Strategic Financial Leadership for Founders Who Are Ready to Grow

Stop guessing on financial decisions. Work with an experienced Fractional CFO who helps you improve financial performance, plan smarter, and grow with confidence.

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THE FINANCIAL LEADERSHIP GAP

Who’s Helping You Make Financial Decisions?

Most businesses have someone keeping the books and someone filing the taxes. Few have a strategic financial leader helping them make better business decisions.

Bookkeeper

Records transactions
Keeps books organized
Monthly reconciliations

CPA

Tax compliance
Year-end reporting
Financial statements

The Missing Piece

Who’s helping you decide what comes next?

Fractional CFO

Financial Planning
Growth Strategy
Executive Support

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Better Decisions Start with Better Questions

Every Important Decision Starts with the Right Financial Question

Business Planning

Can we afford this hire?

We’ll evaluate the financial impact before you make the commitment.

Are we actually profitable?

Understand what’s driving your margins, not just your revenue.

Business Charts

Why is cash always tight?

Identify where cash is getting trapped and improve visibility.

financial modeling and fundraising

Are we ready to grow?

Model different growth scenarios before making your next move.

Should we raise capital?

Prepare investor-ready forecasts and financial insights.

Chess Move

What’s our next smartest move?

Use your financial data to guide strategic decision-making.

Is It Time for a Fractional CFO?

Does Any of This Sound Familiar?

Growth is outpacing your financial systems.

Cash flow feels unpredictable.

You’re making bigger hiring decisions.

You’re preparing for funding or expansion.

You’re relying on instinct more than financial data.

You want executive-level financial leadership without hiring a full-time CFO.

If you answered “YES” to any of these, it may be time to bring a Fractional CFO onto your leadership team.

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Is It Time for a Fractional CFO?

Does Any of This Sound Familiar?

Growth is outpacing your financial systems.
You’re preparing for funding or expansion.
You want executive-level financial leadership, without hiring a full-time CFO.
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OUR APPROACH

Our Framework for Better Financial Decisions

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Understand your business.

Growth Planning
Build Financial Visibility™

Cash Flow
Profitability
Predictability

Strategic Partnership

Ongoing strategic leadership.

What Success Looks Like

What You Can Expect

Improve Profitability

Strengthen Cash Flow

Increase Financial Visibility

Prepare for Funding

Build Scalable Financial Systems

Make Better Business Decisions

Meet Your Fractional CFO

Meet Zahra, Fractional CFO and founder of Crunch TimeZ

For nearly two decades, I’ve helped founder-led businesses turn financial uncertainty into confident decisions, not with more reports, but with clarity on what the numbers actually mean.

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Zahra Carol Baghdadi, CPA
Strategic Thinking
Collaborative Partnership
Growth-Focused Leadership

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Frequently Asked Questions

A Fractional CFO provides executive-level financial leadership on a part-time basis. Instead of hiring a full-time CFO, you gain access to strategic financial expertise that helps you make better business decisions, improve financial performance, and confidently plan for growth at a fraction of the cost.

Your accountant helps ensure your financial records are accurate and your tax obligations are met. A Fractional CFO helps you use your financial information to make strategic business decisions.

We work alongside your existing accountant or bookkeeper, turning financial data into insights that support growth, profitability, cash flow, and long-term planning.

Not at all. Many founder-led businesses come to us because their financial reporting isn’t giving them the clarity they need.

One of our first priorities is improving financial visibility so you can trust your numbers and make decisions with confidence.

Yes. We help founders prepare for conversations with investors and lenders by strengthening financial reporting, building forecasts, developing financial models, and ensuring the business is financially ready for its next stage of growth.

Every business is different, so we’ll tailor the engagement to your needs. Most clients meet with us on a regular cadence, typically weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly, with ongoing support between meetings as important decisions arise.

We primarily work with founder-led businesses that are growing, scaling, or preparing for their next stage of growth. Whether you’re improving profitability, strengthening cash flow, preparing for funding, or building a more strategic financial function, we provide the financial leadership to help you move forward with confidence.

If you’re making increasingly important financial decisions, outgrowing your current financial processes, or looking for a strategic partner to help guide growth, it may be time. A good place to start is with a Strategy Session or the Visibility Trifecta™ Assessment, where we can determine whether ongoing Fractional CFO support is the right fit for your business.

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Ready to Strengthen Your Leadership Team?

Book a Strategy Session and see what a strategic financial partner adds to your next stage of growth.

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