Controller
from$2,900/ month
The close is late or unreliable and you need it fixed before anything else.
- Month-end close by day six
- Reconciliations reviewed
- Kansas sales and use tax oversight
- Monthly financial package
- Year-end file for your CPA
Published prices · Illustrative
What a fractional CFO costs, in writing.
Three monthly bands and three fixed-fee projects. Nobody else in the Wichita results publishes a figure; we think the fractional CFO cost should be the first thing you know, not the last. Illustrative prices for a concept site.
Monthly bands
Most owners start here
CFO Monthly
from$5,800/ month
Revenue about $3M to $20M. You want the runway every week and a partner in one meeting a month.
- Everything in Controller
- Rolling 13-week cash forecast
- Monthly CFO meeting with a partner
- Budget and KPI reporting
- Lender reporting and covenant checks
CFO Embedded
from$9,800/ month
Revenue about $15M to $50M, a board or investors, or a sale or acquisition ahead.
- Everything in CFO Monthly
- A partner on site one day a week
- Board and investor packs
- Scenario models for capex and hires
- Deal support with your advisers
Fixed-fee projects
Three projects with a price on the front.
Each one stands alone. The cash review is how most clients start; the lender package and the exit readiness assessment are for a specific room you are about to walk into.
13-week cash review
$1,950
Fixed fee. Your first engagement: the model, the runway number and a two-hour review.
Lender or SBA package
$4,500
From. Projections, debt service coverage and the lender checklist, assembled.
Exit readiness assessment
$7,500
From. Twelve diligence items scored, with a written plan.
What moves the number
Four things change the price. Revenue is not one of them.
We quote from the cash review, in writing, before anything starts.
- EntitiesEach additional legal entity with its own bank accounts and close adds work, and we price it.
- The state of the closeIf the books close after the 20th, we start with controller work and the price reflects that for the first quarter.
- Lenders and covenantsAn operating line with monthly covenant reporting is part of CFO Monthly. Two lenders, or an SBA loan with its own reporting, adds time.
- A room aheadA sale, an acquisition or an investor round adds weeks of partner time. We quote it as a project, never as surprise hours.
Fractional or full-time
When a full-time CFO is the right call.
Fractional fits when
- Sales are roughly $3M to $50M and the finance team is a bookkeeper or a small accounting staff
- You need the forecast, the lender relationship and the board pack, not a full-time head of department
- You want to see the work for a quarter before committing to a senior hire
- A sale or a loan is the reason, and the need has an end date
Hire full-time when
- The finance team is five or more people and needs a manager every day
- You are past about $50M with several entities, or carry investor reporting weekly
- Treasury, systems and people decisions need someone in the building daily
- We will tell you when you reach this point, and help write the job description
Before you book
What owners ask about the price
Not answered here? Call (316) 555-0179 and ask a partner.
Q01How much does a fractional CFO cost compared with hiring one?
A full-time CFO in Wichita means a senior salary, benefits, a bonus and usually a recruiter's fee before the first day. Our bands run from $2,900 to $9,800 a month with no recruiting, no benefits and no notice period. Most owner-led companies between $3M and $20M in sales get what they need from CFO Monthly.
Q02Why does the Controller band cost less than the research floor for a CFO?
Because it is controller work, not CFO work: the close, reconciliations, sales and use tax and the monthly package. See fractional controller for the line between the two.
Q03Is there a contract or a minimum term?
The monthly bands run month to month after the first three months, with 30 days' notice. Fixed-fee projects are quoted in writing before they start.
Q04Do you charge by the hour?
No. Each band is a flat monthly fee for a written scope. If the scope changes, for a sale process or an acquisition, we quote the change in writing before doing the work.
Q05Are these real prices?
They are illustrative prices for a concept site. Tallgrass Financial Partners is a fictional firm created for portfolio purposes.
Next step
Start with the $1,950 review.
The cash review is the first step for every band: your bank data in, a working 13-week model and a runway number out, reviewed with a partner. You keep the model either way.