A fractional CFO can charge around $1,000 per hour by packaging budgeting, forecasting, and working capital management. One example: helping a $10 million business improve by 5% generates $500k in additional profit, justifying a $5,000 monthly retainer.
You can earn significantly more while working less by offering fractional CFO services. Typically, they make about $1,000 an hour. If you structure your package in the right way. Some of the things you might do is budget, forecast, working capital management. If you help a business that does $10 million a year get 5% better, you've made them a half a million dollars a year. Well, for five grand a month to make a business owner half a million dollars a year, that probably sounds like a good deal to them.
