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OCFO · Office of the CFO

Finance the board can trust.

Reporting, unit economics, ARR logic, and forecast discipline built to trigger decisions, not debate.

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14 days First diagnostic
Weekly Board-trusted scorecard
120 days To value capture

01 · Selected outcome

What the work produces.

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OCFO · /04 Office of the CFO

The CFO system has to make decisions faster

The finance function should reduce debate, not create it.

92% Forecast accuracy, from guessing
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02 · The bridge

Two fluencies, one scorecard.

The board-language term, the plain-language line, and the engineering metric that actually moves it.

Forecast accuracy
A forecast is an engineering artifact: instrumented stages, honest exit criteria, no manual overrides after Wednesday. That is how a guess becomes a forecast the board can trust.
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Unit economics
CAC payback and gross margin by segment are the same question the delivery pipeline answers — served, not asserted.
cac_payback · margin_by_segment
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The finance function should reduce debate, not create it. We build ARR rules, board packs, unit economics, and forecast cadence from an operator perspective: the number has to trigger a decision.
Justin Leader · CEO, Human Renaissance
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03 · How the engagement runs

Running the Office of the CFO engagement.

Open a phase for the detail.

Phase 01 Diagnostic Assessment Days 1–14

We baseline the operating system against the value-creation thesis.

  • Constraint baseline in dollars
  • Decision-rights and cadence audit
  • 90-day scorecard wired to current systems
Phase 02 Operating Plan Days 15–21

The diagnostic becomes a sequenced plan with owners and dates.

  • Per-constraint move with a target
  • Committee and decision-rights design
  • 30 / 60 / 90-day cadence
Phase 03 Implementation Days 22–90

An operator runs the plan from inside the system.

  • Weekly reviews with the accountable executive
  • Interim leadership where the constraint demands it
  • Rolling scorecard against baseline
Phase 04 Value Capture Days 91–120

We hand the system back with a measured lift and a clean transition.

  • Final scorecard against baseline
  • Permanent leadership transition plan
  • Documented playbook and decision map

04 · Related intelligence

Field notes that support the work.

Read the briefs
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Brief · OCFO

The 12-Month CAC Payback Rule Is Costing You the Enterprise

A 12-month blended CAC payback often hides a starved enterprise book.
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Brief · OCFO

Stop Selling Prompts. Sell the Workflow They Break Inside Of.

A prompt pack is a one-time invoice that decays.
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Brief · OCFO

Your AI Model Is Worth $0 If You Can't Trace the Training Data

Acquirers discount AI IP up to 60% when data provenance is murky.

05 · Before the first call

Operator-grade answers.

  • Is this fractional CFO work?

    It can be. We typically operate as an embedded Office of the CFO function focused on reporting architecture, forecast reliability, unit economics, and transaction readiness.

  • What metrics do you stabilize first?

    Forecast accuracy, ARR/MRR definitions, CAC payback, gross margin by segment, NRR/GRR, revenue recognition, working capital, and board reporting cadence.

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Start here

Find the constraint before the quarter hardens.

A 14-day diagnostic. No retainer until we agree on the work.

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