Built by an operator who has run the seat through two exits.
CFO Science is a Canadian boutique finance firm. The practice is small on purpose — a CA on every file, AI inside the work, and the same name on the book and the board call.
Two decades of finance and operations, mostly inside owner-managed businesses.
The founder of CFO Science is a chartered accountant with twenty years of finance and operations experience inside owner-managed businesses — running the CFO seat full-time across multiple companies, working through two of his own successful exits, and sitting on the senior team of Touchsides when it sold to Heineken in 2019.
Most fractional CFOs are advisors who never sat in the chair. He has — through the unglamorous quarters as well as the headline ones, through tax-line conversations as well as deal closes. The practice is built on the difference.
What we believe, written plainly.
1. The relationship is the work.
Bookkeeping and controllership are routinely framed as transactions. They are not. The value is in the standing call, the off-cycle text, the question asked before it's a problem. We price for the relationship and design the practice around protecting it.
2. AI inside the work, not on top of it.
We use AI to code transactions, flag anomalies, draft commentary, and accelerate the mechanical layer. The savings show up in the price, not the marketing. Clients don't pay for “AI”; they pay for accurate books and useful counsel, delivered on time.
3. The CA's name is on every file.
Boutique finance firms routinely promise senior attention and deliver junior work. Our practice is small on purpose. There is no escalation path because there is no junior tier — the chartered accountant is the work, not the supervisor.
4. We say no to the wrong fit.
Most engagements that go badly were predictable from the discovery call. We turn down work where the math doesn't fit, where the cadence won't hold, or where the chemistry isn't there. The honest “no” is part of the offer.
5. Boring is a feature.
Most of finance is repetition done correctly. We don't dress it up. The board pack is the board pack, the close is closed by the 8th, the cash forecast is updated weekly. The novelty is in the work being reliable.
Worth a 30-minute conversation,
even if it isn't a fit.
The discovery call is free, confidential, and ends with a written one-pager — whether or not we end up working together.
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