiring or timing.
  • 06 No finance partner at the table Big decisions are being made without forward-looking financial input.

Where your finance function is, and where it needs to go

Every business moves along the same spectrum as it grows. The Finance Office starts where bookkeeping ends.

Finance operations Finance leadership Strategic finance
Bookkeeper / Accountant Records the numbers

We add the most value at the Controller, VP Finance and CFO levels.

Controller

Build the foundation

Reliable numbers, on time, with the controls and routines a growing business can rely on.

  • Monthly close and management reporting
  • Internal controls and process design
  • Budgeting and variance analysis
  • Leadership of the accounting team

VP Finance

Run the finance function

A finance function that forecasts, reports to a board, and gives the leadership team a forward view.

  • FP&A and rolling forecasts
  • Cash-flow management and KPI reporting
  • Systems selection and implementation
  • Team development and board reporting

CFO

Navigate the big decisions

Senior judgement for the decisions that only happen a few times in a company's life.

  • Financing and lender relationships
  • M&A, diligence and integration
  • Strategic planning and capital allocation
  • Investor relations and exit readiness

Build a finance function ready for what's next.

AI is changing how finance teams operate. The Finance Office helps businesses identify where automation and AI can improve reporting, forecasting, workflows and decision-making — without chasing technology for technology's sake.

AI readiness assessment

Evaluate current systems, data quality, processes and opportunities.

Finance automation

Identify repetitive workflows suitable for automation.

Management intelligence

Improve dashboards, reporting and access to financial insight.

AI adoption roadmap

Prioritize practical initiatives based on ROI, risk and readiness.

The Finance Office AI Readiness Review

A fixed-fee diagnostic of your systems, data and workflows, with a prioritized roadmap you can act on — whether or not you work with us afterwards.

Enquire about a review

How it works

Your finance leader works inside your management team — not alongside it as a consultant.

One

Diagnose

We understand the business, the finance function as it stands today, and the priorities for the next 12 months.

Two

Match

We introduce the right Controller, VP Finance or CFO for the situation — at the level the business actually needs.

Three

Embed

Your finance leader joins the management team, with the flexibility to scale involvement up or down as things change.

Example engagements

Anonymized examples of how support is typically sized.

$8m professional-services company Fractional Controller 2 days per month
$25m owner-managed business VP Finance 1 day per week
$60m acquisitive company CFO 2 days per week
$15m business modernizing finance VP Finance + AI Readiness Review Project, then ongoing

Why The Finance Office

Experienced operators

People who have actually led finance functions, not advised on them from the outside.

Right-sized support

Controller through CFO, rather than one level sold to every business.

Flexible model

Scale involvement up or down as the business changes, without a permanent hire.

Modern finance mindset

Systems, automation and AI alongside traditional finance leadership.

A network of experienced finance leaders, backed by The Finance Office.

Clients get a named finance leader who knows their business, with the depth of the wider The Finance Office network behind them.

Killian Foley

Founder & Finance Partner

Fifteen years across M&A, transaction advisory and senior finance leadership — PwC Dublin and Vancouver, CRH plc, VP Finance and interim CEO, and Managing Director of a family office. FCA, CPA (BC).

Read Killian's background

Join The Finance Office

For senior finance leaders

Work with growing businesses on a flexible basis, with client development handled for you. Get in touch.

Tell us where things stand — we'll help you figure out what comes next.

A 20-minute call to understand your finance function, the level of support that fits, and what should happen first. No obligation to engage us.

  • The right level, not a pitch for a CFO
  • Senior operators who have held the role
  • A 20-minute call, not a sales process

Prefer email? hello@thefinanceoffice.co