A trusted financial partner in the seat beside you — month after month, year after year — helping you build, protect, and grow what you’ve poured your life into.
James ShoreCPA/ABV · MAcc · MBABuilt at EY, The Home Depot, and JLL Technologies.
Most fractional CFOs are former controllers who learned to close the books and decided to charge more for it. That's not what this is.
You're getting elite financial leadership — built over a career at EY, The Home Depot, and JLL Technologies, and inside live debt workouts, backed by a CPA, an MBA, and an ABV credential. The pedigree isn't the point; it's the reason I can bring real judgment when it counts.
You don't need a scorekeeper. You need someone in the boat with you.
The work changes with the season — sometimes foundational, sometimes strategic, sometimes a fight you didn't ask for. Over a real relationship, it's all of these:
The rolling forecast and visibility you’ve never had — so you decide with clarity, not instinct.
Divesting the line or venture that’s quietly bleeding you dry, so your energy goes where it pays off.
Finding the growth hiding in your P&L — so you scale with discipline, not hope.
Thinking through the pivot, the layoff, the strategic shift — with someone who’s sat in that seat.
If a bank, vendor, or third party takes advantage of you, I won’t shy from the fight. Sometimes a partner stands in the gap.
When the bank gets nervous or a deal has to get done, you’ve already got someone in your corner who’s been through it — capital, lenders, workouts, M&A, exits.
A senior financial partner who knows your business cold.
Direct access — no junior handoff, no big-firm bureaucracy.
Steady leadership in the ordinary months and real judgment in the extraordinary ones.
The freedom to run your business knowing the financial side is genuinely handled.
When the bank, the buyer, or the vendor sits across the table, you’ve got someone beside you — working for you, not them.
Because real partnership isn’t billed by the hour.
When something matters, I already know your business, your goals, and the life you’re building.
Working with owners across the U.S.
If you're tired of carrying the financial weight of your business alone — in the quiet months and the loud ones — that's exactly when to bring in a partner.
