Get trusted numbers. Make faster decisions.
We fix slow closes, unreliable reporting, and shaky cash visibility for growth-stage technology companies, so your next board meeting, fundraise, or audit is a checkpoint, not a scramble.
Projects or ongoing support · Shaped around your team
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Your company moves faster than finance can answer.
We call it finance lag. It shows up in moments like these, and each one is where we start.
The board asks harder questions than reporting can support
Answers arrive with caveats, and the pack is rebuilt every cycle.
A fundraise, audit, or acquisition is on the calendar
Outside scrutiny is about to find the gaps first.
The close is slow and still feels provisional
Leadership acts on stale or shifting numbers.
Runway depends on which spreadsheet you open
Cash answers need assembly instead of a glance.
Your first finance hire inherited a mess, alone
One person carries it all with no experienced review.
You want to buy software before the process is defined
A new tool scales the confusion instead of resolving it.
Start with a project. Stay as long as it helps.
Some teams need a two-week review. Others want ongoing controller-level support. We shape the engagement around your situation, and every arrangement starts with a written scope after a first conversation.
Finance Readiness Review
In two weeks, know exactly where finance could fail under pressure, and what to fix first.
Fractional Controller
Controller-level ownership of your close, reporting, and controls, for as long as it helps.
Book a call → BuildClose & Reporting Reset
Answers that arrive while decisions are still open.
Book a call → Event-ledFundraise, Audit or Diligence Readiness
Be ready before outside scrutiny becomes a disruption.
Book a call → TeamTeam Support & Hiring
Back up your finance team, make the first hires, or bring the work in-house from outside firms.
Book a call → SystemsSoftware Selection & Implementation
Choose the right tools for your stage and put them in place without disrupting the close.
Book a call → Not sure?Something else entirely
If it touches the finance operation, ask. If we are not the right help, we will say so.
Read the FAQ →Good questions to ask us.
We can be. Some clients want a bounded project; others want ongoing controller-level support, help building the in-house team, or a steady second set of eyes. We shape the engagement around what your team needs.
Sometimes, yes. Hire when there is stable full-time work and a clear role. Advisory fits when the problem needs to be clarified first, or a new hire would inherit ambiguity and fragile processes. We will tell you which one you are.
The opposite. The intended result is a stronger internal leader with clear priorities, standards, and ownership. We act as an experienced second set of eyes; your team keeps control.
That is a valid starting point. Step one is deciding whether the priority is cleanup, close discipline, reporting definitions, or controls, and when a specialist bookkeeper or tax firm is the better first move.
It depends on your situation and the size of the gap. Before any work begins you get a written scope with timeline, fee, deliverables, and out-of-scope items. The first call is for fit, not commitment.
Let’s get your numbers ready for what’s next.
Tell us what’s coming up, when you need to decide, and the answer you can’t get yet. Twenty minutes, no commitment.
Book a readiness call→cl@christinelara.com · San Jose / Remote · Growth-stage technology