Fractional CFO/COO for founder-led companies

I build the finance function a growing company needs — before it's ready to hire one full-time.

The finance leader your growing company needs — without the full-time hire. I take the reporting, the cash flow, and the big financial calls off your plate, so you can build.

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The problem

You're building the company. But when the big financial questions land, you're answering them alone.

Your accounting is handled — that part works. But growing a company throws up questions accounting was never meant to answer: Are we actually making money on this, or just busy? Can we afford to hire, to expand, to take the deal? What's the cash going to look like in three months? Right now those land on you — the one person who should be focused on product and customers, not modelling scenarios at midnight.

Is this actually profitable — or just busy?

You're growing, the team's stretched, the invoices are going out. But you couldn't say with confidence which clients, products, or projects are making money and which are quietly costing you.

Can we afford this?

The hire, the expansion, the equipment, the deal. Big calls that need a clear financial answer — and you're making them on instinct because the analysis isn't in front of you.

What happens in 90 days?

You know today's bank balance. You don't know what it'll be after payroll, suppliers, and that slow-paying client — until it's already happening.

I work as the finance leader who takes these questions off your plate — on-site when it matters, remote the rest of the time.

What I do

Three ways to work together

Entry

Financial Diagnostic

Fixed price · 2–3 weeks

A structured assessment of your cash flow, profitability, and finance function — ending in a clear, prioritized roadmap you can act on with or without me.

  • Cash flow and profitability review
  • Finance function gap analysis
  • Written roadmap with priorities
Core

The Bridge — CFO/COO retainer

Ongoing · monthly

The finance leader your company needs at this stage — without the full-time hire. I take the questions that keep landing on you and make them mine.

  • Reporting that reaches you while the numbers can still shape the decision
  • Cash flow you can see coming
  • A working partnership with your accountants, feeding straight into decisions
  • ERP/BI systems built to run without me
Premium

Transaction Readiness

Project-based · priced to the deal

Investor-ready financials and rigorous due diligence for a sale, raise, or new partner — so the numbers survive scrutiny and you keep the negotiating leverage.

  • Sell-side and buy-side due diligence
  • Financial models buyers believe
  • Deal-process support

Why founders trust me with this

Twenty years of scale, applied to companies like yours.

Before working with founder-led companies, I spent a decade in Big4 audit and a decade as CFO and COO inside private-equity-owned and multinational groups. The rigor is the same. The difference is that now it's pointed at your business.

€10M → €30M
Revenue growth over 4 years as COO of a PE-owned group
70%
Stake sale at premium valuation, supported by my due diligence work
25 → 10 days
Monthly close — reporting now ready in 7 working days, while it still matters
4
M&A integrations led end-to-end
"It was told you have to choose 2/3 — price, deadlines and quality. I managed to get all 3/3. It was pure overperformance… Right questions asked, roadmaps adjusted, results finetuned. Will use Jolanta's services again and recommend her to my friends and partners."

Every owner needs a plan.

A 30-minute intro call, no pitch deck, no obligation. Bring your biggest financial question and we'll start there.

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