Insights & Perspectives
Short essays on stewardship, governance, and the strategic finance decisions facing clubs, hospitality businesses, and growing companies.
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A plain guide to the country club CFO role: core duties, who the CFO reports to, how the job differs from a controller, typical pay, and when a club can use a fractional club CFO instead.
What a fractional CFO costs for a private or country club, how pricing models work, what drives the fee up or down, and how it compares with hiring a full-time club CFO.
When a country club needs an interim CFO, what the first 90 days should cover, how long interim engagements last, what they cost, and how to hand off to a permanent hire.
How the club controller, director of finance and CFO roles differ at private and country clubs, which titles fit which club size, and how to structure finance staffing without overpaying or leaving gaps.
A fair comparison of fractional CFO and club finance advisory options for private and country clubs, including Visions Alliance, Club CFO, PKF O'Connor Davies and RSM, plus regional CPA firms and in-house hires, with what each is best suited for.
Twelve questions private club GMs and boards should ask before hiring a club CFO or fractional finance firm, covering club experience, staffing, scope, pricing, reporting, systems, controls and what happens when the engagement ends.
