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About the Role
As a Fractional CFO at Alta Advisors, you will be the primary finance partner to multiple venture-backed startups. You will drive strategic decision-making, oversee financial operations, lead fundraising efforts, and provide Board and investor-ready reporting. You will be supported by a high-caliber team of FP&A and accounting professionals, enabling you to focus your time on strategic, high-impact leadership. This role is ideal for a seasoned senior finance leader eager to make an impact across multiple companies while building a thriving fractional CFO practice.
Responsibilities
- Serve as CFO to Alta’s venture-backed startup clients, providing strategic leadership and financial oversight
- Lead high-level financial strategy, Board communications, and executive reporting
- Oversee FP&A, including forecasting, budgeting, and performance management
- Oversee accounting, financial reporting, compliance, and coordination of tax and audit processes
- Support capital raising processes, including preparation of financial materials and investor communications
- Manage internal teams to ensure high-quality delivery of accounting, FP&A, and financial operations
- Manage client scope, profitability, and identify opportunities for upsell or expansion
Requirements
- 15+ years total experience in finance, with strong accounting fluency
- 3+ years in a CFO or VP Finance role at high-growth venture-backed startups
- Strong technical accounting experience required
- Experience supporting capital-intensive businesses in sectors like deeptech, hardtech, and applied AI
- Experience with capital raising and investor management
- Strong modeling and presentation skills (Google Sheets + Slides)
- Excellent communication and executive presence
- Able to manage multiple client relationships and scale supporting teams to deliver high-quality service efficiently
Skills
- Accounting fluency
- Technical accounting
- Capital raising
- Investor management
- Modeling
- Presentation skills
- Communication
- Executive presence
Location
- Remote
Work Type
- Independent contractor
- Fractional
Experience Level
- Senior finance leader
- 15+ years total experience
- 3+ years in CFO or VP Finance role
Education Level
- CPA strongly preferred
Salary/Compensations
- Compensation is hourly and commensurate with experience
Benefits
- No benefits; tax payments are your own responsibility
- Access to a growing pipeline of top-tier startup clients
- An elite team that handles execution and deliverables
- Freedom from business development, marketing, and back-office headaches
- Significantly higher cash earning potential than a full-time role
- Potential for equity partnership in Alta Advisors and equity stakes in select client companies for top performers
About the Company
- Alta Advisors is a boutique strategic finance and accounting firm that supports some of the most ambitious venture-backed startups in deeptech, hardtech and applied AI.
- Our clients include companies in AI, robotics, aerospace, healthtech and cleantech backed by top-tier VCs such as Lightspeed, Coatue, Eclipse, Founders Fund, DCVC and more.
- Alta Advisors was founded in 2024 with a mission to raise the bar for strategic finance in the startup ecosystem.
- We're building a best-in-class firm focused on high-impact, complex and capital-intensive businesses.
- If you're an experienced finance leader looking to deepen your exposure across world-changing startups without going it alone, Alta is the ideal home.
- It’s an entrepreneurial opportunity with meaningful financial upside, delivered with the stability and support of an elite platform.