Austin-founded firm with a Dallas-Fort Worth team operating since its DFW office opened in 2002, based at 15305 Dallas Parkway in Addison. Provides fractional and interim CFO services alongside outsourced HR, finance and accounting, and transaction advisory support for middle-market and larger companies across the DFW Metroplex, serving industries including oil and gas, manufacturing, high tech, distribution, healthcare, telecommunications, real estate, retail and restaurants. Reports more than 6,000 companies served company-wide since 1996.
Top Fractional CFO and Strategic Finance Advisors in Dallas, TX
Fractional CFO and strategic finance advisors in Dallas, TX ordered by mandate fit: the company stages each firm actually serves, the work it takes on, and whether a senior operator does the work. AI visibility is measured and shown for every firm. Fundraising readiness, board reporting, cash and runway planning, interim CFO.
We checked 8 firms that advertise fractional or outsourced CFO work in Dallas, verified 8 against their own websites, and ordered the top 8 by mandate fit: the company stages each firm serves, the work it takes on, and whether a senior operator does the work. Measured AI search visibility is published beside every firm.
Dallas founders hire a fractional CFO for three reasons more than any other: a raise is coming, the board wants real reporting, or cash is tighter than the bank balance suggests. The firms on this page cover all three, at different company stages.
Fractional CFO and Strategic Finance Advisors in Dallas
Fractional CFO work in Dallas ranges from a few days a month of senior finance leadership for a startup to a full interim CFO seat during a transaction. The firms below include venture-focused outsourced finance teams, multi-CFO practices serving mid-sized private companies, and principal-led strategic finance advisors who also handle capital decisions and deals.
Financial Executives International (financialexecutives.org) is the main national network for finance leaders; ask any firm you shortlist for a founder reference at a similar stage to yours.
How We Order This List
What sets the order, and what the measured score does and does not tell you
We reviewed 8 firms that advertise fractional or outsourced CFO work in Dallas and ordered this list by mandate fit: the company stages each firm actually serves, the work it takes on, and how directly a senior operator does the work. That is why a venture-focused outsourced finance team and an independent principal-led practice can sit near each other here. The measured AI visibility figure sits alongside that judgment rather than replacing it, and it rewards firms that have been publishing longest, not the ones that fit a given company best. No firm paid for its position on this page. ProCloser may have, or enter into, referral relationships with firms covered on this site; see our Advertiser Disclosure.
AI Visibility Score
The share of AI answers naming each firm when we ask 10 fractional CFO questions about Dallas across Google AI Mode and ChatGPT (20 answers, September 2026). It measures published reach, so long-established platforms score highest and a newer independent practice scores low even when the mandate fit is strong.
Review Score
Aggregate ratings across Google and the ProCloser.ai verified review system. Firms working with a small number of private companies under confidentiality often carry no public reviews at all, and we show that as "No reviews yet" rather than penalizing it.
Mandate Fit
What each firm actually does: the company stages it serves, whether it handles fundraising readiness, board reporting and capital decisions or only monthly close, and whether a senior operator does the work. This is our judgment, informed by each firm's own published record, and it is what sets the order above.
Top 8 Fractional CFO Advisors in Dallas, TX
Dallas-Fort Worth headquartered boutique co-founded by Chris Gauvin and Taber Wetz, providing fractional CFO, fractional CMO, exit planning and cash flow analysis on-site across Dallas, Fort Worth, Plano, Frisco, McKinney, Arlington, Grapevine and Irving. The Fractional CFO Partnership starts at $5,000 a month and is built primarily for businesses above $5 million in revenue, with a separate $2,500 a month Fractional Executive Advisory tier for smaller companies. Engagements include a 72-Hour Cash Flow analysis and SMB acquisition advisory.
Full-service CPA and accounting firm based at 6250 Lyndon B Johnson Freeway in Dallas, offering fractional controller and fractional CFO services across Dallas-Fort Worth including Plano, Frisco, Allen, McKinney, Prosper, Irving, Richardson, Southlake, Grapevine, Highland Park, University Park, North Dallas and Denton. Services span part-time CFO and controller support, accounting and tax practice implementation, and transaction work including mergers, acquisitions, capital raising, due diligence and quality of earnings analysis.
Dallas firm at 2001 Ross Ave, run directly by owner Christoffer Nielsen, who also owns Nielsen Valuation Group. Provides fractional and interim CFO services plus fractional and interim CEO, fractional COO and interim M&A manager engagements for established, cash-flow-positive companies with annual revenue of roughly $1.5 million to $50 million across Dallas-Fort Worth. After an initial conversation, Oak CEO typically proposes a fixed monthly fee on a month-to-month agreement rather than a long-term contract.
Dallas CPA firm at 400 S. Zang Blvd, led by Yolanda F. Gills, providing strategic fractional and outsourced CFO services and business advisory across the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Services include cash flow forecasting and working capital management, financial reporting and KPI dashboards, business model evaluation and scaling strategy, growth, acquisition and succession planning, and job costing and work-in-progress reporting, with additional bonding assistance and financial statement preparation for construction and growth-focused companies.
Fort Worth firm (76244) founded and led by CPA Shane Bender, providing fractional CFO services for agencies and small businesses across the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex including Arlington, Keller and Southlake. Services include financial forecasting and modeling, strategic budgeting and planning, cash flow analysis and advisory, profitability tracking and KPI setup, and monthly reporting and financial leadership. Monthly engagements typically run $3,000 to $7,500 depending on complexity, with no long-term contract and 30 days' notice to cancel.
Plano firm at 5851 Legacy Circle, sixth floor, providing fractional CFO services for startups, small businesses and CEOs in the Dallas-Fort Worth area alongside tax planning and IRS representation, bookkeeping and QuickBooks accounting, payroll, and business formation and licensing support. Fractional CFO work covers financial planning, cash flow forecasting, budgeting, capital raising and investor relations, delivered on a cost-effective weekly or monthly basis rather than a full-time hire.
Dallas CPA firm at 13355 Noel Road, led by managing partner Connie Overshown, CPA, offering fractional CFO services at a fraction of the roughly $60,000 to $100,000-plus annual cost of a full-time CFO. Alongside CFO work, the firm provides tax preparation and planning, IRS representation, entity formation, financial planning and QuickBooks support for growing Dallas-Fort Worth businesses that need financial guidance without a full-time executive hire.
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Fractional CFO Market Overview: Dallas, TX
The right engagement depends on why you need a CFO now. A company heading into a raise needs the model, the data room and the narrative. A company with a new board or investors needs reporting that holds up. A company with a cash problem needs a thirteen-week cash view and a plan. Use the table to match the engagement type to the problem.
Regulatory and Licensing Environment
No license is required to act as a CFO or fractional CFO in most states. The CPA credential is separate, regulated by the state's board of accountancy, and matters if you need attest work or a firm that signs as your accountant, which most fractional CFO engagements do not include. Two practical points apply to Dallas companies. A fractional CFO who also raises capital for a success fee steps into broker-dealer territory, so ask how the firm charges for that work. And worker classification rules in many states mean a long-running, exclusive individual engagement should be papered as a business-to-business contract with a firm, which every firm on this page is.
Fractional CFO Fees in Dallas, TX
Fractional CFO pricing in Dallas follows three patterns. 3 of the 8 firms on this page publish anything about fees on their own websites; the rest quote on request.
Ask what a month actually includes: days on site or on calls, who prepares the numbers, and whether controller and bookkeeping work is in the fee or billed separately. Two firms quoting the same monthly figure can be delivering very different amounts of senior time.
How to Choose a Fractional CFO in Dallas, TX
- Match the stage: a firm built for venture-backed startups runs on different tools and rhythms than one serving a $20M family-owned manufacturer. Every firm on this page publishes who it serves, and the honest ones say who they do not.
- Ask who does the work: the person in the pitch and the person on your weekly call are not always the same. Ask for the name of your CFO, their operating background, and how many companies they carry at once.
- Ask for the deliverables list: a monthly package should name the reports, the forecast cadence and the board materials. If the firm cannot list them, it is selling time rather than outcomes.
- Check the capital work separately: if you expect the CFO to help raise money, ask whether that is included, how it is charged, and whether the firm is registered to take a success fee. Most are not, and most do not need to be.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about hiring a fractional CFO in Dallas, TX.
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Reviewed by: Tania Kozar, ProCloser.ai Research | Last Updated: September 2026 | Sources: each firm's own website, FINRA BrokerCheck, SEC IAPD, ProCloser.ai AI-answer sampling (20 answers across Google AI Mode and ChatGPT, September 2026).
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