A difficult financial question can require analysis from an outside eye with fresh perspective. A CFO or Controller can leave before you have chosen a successor. Or your business office can simply have more work than the existing team can cover.

Get a clear answer to a pressing financial question.

Work alongside an experienced higher ed CFO or Controller to address your most urgent challenges. Understand what is driving financial pressure, test what could change, and support your recommendations with evidence.

Analysis projects can include:

Strengthen your business office while you choose the right permanent leader.

An experienced higher ed CFO or Controller steps in to lead your business office during the search. Your interim can guide financial decisions, strengthen practices and processes, and give your next permanent hire a stronger starting point.

CFO Colleague can also tap its network of vetted candidates to help with the search for your permanent replacement.

Source experienced staff for your team without adding a full-time position.

Bring in a higher ed finance professional for the hours, functions, or period your team needs. Get help with accounting, payroll, reconciliations, audit prep, reporting, specialized analyses, and other work that needs to keep moving.

Support can cover a few hours each week, several months, or specialized work at particular points in the year.

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We had concluded that our next step was to wind down operations and sell off our campus. The fact that we are still here is a testimony to CFO Colleague's work on our behalf.
Today, we have a good grasp of where we are headed, thanks to the forecasting model that he provided and are addressing the primary issues that caused the crisis in the first place.

Whether you need to answer a difficult financial question, fill a leadership vacancy, or give an overloaded team more capacity, we’re here to help. Tell us what’s happening at your institution, we’ll work with you to identify the type and level of support that fits.