Permanent placement, plus fractional and interim CFOs and the accounting function underneath them — for founder-led and PE-backed companies.
Six levels of service. Engage at any level, add others as the business needs them.
Permanent CFO, VP Finance, controller, and FP&A placement.
ViewA part-time CFO, or a full-time one for a fixed period while you hire.
ViewFinancial diagnostics, KPIs, and operating reviews.
ViewGetting the numbers ready for buyers and diligence.
ViewMonthly reconciliations, close, and GAAP financial statements.
ViewThe books are behind and deadlines have been missed. Someone comes in, cleans it up, and gets you back to closing on time.
You are not ready to carry a full CFO salary, and the person you can afford is not the person you need. A part-time CFO gets you the judgment without the payroll.
A deal, a recap, or a CFO who just left. The work that follows is more than your finance team can absorb on top of their day jobs.
The search is under way, but a good hire takes months. Someone holds the seat so the quarter does not slip while you wait.
The job has outgrown the person in it, and replacing them is complicated. We can cover what is missing without forcing that decision yet.
Regulated reporting, complicated contracts, or an audit coming that needs someone who has done it before.
A training and acceleration platform for PE-backed CFOs and CHROs, founded by Scott Engler. Built for finance and people leaders stepping into sponsor-backed companies.
Former Gartner CFO practice leader and former True Search Partner. Has worked directly with over 2,000 middle-market CFOs across his career. Focused on alignment and value creation across the CFO lifecycle—from diagnosis through deployment.
27 years as a corporate finance executive across PE-backed and founder-owned businesses, including multiple successful exits. Expert in scaling, compliance, and transactions.
Tell us what you need. We will get back to you the same business day, and the conversation stays between us.
One of us will get back to you the same business day to set up a short call. What you sent stays between us.
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A part-time CFO. They work with you a few days a month instead of full-time, doing the same work a CFO would — forecasting, systems, board reporting — for a fraction of the cost.
A fractional CFO is part-time and ongoing. An interim CFO is full-time but temporary — they hold the seat while you find someone permanent.
When you need the judgment but not the headcount. Hiring a full-time CFO before the business can carry the salary puts a large fixed cost on the books, and the person you can afford at that point is often not the person you need.
Most firms start with a job description. We start by working out what the job actually has to deliver, what your senior team already covers, and what is missing. The job description comes out of that conversation.
Sync-CFO provides partner-led finance executive search plus fractional and interim CFO services for founder-led and PE-backed companies. Searches begin by agreeing what the seat has to deliver, where the senior team is today, and what capabilities are missing.