How quickly can you hire with Toptal?

Typically, you can hire a Fractional CFO with Toptal in about 48 hours. For larger teams of talent or Managed Delivery , timelines may vary. Our talent matchers are highly skilled in the same fields they’re matching in—they’re not recruiters or HR reps. They’ll work with you to understand your goals, technical needs, and team dynamics, and match you with ideal candidates from our vetted global talent network. Once you select your Fractional CFO, you’ll have a no-risk trial period to ensure they’re the perfect fit. Our matching process has a 98% trial-to-hire rate, so you can rest assured that you’re getting the best fit every time.

How do I hire a Fractional CFO?

To hire the right Fractional CFO, it’s important to evaluate a candidate’s experience, technical skills, and communication skills. You’ll also want to consider the fit with your particular industry, company, and project. Toptal’s rigorous screening process ensures that every member of our network has excellent experience and skills, and our team will match you with the perfect Fractional CFOs for your project.

How are Toptal Fractional CFOs different?

At Toptal, we thoroughly screen our Fractional CFOs to ensure we only match you with the highest caliber of talent. Of the more than 200,000 people who apply to join the Toptal network each year, fewer than 3% make the cut. In addition to screening for industry-leading expertise, we also assess candidates’ language and interpersonal skills to ensure that you have a smooth working relationship. When you hire with Toptal, you’ll always work with world-class, custom-matched Fractional CFOs ready to help you achieve your goals.

Can you hire Fractional CFOs on an hourly basis or for project-based tasks?

You can hire Fractional CFOs on an hourly, part-time, or full-time basis. Toptal can also manage the entire project from end-to-end with our Managed Delivery offering. Whether you hire an expert for a full- or part-time position, you’ll have the control and flexibility to scale your team up or down as your needs evolve. Our Fractional CFOs can fully integrate into your existing team for a seamless working experience.

What is the no-risk trial period for Toptal Fractional CFOs?

We make sure that each engagement between you and your Fractional CFO begins with a trial period of up to two weeks. This means that you have time to confirm the engagement will be successful. If you’re completely satisfied with the results, we’ll bill you for the time and continue the engagement for as long as you’d like. If you’re not completely satisfied, you won’t be billed. From there, we can either part ways, or we can provide you with another expert who may be a better fit and with whom we will begin a second, no-risk trial.

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Ton Bui

Freelance Fractional CFO

Canada

Toptal Member Since June 26, 2020

Ton has been a finance professional for the last 15 years, both as a financial expert in FP&A and investment roles at corporates and as a Fractional CFO at startups in the US, Canada, and Vietnam. He founded and exited a healthtech startup. Ton's expertise spans tech startups, retail, eCommerce, SaaS, and healthcare. His work includes financial modeling, FP&A, private investments, investment analysis, fundraising, due diligence, and business planning.

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Joseph Valentic

Freelance Fractional CFO

United States

Toptal Member Since November 9, 2018

Joe has 30+ years of middle-market financial services experience as an investment banker, CFO/COO, strategy consultant, public accountant, banker, and board leader. He excels with strategic planning, fractional CFO, pitch deck creation, fundraising, FP&A, M&A due diligence, and research. Joe helps businesses achieve their growth goals by integrating strategy, fractional executive services, financial planning, and capital placement services.

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Andrea Sasso

Freelance Fractional CFO

Italy

Toptal Member Since June 29, 2021

Andrea is a fractional CFO working with early-stage startups. She is an expert in financial modeling and strategic growth initiatives, having gained experience in almost all areas of corporate finance. Andrea has held executive-level corporate development positions and is an entrepreneur-in-residence for Techstars.

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Ekaterine (Kate) Papiashvili, ACCA, FMVA

Freelance Fractional CFO

Georgia

Toptal Member Since March 11, 2020

Kate is a finance expert with 10+ years of experience in fractional CFO, FP&A, financial modeling, budgeting, and financial reporting. Before establishing a private financial consulting firm, she was a corporate risk officer at the largest bank in Georgia and a senior analyst at an FTSE 250 investment holding company with a $400+ million turnover. She started her career as an auditor at Deloitte. Kate is passionate about supporting her clients' growth and is ready to serve their needs.

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Jeff Villwock

Freelance Fractional CFO

United States

Toptal Member Since January 18, 2017

Having completed over $2.5 billion in transactions in his 40+ year career, Jeff works with small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) as an M&A advisor, fractional CFO, and strategic advisor. He was twice recognized by the Wall Street Journal as an All-Star Analyst in healthcare services. Jeff also serves as the CEO of a $30 million textbook distribution company, where he provided buy-side M&A services and completed the private placement of secured debt.

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Alan Man

Freelance Fractional CFO

Canada

Toptal Member Since August 27, 2021

Alan has spent the last 10+ years advising and working with pre-seed to post-Series B firms. His experience includes operating as CFO for companies as they scale and raise capital for growth. He has supported acquisitions, new product launches, and IPO transactions. Alan is a seasoned problem solver and data-driven decision-maker with expert facilitation skills.

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Andon Baltakov

Freelance Fractional CFO

United States

Toptal Member Since May 9, 2022

Andon is a fractional CFO and a fundraising expert for clients of Toptal. Most recently, he devised a novel business plan and a financial model for a sports information company. He also provided advisory services to launch a new social, digital business. Currently, he is working with the CFO of an entertainment enterprise to structure a business model and expand a side video project into a multimillion-dollar film business. Andon is a seasoned strategy executive who worked at the AP, CNN.

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Dhruv Tandan

Freelance Fractional CFO

India

Toptal Member Since June 4, 2018

Dhruv has worked on successful finance and consulting projects worth over $1 billion, focusing on tech, energy, and life science companies across the US, Asia, and Africa. He currently serves as a fractional CFO for multiple startups, is a partner at AND Business Consulting, and has more than 15 years of experience in FP&A, fundraising, startup consulting, M&A, and project finance. With an MBA in finance, Dhruv enjoys the exposure and sheer variety of assignments that come with freelancing.

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Neel Augusthy

Freelance Fractional CFO

Singapore

Toptal Member Since July 7, 2021

Neel is a finance leader and change agent with 10+ years of experience and a track record of impact in Fortune 50 companies. He has driven transformations to the tune of $250 million, EBITDA uplift of $100 million+, and sustainable change by managing mandates in multinationals, SMEs, and startups. Neel is adept at navigating across countries, regions, and cultures, and he brings an entrepreneurial and creative mindset, drive, and passion to design and execute win-win solutions for his clients.

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Liana Bertsch

Freelance Fractional CFO

United States

Toptal Member Since October 3, 2022

Liana is a CFO for growth companies across a diverse range of industries, including eCommerce, SaaS, marketing agencies, entertainment, and professional services. She has over 15 years of experience providing financial services to clients varying in size from startups to medium-sized. Liana offers a combination of expertise in finance, accounting, management, business leadership, and operations to companies with ambitions to grow their revenues and profitability.

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Arnaud Soupa, CFA

Freelance Fractional CFO

Canada

Toptal Member Since January 20, 2022

Arnaud is CFO consultant. After an international corporate career of 20+ years working at prominent players like Veolia and PwC, he ventured into the startup space as a co-founder and CEO. For the past six years, he has been helping small and medium-sized businesses scale up, adopt more sophisticated practices, and tackle increasing complexity. Arnaud appreciates the opportunity to engage with various visionary, demanding, and talented stakeholders.

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Toptal's screening and matching process ensures exceptional talent are matched to your precise needs.

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Martin so far is a complete Rockstar. His first bit of work produced a tool for us to model and forecast our financials and is far and away worth every penny we paid and more. Just thought I’d share that with you.

Pete Pellizzari

CEO

Erik has been an extremely valuable member of our team who has tremendous breath of experience with start ups in our lifecycle phase. What makes his contribution unique and highly effective is not only his excellent financial modeling skills and knowledge, but also the emotional intelligence with which he manages each relationship at Vault, understands our team dynamics, and helps us tackle start up challenges effectively. It is rare to find a part-time consultant who makes you feel like he/she is genuinely invested in the success of your company.

Romy Parzick

COO

Toptal has been an incredible key partner for Sidekick. As an early-stage start-up, we’ve leveraged both design and financial talent. The experience has been incredible, with those professionals bringing creativity, expertise, and advice to ensure Sidekick succeeds. My Toptal financial expert helped steer Sidekick’s business model, which resulted in an initial ROI of 650x! My experience with Toptal has given me great confidence in the future.

Doug MacKay

Founder / CEO

Chris was great to work with and was always available on my schedule. His communication skills and personality were a 10/10. His outputs on the project were top notch and allowed us to develop more efficient forecasting and initiative prioritization frameworks. I would definitely use Chris again.

Chris Pozek

CEO

What really sets Toptal apart is the caliber of finance talent available in their network. I had a very specific and pressing need, and Toptal quickly matched me with the perfect person for the job. The expert produced a thoughtful and robust financial analysis that has ultimately allowed us to forecast and prioritize initiatives much more efficiently.

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CEO

How to Hire Fractional CFOs Through Toptal

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A Toptal director of finance will work with you to understand your goals, technical needs, and team dynamics.

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Within days, we'll introduce you to the right Fractional CFO for your project. Average time to match is under 24 hours.

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Work with your new Fractional CFO for a trial period (pay only if satisfied), ensuring they're the right fit before starting the engagement.

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FAQs

How quickly can you hire with Toptal?
Typically, you can hire a Fractional CFO with Toptal in about 48 hours. For larger teams of talent or Managed Delivery, timelines may vary. Our talent matchers are highly skilled in the same fields they’re matching in—they’re not recruiters or HR reps. They’ll work with you to understand your goals, technical needs, and team dynamics, and match you with ideal candidates from our vetted global talent network.

Once you select your Fractional CFO, you’ll have a no-risk trial period to ensure they’re the perfect fit. Our matching process has a 98% trial-to-hire rate, so you can rest assured that you’re getting the best fit every time.
How do I hire a Fractional CFO?
To hire the right Fractional CFO, it’s important to evaluate a candidate’s experience, technical skills, and communication skills. You’ll also want to consider the fit with your particular industry, company, and project. Toptal’s rigorous screening process ensures that every member of our network has excellent experience and skills, and our team will match you with the perfect Fractional CFOs for your project.
How are Toptal Fractional CFOs different?
At Toptal, we thoroughly screen our Fractional CFOs to ensure we only match you with the highest caliber of talent. Of the more than 200,000 people who apply to join the Toptal network each year, fewer than 3% make the cut.

In addition to screening for industry-leading expertise, we also assess candidates’ language and interpersonal skills to ensure that you have a smooth working relationship.

When you hire with Toptal, you’ll always work with world-class, custom-matched Fractional CFOs ready to help you achieve your goals.
Can you hire Fractional CFOs on an hourly basis or for project-based tasks?
You can hire Fractional CFOs on an hourly, part-time, or full-time basis. Toptal can also manage the entire project from end-to-end with our Managed Delivery offering. Whether you hire an expert for a full- or part-time position, you’ll have the control and flexibility to scale your team up or down as your needs evolve. Our Fractional CFOs can fully integrate into your existing team for a seamless working experience.
What is the no-risk trial period for Toptal Fractional CFOs?
We make sure that each engagement between you and your Fractional CFO begins with a trial period of up to two weeks. This means that you have time to confirm the engagement will be successful. If you’re completely satisfied with the results, we’ll bill you for the time and continue the engagement for as long as you’d like. If you’re not completely satisfied, you won’t be billed. From there, we can either part ways, or we can provide you with another expert who may be a better fit and with whom we will begin a second, no-risk trial.

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