Finance Leadership to Boards & Advisors

You get one accountable finance leader (Tom) plus access to a small, proven network for the moments when you need deeper horsepower without hiring a full team.

• Close discipline
• FP&A + KPI dashboards
• Tax + entity structuring
• Pricing + margin analytics
• Banking + capital readiness
• Governance + board prep

• Your board or investors keep asking for “one clear story” about the numbers.
• Your cash and runway updates require ad hoc digging every time.
• Profitability varies by offer or customer, but you can’t see how or why.
• Budgeting feels like a spreadsheet exercise, not a decision-making tool.

Many founder-led companies now operate with more products, partners, and platforms than ever before — but still rely on spreadsheets and gut feel to steer the business.

Margins compress, cash cycles lengthen, and the insights you need are buried across disconnected tools. Reacting to each issue as it appears isn’t a strategy — it’s a tax on your time and energy.

• Investors and boards expect a coherent, forward-looking financial story.
• Hiring and pricing decisions now have multi-quarter consequences.
• Missed signals in cash and margin can compound into existential risk.

Ridge CFO Partners helps you move from reactive reporting to an integrated, decision-ready view of your business.

We focus on a small set of engagements designed to bring structure, calm, and accountability to how you run your business financially.

A concentrated engagement that gives you one coherent view of your business and a practical game plan for the next 12–18 months.

For founders who want a seasoned CFO in the room as they scale — without committing to a full-time executive before it’s time.

• $1M–$10M in annual revenue, with a line of sight to more.
• Founder-led, with a small but committed leadership team.
• SaaS, platforms, content, or tech-enabled services.
• A bookkeeper or controller in place, but no dedicated CFO.

To get started, you can reach out directly by email or connect on LinkedIn. A short note with your company name, approximate revenue, and your biggest financial question right now is enough for an initial triage.

Not sure yet? Browsers are welcome. When the questions about cash, profit, or growth pile up, you’ll know when it’s time.

If you are willing, I invite you to complete a readiness survey so I can quantify startup readiness and your current situation.  Thank you in advance.  

Note: This educational diagnostic helps founders understand how operating decisions affect financial outcomes such as cash runway, capital efficiency, and governance obligations.  

This diagnostic is for educational/informational  purposes only and does not provide financial, legal, or investment advice.