A Chief Financial Officer, for exactly as long as the numbers demand

A part-time CFO is a seasoned financial executive who provides strategic financial leadership to your business on a flexible basis. With the 9% UAE corporate tax on mainland profits, ADGM Companies Regulations reporting, ICV certification gating GRE and ADNOC contracts, and the institutional governance that arrives with sovereign-linked capital, Abu Dhabi businesses need CFO-level expertise to manage compliance, optimise cash flow, prepare for funding, and build financial systems that support growth - all without the overhead of a full-time executive that most businesses cannot justify.

A full-time ADGM-regulated CFO in Abu Dhabi commands roughly AED 90,000 to 150,000 a month in total cash, around 20 to 35% above mainland equivalents, before visa, relocation and now-uncapped end-of-service gratuity. With zero personal income tax inflating the net package, the all-in cost of a permanent senior hire is steep. Our part-time CFO services provide the same depth of expertise at a fraction of the commitment, with flexible arrangements from 4 to 24 hours per week and no permanent headcount on your balance sheet.

Yes. Our part-time CFOs help Abu Dhabi businesses manage the 9% UAE corporate tax on mainland profits above AED 375,000, navigate the ADGM qualifying-free-zone 0% distinction on Al Maryah and Reem Islands, and meet ADGM Companies Regulations reporting. We ensure your business maintains compliant records, claims the right reliefs, and avoids penalties that can disproportionately affect a growing company cash flow.

Our part-time CFOs help Abu Dhabi businesses with cash flow forecasting and management, financial planning and budgeting, investor-ready financial presentations for sovereign-linked and institutional capital, UAE corporate tax planning, ADGM and mainland compliance, accounting system optimisation, financial controls implementation, KPI tracking and reporting, and strategic financial decision support.

Investment preparation requires professional financial documentation, realistic projections, and clean accounting systems - particularly when the capital is institutional. Our part-time CFOs create investor-ready financial models, establish proper financial controls, prepare due-diligence documentation, develop credible growth projections, and implement management reporting that makes you fundable to partners like Mubadala, IHC, Lunate and Chimera. We work directly with your potential investors and advisors throughout the funding process.

Consider a part-time CFO when your revenue is growing and financial complexity is outpacing your internal capacity, you are experiencing cash flow challenges, are entering or graduating a Hub71 cohort, are raising from or selling into the sovereign-capital and GRE ecosystem, are planning expansion or preparing for investment, require financial analysis for major decisions, or when financial management is consuming more than 20% of your time. The earlier you establish proper financial foundations, the smoother your growth becomes.

Bookkeepers and accountants handle transaction recording and compliance reporting. A part-time CFO provides strategic financial leadership - cash flow forecasting, financial planning, investor relations, tax strategy, risk management, and executive-level oversight. While bookkeepers tell you what happened, a CFO helps you plan what should happen and ensures you have the financial structure to get there.

Our part-time CFOs complement your existing team by providing strategic oversight and mentorship. They establish financial policies, review and improve processes, provide training on best practices, ensure compliance with UAE corporate tax and ADGM reporting requirements, and create reporting systems that give you clear visibility into business performance. Your existing team handles day-to-day transactions while the CFO focuses on strategy, compliance, and growth planning.

There is no lock-in. Engagements are contracted business to business with one month's notice either way, so you can end one if it is not working. In practice most run six to twenty-four months, because that is how long it takes to fix the underlying problem rather than the symptom, and the scope is reviewed as the business changes.

Most engagements run 4 to 24 hours a week, which is half a day to three days. The right number is set at the scoping stage by the work rather than by a package: a turnaround or a funding round takes more time than steady-state oversight. The time is agreed up front and reviewed as the business changes.

Yes. The engagement is scoped in hours a week rather than sold as a fixed package, so it moves within the 4 to 24 hour range as the business changes. Most start heavier while the finance function is being built, then settle into a lighter rhythm once the systems and the team are running properly.

Yes, and it is one of the most common shapes an engagement takes. The fractional CFO works above the day-to-day: forecasting, board and investor reporting, funding readiness and controls, while your finance director or controller keeps running the ledger, payroll and month end. In practice the arrangement usually makes the existing finance lead better, because someone senior is finally mentoring them.

No, though the words are used loosely. An outsourced or virtual CFO is usually a service delivered from a firm, often built on the bookkeeping relationship. An interim CFO is a full-time appointment covering a gap. A fractional CFO is a senior operator who joins your leadership team part-time, on an ongoing basis, and owns the finance outcomes rather than reporting on them.

Most of our clients turn over between USD 2 million and 40 million: large enough that the finance decisions carry real consequences, and too small to justify a full-time CFO on the payroll. Below that band the work is usually still founder-led; above it, a permanent appointment normally makes sense. The test is the weight of the decisions, not the headcount.