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Virtual CFO

CFO Leadership That Runs Entirely Remote.

A virtual CFO is a senior finance leader who works with your business remotely — no desk, no commute, no in‑office presence. You get the monthly close, the forecast, the tax strategy, and the decision meetings over video, with a live dashboard you can open from anywhere.

Free diagnostic for US-based service businesses doing $1M–$20M in revenue.

Trusted by growing service businesses

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01Clean financials
02Forward forecast
03Tax strategy
04Monthly decisions
Definition

What is a virtual CFO?

A virtual CFO delivers the full chief financial officer function — reporting, forecasting, cash-flow management, margin analysis, tax strategy, and board-level decision support — without ever setting foot in your office. The work is identical to an in-house CFO’s. Only the delivery model changes: video meetings instead of hallway conversations, a shared dashboard instead of a printed board pack, and documented decisions instead of undocumented ones.

For a US service business doing $1M–$20M, remote is usually the better arrangement, not the compromise. It removes the geographic constraint on who you can hire, it costs a fraction of a salaried seat, and it forces the discipline that makes finance useful in the first place: everything written down, everything in one system, everything available to you at 11pm on a Sunday.

The Remote Model

No office. No commute. No lost context.

The objection to remote finance is always the same — “they won’t know my business.” That is a systems problem, not a location problem. When the close is on a calendar, the KPIs are on a dashboard, and every decision is recorded against the numbers that produced it, a remote CFO knows your business better than an in-house hire who keeps it in their head.

100%
Remote Delivery
Every meeting on Zoom or Google Meet, recorded and searchable
24/7
Dashboard Access
Your numbers are live, not attached to an email once a quarter
50
States Served
Based in Knoxville, working with owners across the country
120
Days To Install
The full financial operating system, delivered without a site visit
What You Get

The same CFO function, delivered over video.

Remote does not mean reduced. Here is the cadence a virtual CFO engagement actually runs on, and what lands in your inbox and dashboard each month.

1
Every Month — The Close

Books closed on a schedule you can plan around.

Your chart of accounts is structured so every dollar lands in delivery, sales & marketing, or G&A. The close happens on a fixed date, not “whenever the bookkeeper gets to it,” and the P&L and balance sheet are in your dashboard the same day — no office visit, no chasing.

Fixed close date Structured accounts Same-day reporting
2
Every Month — The Meeting

A CFO meeting on video, with the dashboard on screen.

We walk your budget versus actuals against the 60/15/15 standard — gross margin, sales & marketing, G&A, net profit — and end with a decision, not a summary. The recording and the notes go in your shared workspace, so nothing depends on who remembers what.

Budget vs. actuals Recorded sessions Written decisions
3
Between Meetings — The Access

Reachable when the decision is in front of you.

Hiring calls, pricing changes, a lease, an acquisition, a surprise tax bill — those do not wait for the monthly meeting. You get a direct line by message or a same-week call, and the forecast is updated before you commit rather than after.

Direct access Live forecast Decision support

Ongoing engagements are $5,000 per month. See pricing and what is included.

Virtual vs. In-House

What you give up, and what you get back.

You give up the desk
No one is sitting outside your office. Every interaction is scheduled or written.
You get back the salary
A full-time CFO runs $250K–$400K all-in with salary, bonus, benefits, and equity
You get back the talent pool
Your CFO no longer has to live within driving distance of your building
You get back the documentation
Remote work has to be written down, which is exactly what a buyer or lender wants to see
You keep your bookkeeper and CPA
A virtual CFO sits above them, not instead of them
You keep the option to scale up
When the business is ready for a salaried CFO, the system is already built for them to inherit
Virtual CFO Engagement
LocationFully Remote
Onsite DaysNone Required
CFO MeetingMonthly, Video
ReportingLive Dashboard
Payroll BurdenNone
Ramp TimeWeeks, Not Months
Best For $1M–$20M service businesses
Enterprise Value

Remote delivery does not cap what the business is worth.

Enterprise value comes from two things: how much the business earns and how risky that income is. Both are improved by financial design, not by where the CFO sits. A documented, remotely run finance function actually scores better on owner dependence — the value driver that costs sellers the most.

Growth Readiness 80+
6.27x
EBITDA multiple
VS
Below 50
2.76x
EBITDA multiple

Based on Value Builder System data from 5,000+ companies, businesses scoring 80+ on growth readiness sell at 6.27x EBITDA. Businesses below 50 sell at 2.76x. Same earnings. Completely different value. The only thing that changes is the financial design — margins, risk profile, and owner dependence.

Proof

Remote engagements, real numbers.

$402,838

Average tax liability eliminated per client, per year, through entity restructuring and strategic planning.

$220K+

Annual tax savings deployed for a legal services firm.

$185K+

Tax savings captured through proactive quarterly strategy.

$96.2M

Revenue under management.

“Working with Bennett Financials fills the gap we had — a team we can rely on, with rapid-fire responses and consistent support.”

“With Arron’s leadership, we grew from zero to $300K MRR. He’s more than a fractional CFO — he’s a dedicated partner who safeguards our brand and supports our growth.”

Get Started

It starts with the Leak Check.

Before we take on any client, we run a full financial diagnostic — free, and entirely over video. You’ll walk away with a profitability scorecard, a custom tax strategy, and an enterprise value gap report.

Book Your Leak Check

Free diagnostic for US-based service businesses doing $1M–$20M in revenue.

FAQ

Questions about Virtual CFO Services.

Clear answers to the questions owners ask before deciding what to do next.