OFFICE OF THE CFO
Your Finance Function, Installed.
13-week cash flow visibility, FP&A, and board-ready reporting for $5M–$50M companies — delivered on fixed fees and defined timelines. No deal required.
The highest-impact tool for controlling liquidity.
Same business. Better return on every dollar deployed.
- A 13-week cash flow model tracks every dollar of cash inflows and outflows, refreshed weekly.
- It identifies cash shortfalls 6 to 13 weeks before they become crises and unlocks working capital through optimized AR and AP timing.
- No more bank-balance-as-proxy. Real forward visibility. Lender and investor-grade financials.
Fixed-fee finance infrastructure, delivered on defined timelines.
Cash Flow Package
For operators who need forward visibility into liquidity. A 13-week rolling cash flow model, refreshed weekly, with treasury cadence and variance tracking. Delivered live by Week 3.
Full Financial Package
Includes everything in the Cash Flow Package, plus a complete FP&A buildout: budget, rolling forecast, KPI dashboard, board-ready quarterly reporting, monthly close support, and integrated 13-week cash flow model. For companies ready for institutional-grade financial infrastructure. Delivered live by Week 5 to 6.
Two engagement models. Scoped to fit.
Pricing is built around the work, not the hour. We scope each engagement to the size, complexity, and stage of the business.
About one-fifth of a full-time CFO hire. A fraction of a Big 4 engagement. None of the recruiting fees, ramp-up, junior-staff dilution, or fixed overhead.
Sterling Equity Partners | Traditional Options | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash Flow Package | Full Financial Package | Full-Time CFO Hire | Big 4 / Tier 1 Consulting | |
| Initial Build | Starts at $5,000 | Starts at $10,000 | $50K to $90K (recruiting fees) | $25,000 to $75,000 |
| Monthly Retainer | Starts at $2,000/mo | Starts at $5,000/mo | $25K to $37K/mo (loaded comp) | $15,000 to $40,000/mo |
| Year 1 Total | From $27,000 | From $65,000 | $300,000 to $450,000 | $205,000 to $480,000 |
| Time to Productive Output | 3 weeks | 5 to 6 weeks | 6 to 9 months | 6 to 12 weeks |
| Working Availability | Senior bandwidth, on-call | Senior bandwidth, on-call | 40-50 hrs/wk, minus PTO and meetings | Partner involvement <10% of hours |
| Variable Capacity | Scale up or down | Scale up or down | Fixed overhead | Fixed engagement scope |
| Severance/Exit Risk | None | None | 3 to 6 months base salary | Engagement minimums |
Cash Flow Package
- Initial Build
- Starts at $5,000
- Monthly Retainer
- Starts at $2,000/mo
- Year 1 Total
- From $27,000
- Time to Productive Output
- 3 weeks
- Working Availability
- Senior bandwidth, on-call
- Variable Capacity
- Scale up or down
- Severance/Exit Risk
- None
Full Financial Package
- Initial Build
- Starts at $10,000
- Monthly Retainer
- Starts at $5,000/mo
- Year 1 Total
- From $65,000
- Time to Productive Output
- 5 to 6 weeks
- Working Availability
- Senior bandwidth, on-call
- Variable Capacity
- Scale up or down
- Severance/Exit Risk
- None
Full-Time CFO Hire
- Initial Build
- $50K to $90K (recruiting fees)
- Monthly Retainer
- $25K to $37K/mo (loaded comp)
- Year 1 Total
- $300,000 to $450,000
- Time to Productive Output
- 6 to 9 months
- Working Availability
- 40-50 hrs/wk, minus PTO and meetings
- Variable Capacity
- Fixed overhead
- Severance/Exit Risk
- 3 to 6 months base salary
Big 4 / Tier 1 Consulting
- Initial Build
- $25,000 to $75,000
- Monthly Retainer
- $15,000 to $40,000/mo
- Year 1 Total
- $205,000 to $480,000
- Time to Productive Output
- 6 to 12 weeks
- Working Availability
- Partner involvement <10% of hours
- Variable Capacity
- Fixed engagement scope
- Severance/Exit Risk
- Engagement minimums
Engagements scope on a discovery call. Larger companies, more complex businesses, and PE-backed operations price from these baselines.
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What working together looks like.
1
Assessment (Week 1)
We review your current financial infrastructure and identify where visibility will have the biggest impact on decision-making.
2
Build and Deliver (Weeks 1-3)
We mobilize immediately. Cash flow model delivered by Week 3. Full FP&A suite, 3-statement model, reporting, budget, and KPI dashboard, by Week 5 to 6.
3
Ongoing Partnership (Week 4+)
Continuous financial visibility, monthly reporting, and strategic decision support as your business evolves.