Fractional CFO Services in Atlanta

A fractional CFO provides senior-level financial leadership on an ongoing or scoped basis. Support may include budgeting, forecasting, cash-flow planning, scenario analysis, profitability analysis, management or board reporting, and practical operating guidance. Depending on the engagement, the role can also address technical accounting, reporting requirements, finance process improvement, transactions, or leadership gaps within the existing team.

Companies often seek fractional CFO support when they need stronger financial direction but are not ready to add a full-time senior finance executive. Common situations include limited visibility into future cash needs, unreliable forecasts, complex growth, new reporting expectations, transactions, leadership transitions, or finance processes that have not kept pace with business complexity. Support can be tailored to the specific issue.

Yes. Transaction accounting and post-acquisition support can address acquisitions, divestitures, carve-outs, and ownership changes. Services may include purchase accounting, opening balance sheets, coordination with valuation specialists, and post-acquisition accounting and reporting integration. The engagement is scoped according to the transaction’s complexity, timing, and the level of support management and the existing finance team require.

Stratum Advisory Partners supports complex accounting matters including revenue recognition, debt and equity transactions, stock-based compensation, leases, business combinations, and impairment. The work focuses on developing clear, supportable accounting conclusions and documentation that management can use in financial reporting and discussions with relevant stakeholders, including external auditors where appropriate.

Yes. Support can include assessing and strengthening financial close processes, reconciliations, accounting policies, documentation, and internal controls. Stratum can also assist with remediation of control deficiencies and material weaknesses. The objective is to help finance leaders establish more reliable processes and reporting while addressing specific weaknesses affecting the organization’s accounting and finance function.

Stratum Advisory Partners provides interim CAO and controller leadership during executive vacancies, organizational transitions, transactions, or periods of increased demand. Responsibilities may include oversight of the financial close, reporting, audit preparation, and accounting-team execution. This support helps maintain continuity while management addresses a leadership gap or evaluates longer-term finance organization needs.

Fees are determined after discussing the scope, complexity, timing, and level of support required. This custom-scoped approach allows the engagement to reflect the company’s actual accounting or finance needs rather than applying a standard package. A discussion can clarify the objectives, expected responsibilities, existing team capacity, and the areas where senior-level support would be most useful.

Yes. Stratum Advisory Partners works alongside existing finance teams when a transaction, reporting requirement, complex accounting issue, or improvement initiative requires additional expertise or execution capacity. Support can focus on advisory guidance, hands-on delivery, leadership coverage, or a combination of these. The specific working model is shaped around management’s objectives and the capabilities already present within the organization.