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Fractional CFO, Basis Vectors Capital
FRACTIONAL CFO JOB · FINANCIAL_SERVICES SECTOR · UNITED STATES
Fractional CFO at Basis Vectors Capital, based in United States. Full posting below, with the day rate stated or estimated with its basis.
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Qualifications Required CPA with 25+ years in finance leadership, including CFO, VP Finance Hands-on experience with software companies Direct experience with bankruptcies across…
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Basis Vectors is hiring a Fractional CFO based in or near New York. We need a CPA who has worked both software businesses and bankruptcy or restructuring situations.
- Certification
CPA with 25+ years in finance leadership, including CFO, VP Finance
About Basis Vectors
Basis Vectors Capital (BVC) is a specialist SaaS investment firm that acquires and scales established B2B SaaS and software services companies with 10M–50M in revenue. It owns these companies for the long term and grows their value with a repeatable Optimize → Grow → Scale playbook and its AI-native SaaSEngine. BVC is headquartered in New York and runs operations in India.
About the role
Basis Vectors is hiring a Fractional CFO based in or near New York. We need a CPA who has worked both software businesses and bankruptcy or restructuring situations.
Title: Fractional Chief Financial Officer (CFO)/ Virtual CFO
- Company: Basis Vectors, 560 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10022
- Location: New York metropolitan or nearby - New Jersey, Philadelphia, Boston etc); hybrid, with in-person meetings in Midtown Manhattan whenever needed)
- Type: Fractional / part-time contract, with hours scaling around deal milestones
- Reports to: Ambarish Gupta, Founder & CEO
Key responsibilities
Acquisition
Lead financial due diligence: quality of earnings, revenue recognition, working capital, liabilities and contingencies
Own the valuation and deal model; lead price negotiation and deal structuring
Assess bankruptcy, distressed-asset or Section 363 considerations, and work with legal counsel and advisors
Lead bankers, auditors, lenders and the seller’s finance team through close
Negotiate acquisition financing: lender terms, covenants and debt structure
Integration and post-close
- Own the finance integration plan; direct the controller and accounting team on the chart of accounts, close, systems and controls
- Set up SaaS metrics reporting (ARR, churn, CAC, LTV, gross margin) for the combined business
- Own the 13-week cash flow, budget and multi-year forecast
- Lead the financial side of the turnaround: cost restructuring, cash preservation, working capital and margin improvement
- Ongoing finance leadership
- Own monthly reporting and the board and investor narrative for the CEO
- Set tax strategy
- Advise on capital strategy, financing and investor communications
Qualifications
Required
CPA with 25+ years in finance leadership, including CFO, VP Finance
Hands-on experience with software companies
- Direct experience with bankruptcies across multiple companies, restructurings or distressed M&A (Chapter 11, Section 363 sales, turnarounds)
- Strong transaction and turnaround experience
- Led acquisitions end to end, from diligence through integration
- Based in, or able to work regularly in, the New York metropolitan area
- Preferred
- Prior fractional or interim CFO engagements
- Big Four, transaction advisory or restructuring advisory background
- Modern FP&A tools and AI
- Experience presenting to boards, lenders and investors
Engagement and how to apply
- Commitment: Part-time; heavier during diligence and close, lighter post-integration
- Compensation: Monthly retainer or hourly, based on experience
- To apply, use LinkedIn Easy Apply or send your resume to aakriti@basisvectors.com with a short note on your software, M&A and bankruptcy experience.
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