Our interim CFOs assist you with filling CFO vacancies on short notice, securing liquidity, professionalizing reporting and controlling, as well as with transformations and M&A processes.
Benefit from a carefully curated network of experienced, independent executives who are ready to take on responsibility immediately. Whether you’re facing a strategic realignment, operational stabilization, or challenging special situations—we’ll find the right interim CFO for your needs. Fast, flexible, and precise.
Experience as an Interim CFO in Special Situations: An Interim CFO who has already managed growth, restructuring, or carve-outs/PMI can quickly identify risks and be effective from day one without a lengthy onboarding process.
Cash Management, Reporting & Forecasting: An interim CFO quickly produces reliable figures, establishes a solid forecast, and improves reporting and closing processes—ensuring that decisions can be made quickly and confidently.
Leadership & Stakeholder Management: An interim CFO stabilizes the finance team and manages communication with the CEO/board, banks/investors, and auditors in a clear, authoritative, and action-oriented manner.
Transparency that enables decision-making: An interim CFO quickly provides clarity on liquidity, earnings, and key performance indicators (KPIs). Through structured forecasts and robust reporting, risks are identified early on and decisions are well-founded.
Quick results through implementation, not just planning: An interim CFO takes on line management responsibilities, prioritizes the most critical levers (e.g., cash, closing, costs, governance), and implements measures pragmatically—delivering measurable results within the first few weeks.
Stability in leadership & stakeholder communication: An interim CFO confidently guides the finance team through change and professionally establishes communication with management, investors, banks, and auditors—clear, reliable, and action-oriented.
Companies turn to interim CFOs when they need quick results and proven expertise—professionals who are highly skilled and ready to hit the ground running.
A good interim CFO quickly brings clarity, stability, and financial transparency. They analyze the situation swiftly, set priorities effectively, and take responsibility even before the structures are fully in place. That is precisely what defines interim leadership: immediate effectiveness, a focus on facts, and a solution-oriented approach.
Whether it’s a turnaround, value creation through private equity, a spin-off, or expansion: the experience must align with the initial situation.
An interim CFO does not require a lengthy onboarding period. Within a few days, they establish priorities and create structures.
Our experienced, independent consultants support you in developing and implementing growth strategies, transformation processes, or M&A processes—quickly available and personally selected.
We listen before we act. Our experienced team, which has consulting in its blood, understands the challenges of modern companies and takes your goals personally. This is how we create the basis for a solution that is perfectly tailored to you.
We don't deliver profiles, we create connections. Within 24-36 hours, we bring you together with the right Independent Consultants, Freelance Experts and Interim Managers - precisely tailored to your requirements.
For us, it's not just qualifications that count, but results. We believe that real success is achieved when expertise, personality and timing fit together perfectly. That is our claim - for every project.
Yes. Our network includes interim CFOs with proven experience in restructuring/turnaround, private equity environments, M&A/PMI/carve-outs, and finance transformation—we match candidates specifically to your unique situation.
Depending on your needs, we fill roles with a focus on cash management and liquidity, fast close and reporting stabilization, performance programs (SG&A/COGS), or deal readiness—including data room management, modeling, and Q&A management. In doing so, we ensure that candidates not only “know how to consult,” but have also held operational leadership roles and can quickly make an impact in challenging environments (e.g., growth phases, crises, corporate carve-outs).
We clarify the mandate, objectives, stakeholders, and working methods in advance and specifically assess profiles for technical depth and cultural fit. This ensures you receive only interim CFOs who are quickly effective and function well within the team setup.
This includes a brief but structured briefing on the initial situation (e.g., liquidity pressure, reporting gaps, PE ownership, audit issues), expectations regarding leadership and communication, as well as the relevant interfaces (CEO, investors, banks, auditors, shared services). Based on this, we don’t match “the best resume,” but rather the right working style: hands-on vs. strategic, change driver vs. stabilizer, builder vs. turnaround profile—so that the collaboration runs smoothly from day one.
Typical outcomes include a robust cash and liquidity forecast, clearly defined KPIs, stabilized reporting/closing, and a 30/60/90-day plan with prioritized actions—serving as the foundation for quick, confident decisions.
In addition, responsibilities and decision-making routines are often refined (e.g., daily/weekly cash cadence, forecast cycles, KPI owners), critical risks are made transparent, and immediate measures are implemented—for example, in working capital (overdues, payment terms, inventory) or cost levers. The result is a “manageable” finance setup in a short time: clear financial logic, consistent data sources, and a pragmatic action plan that makes effects measurable and supports quick decisions.
Yes. Upon request, interim CFOs handle communication and coordination with banks, investors, and auditors—in a clear, fact-based, and authoritative manner, including documentation, reporting, and coordination.
This includes, among other things, covenant tracking, forecast updates, standardized reporting packages, as well as the preparation and facilitation of updates, Q&A sessions, and negotiations. During audit season, the interim CFO supports audit readiness (PBC lists, timelines, responsibilities), ensures robust documentation (policies, ICS, supporting evidence), and thus reduces friction and risks. The goal is a consistent narrative, reliable figures, and professional stakeholder management that builds trust—both internally and externally.
Within 24 to 36 hours, we provide you with hand-picked interim CFO profiles tailored precisely to your requirements—quickly, accurately, and without a lengthy selection process.
In the next step, we’ll quickly arrange interviews to assess professional fit, availability, and work style. Once you’ve made your decision, the interim CFO can start—depending on the situation—remotely or on-site, typically within a few days. consultingheads understands these requirements and connects you with highly qualified interim CFOs who are ready to start within 24 to 36 hours.
Typical assignments range—depending on the target scenario—from 3 to 9 months, and may be longer in transformation or carve-out situations. Companies often start with an intensive phase (e.g., 3–5 days/week) to stabilize cash flow, reporting, and governance, and then transition to a scalable model.
Whether full-time, part-time, or hybrid depends on complexity, team maturity, and stakeholder pressure. We help clearly define the scope (must-haves vs. nice-to-haves), establish clear deliverables (e.g., 13-week cash forecast, fast close, KPI set, 30/60/90-day plan) and choose a setup that is both effective and cost-efficient—without critical issues falling “between the cracks.”
We start with a brief scoping session: current situation, objectives, time constraints, stakeholders, and required areas of expertise. You will then receive curated profiles of candidates who not only possess the right technical skills but have also held operational responsibility in comparable situations.
During the interview, we focus on assessing concrete experience (e.g., cash crises, PE reporting, audit pressure, carve-out standards), leadership style, and execution skills. We then support a quick start: alignment on priorities, access points/tools, reporting cadence, and communication channels. This turns a “start date” into a productive Day 1—with clear expectations and rapid impact on day-to-day finance operations.
