Bridge Your Finance Leadership Gap With Top-Tier Interim CFO Services.

Facing a financial challenge, a CFO transition, or need temporary CFO cover? Our Interim CFOs provide immediate, hands-on leadership to ensure financial stability. Whether filling a gap, driving transformation, managing a turnaround, or supporting growth, we connect you with top-tier CFOs ready to deliver results.

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Hiring an Interim CFO for Your Business?

Is your business facing a financial challenge or finance leadership gap? An Interim CFO can provide the crucial finance leadership and operational skill set needed to maintain stability during transition or uncertainty. At iFD, we offer a pool of highly skilled CFOs ready to step into your organisation and make an immediate impact.

An iFD Interim CFO provides immediate, expert financial leadership. They can quickly assess your situation, cut costs, optimise operations, and prepare for key milestones like fundraising. Balancing short-term needs with long-term goals, our CFOs help stabilise and drive your business through growth, transitions, or financial crises.

Why You Need an Interim CFO for Your Business?

Hiring an Interim CFO allows businesses to navigate transitional periods with expert financial leadership. Whether you’re facing a sudden CFO vacancy or leave of absence, a financial crisis, or need help with a specific finance project like a new system implementation, a fundraise or a to support the launch of a new initiative, our Interim CFOs can quickly help you drive your business towards your financial goals. These seasoned professionals bring a wealth of industry experience, fresh insights, and the ability to stabilise and guide your financial operations during times of change. By choosing an Interim CFO, you ensure continuity, maintain investor confidence, and keep your business on track toward achieving its strategic goals.

What Does an Interim CFO Do?

An Interim CFO provides essential financial leadership during transitional periods in your business, ensuring your business remains stable and efficient. With their extensive experience, they quickly take charge of your finance function, assess your financial landscape, and implement best practices to address any immediate challenges. Beyond maintaining daily operations, Interim CFOs build and sustain confidence with key stakeholders, including auditors, lenders, and investors. They also excel in managing special projects, such as systems implementations, fundraising, and enhancing management information and reporting. An Interim CFO guides your business through critical phases with expertise and precision.

What to Consider When Hiring an Interim CFO?

When hiring an Interim CFO, it’s essential to evaluate their ability to quickly adapt to your business’s unique situation. Look for an Interim CFO with a proven track record of successfully managing transitional periods or leadership changes. Their experience in your industry is key, as it ensures they bring relevant strategies and insights to the table. Consider how effectively they can integrate with your existing team and maintain continuity in financial operations. Assess their problem-solving skills and strategic approach to ensure they can address immediate challenges and stabilise your financial landscape. Lastly, define the scope of their role and expected outcomes clearly to ensure a smooth and effective transition that supports your business’s long-term objectives.

How We Tailor CFO Solutions to Your Business Needs.

Understand Your Business Needs

We begin by carefully listening to your specific requirements and gaining a deep understanding of your business challenges and goals.

Develop a Custom Strategy

We craft a tailored plan that outlines how iFD’s expertise can best support your financial needs and drive your business forward.

Connect You with the Right CFO

We match you with a highly qualified CFO whose experience and skills align with your unique needs, ensuring a seamless and effective partnership.

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Why You Should Choose iFD For Your Interim CFO.

We Have You Covered

Our UK-wide network of CFOs ensures we can meet your financial needs wherever you are located. Our CFOs bring extensive experience across multiple industry sectors, including technology, construction, biotech, e-commerce and energy. Additionally, we have specialist expertise in exit planning, fundraising, budgeting and forecasting and management reporting. We connect businesses with top-tier financial talent, helping start-ups and SMEs thrive and grow in a competitive market.

Behind every iFD CFO is a team of specialists

As part of the Dains group of companies, a PE-backed business advisory firm, behind every iFD CFO is a team of accounting and HR professionals as well as a team of 600+ other finance professionals. This means iFD clients can access a wide range of additional expertise from accounting, HR, tax planning and advice, fundraising, exit planning, corporate finance and everything in between. Unlike agencies, we are a consultancy dedicated to tailoring our services to meet your specific business challenges, delivering personalised and strategic financial solutions.

We Are trusted By Our Clients.

Mario: CEO, The Flavour Trailer

“Working with our fractional CFO has completely transformed our approach to financial management. The detailed cash flow forecasts and strategic financial models they’ve developed have given us a clear roadmap for growth. This newfound ability to plan effectively has not only improved our decision-making but has also directly contributed to doubling our revenue. It’s been a game changer for The Flavour Trailer.”

Robin, MinaTherapeutics

“Isosceles has been a vital partner since 2019. Their support includes a Fractional FD with extensive biotech sector experience and regulatory knowledge, a team of fractional accounting professionals, access to an HR consultant, a dedicated payroll team, whilst liaising with specialist tax advisors skilled in producing complex R&D tax credit claims. Their flexible services and highly experienced teams have been invaluable to our success.”

Frequently Asked Questions.

How quickly can an Interim CFO begin working with my business?

An Interim CFO can typically start working with your business within a few days to a week, depending on their availability and the urgency of your needs. The process begins with a quick assessment of your current financial situation, followed by immediate action to address pressing issues and stabilise operations. This rapid deployment is one of the key advantages of hiring an Interim CFO, as they provide critical leadership and expertise exactly when your business needs it most.

Can an Interim CFO handle specific projects, or are they only for crisis management?

An Interim CFO is highly versatile and can manage both specific projects and broader financial crises. Whether you need assistance with a major financial project, such as system implementation, restructuring, or preparing for an IPO, or require leadership during a transitional period, an Interim CFO can step in to lead and execute these tasks. They bring a wealth of experience and can adapt to the specific needs of your business, ensuring that projects are completed efficiently and successfully.

How does an Interim CFO integrate with my existing team?

An Interim CFO is skilled at quickly integrating with your existing finance team and broader organisation. They work collaboratively with your team to understand the current financial processes, identify areas for improvement, and implement strategies that align with your business goals. Their role is to support and enhance the team’s capabilities, providing leadership, mentoring, and guidance without disrupting daily operations. This seamless integration ensures continuity and maintains momentum during transitional periods.

How long does an Interim CFO typically stay with a company?

The duration of an Interim CFO’s engagement depends on the specific needs of your business. They can be with your company for a few months to a year or more, depending on the complexity of the situation and the goals to be achieved. Interim CFOs are flexible and can adjust their time commitment as needed, whether it’s to see a project through to completion or to stabilise financial operations until a permanent CFO is appointed. Their primary focus is on delivering results that drive your business forward.

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