📊 Why Your Fractional CFO Should NOT Be Doing Your Accounting | Full Send CFO Podcast

👉 Are you using a Ferrari to deliver DoorDash? That’s what it’s like when your fractional CFO is stuck doing bookkeeping and reconciliations instead of strategic financial planning.

In this episode of Full Send CFO, we break down:

• What a CFO should actually be doing
• Why mixing accounting and CFO work can hold your business back
• How to build the right financial team stack for scale
• How to tell if you’re wasting money on the wrong financial setup

⏱️ Chapters

01:10 – CFO as Strategic Partner, Not Bookkeeper

01:45 – What a Fractional CFO Should Focus On

02:15 – What a Fractional CFO Should Not Be Doing

04:15 – Bookkeeping, Controllers, and CFOs: Defined

05:30 – Who Should Be Steering the Financial Ship?

07:10 – Real Example: Margins Drop, Who Solves It?

08:00 – Mistakes to Avoid: Don’t Hire One Person for Everything

09:10 – The Finance Lane vs The Accounting Lane

09:40 – Speed of Hire vs Smart Financial Structure

🧠 Ask Yourself:

• Is my CFO focused on strategy or in the weeds?
• Who’s really owning the financial systems in my business?
• Am I paying top dollar for tasks that could be delegated?

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