From First Call to Full Visibility
No mystery onboarding and no guessing games on pricing. Here is exactly what happens when you work with Runway CFO, from the first conversation to a steady financial rhythm.
The Five Steps
Financial Strategy Call
(45 minutes, free)
We talk about your brand, your growth plans, and where the numbers are letting you down. This is a focused conversation about your business, not a high-pressure sales call. If we are not the right fit, we will tell you and point you somewhere better.
Financial Assessment
(fixed fee)
We dig into your books, your close process, your margins, and your cash cycle. That includes how revenue flows across your channels, how production and inventory tie up cash, and where your current reporting falls short. You get a straight answer on what is working, what is broken, and what it is costing you.
The Build
(4 to 6 weeks)
We build your operating budget, a rolling 13-week cash forecast with base, upside, and conservative scenarios, and a KPI dashboard built around the handful of numbers that actually run your business: margin by product and channel, cash runway, inventory, and the drivers behind them.
Delivery Briefing
We walk you through the findings and the plan in plain English: where you stand, what to fix first, and what it is worth. Everything we build is yours to keep.
Ongoing CFO Partnership
(flat monthly retainer)
We move into a steady rhythm of forecasting, reporting, and decision support. This is where the compounding happens: cleaner numbers, better decisions, and fewer surprises every cycle.
What You Have After the Build
A short proof list so a prospect can picture the deliverables:
An operating budget aligned to your growth plan
A rolling 13-week cash forecast with base, upside, and conservative scenarios
A KPI dashboard and monthly reporting packet built for your business, not a template
Documented assumptions behind every number
A prioritized list of fixes and opportunities, in order of what they are worth
The Ongoing Rhythm
We do not disappear between reports. The partnership runs on a predictable cadence:
Biweekly CFO calls
Priorities, risks, and the decisions in front of you. Two working sessions a month, not a monthly report reading.
Monthly close and report
We review the month, update the forecast, and send plain-English commentary on what changed and what to do about it.
Quarterly deep dive
Margins, pricing, channel mix, and the bigger questions: capacity, capital, and what comes next.
Always-on access
Something comes up between calls? Call, text, or email. That is what the retainer is for.
How Pricing Works
We do not bill by the hour. The assessment and build phase is a fixed fee, and the ongoing partnership is a flat monthly retainer. You always know what you are paying, and you never think twice about picking up the phone.
What We Need From You
Engagements move as fast as the access we get. To hit the 4 to 6 week build timeline, we need:
Access to your accounting system (QuickBooks Online or Xero) and bank feeds
Access to the tools that run your operations: POS, e-commerce, inventory, and production systems (we work in Shopify, Beer30, Ollie, Kaizntree, Shogo, and more)
A responsive point of contact for questions and approvals
A willingness to change what is not working
Stop Guessing.
Know Your Runway.
Runway CFO combines forward-looking CFO guidance with the accounting foundation needed to support better decisions.