Proven Financial Leadership for Scaling Companies
CPA | 13+ Years | COO & CFO | 600-Property Real Estate | PE-Backed Finance
What We Do
Companies typically engage us when:
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Revenue is scaling, but reporting hasn’t kept pace
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Investors or lenders require clearer forecasts and financial discipline
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Cash flow visibility is reactive instead of forward-looking
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The founder is still carrying the CFO burden​​
We step in to build forecasting systems, cash flow visibility, reporting cadence, and financial discipline — providing CFO-level leadership without the fixed cost of a full-time executive.
Ways We Work Together
Diagnostic & Assessment
Identify reporting gaps, cash-flow risks, systems issues, and the highest-priority financial improvements.
Implementation Project
Build or improve forecasting, reporting, cash-flow models, KPI frameworks, financial systems, or other priority infrastructure.
Ongoing CFO Advisory
Continued executive-level financial leadership, planning, reporting, and decision support when ongoing involvement makes sense.
Derek Harwood​
Founder, Fractional CFO Partners
Derek Harwood is a CPA and experienced CFO with 12+ years of finance and operating leadership, helping growing privately held businesses build financial clarity, improve cash flow, and scale with confidence. He specializes in bringing structure to unorganized financial environments and creating data-driven systems that support sustainable growth.
Before launching Fractional CFO Partners, Derek served as COO & CFO of Osborne Homes, leading finance, FP&A, and operations for a 600-property real estate platform. He previously held senior finance roles at Global Payments and Talus, and began his career in assurance at BDO before moving into transaction services at KPMG.
Today, Derek partners closely with founders and CEOs to solve critical financial challenges—forecasting, KPI development, profitability improvement, and decision support during key inflection moments. He is known for his clear communication style, practical judgment, and ability to turn complex financial issues into simple, actionable insight.
