FAQ
Questions ABA owners ask.
The honest answers to what owners want to know before bringing on a fractional CFO.
- 01
“I already have a bookkeeper and a CPA. Why do I need a CFO too?”
Your bookkeeper and CPA tell you what already happened — they close the books and file the taxes, and you need that. A CFO is the one who looks forward: which clinic to open, which payer to drop, whether to hire a BCBA or two BTs, and what a buyer will pay eighteen months from now. Same data — turned into the decisions that actually move the business.
- 02
“We're only at $2–3M in revenue. Aren't we too small for a CFO?”
That's exactly the size where one wrong call costs the most. A bad payer contract, a mistimed BCBA hire, a clinic opened in the wrong county — at $2–3M those decisions show up immediately in cash, and there's no margin to absorb them. The scope of the engagement flexes to the stage; the value of getting the next five decisions right doesn't.
- 03
“How is this different from other fractional CFOs I've talked to?”
They take a healthcare client, then a SaaS client, then a manufacturing client. We take ABA clients. Only. That's why we already speak CentralReach, EVV, BCBA productivity, payer mix, and Medicaid HCBS waivers on day one — instead of learning your business on your dime.
- 04
“How much of my week is this actually going to take?”
About an hour most weeks, plus a real working monthly review. We do the building — the model, the dashboards, the variance work — and bring you decisions, not homework. The whole point of hiring a CFO is to get hours of judgment back, not lose them to another vendor.
- 05
“What's the commitment? Can I cancel?”
No long-term contracts. We start with a ninety-day scoped engagement, then month-to-month. If the work isn't paying for itself, we'll tell you before you have to ask.