Liberation before elevation
FrontCFO builds the systems, judgment, and leadership that free the firm to elevate — from the finance function to the executive table.
The real problem
As a group grows, its finance function quietly absorbs the operational load that growth creates. The capture is gradual — which is exactly why it’s invisible from the inside. No amount of effort fixes it. Only a change in structure does.
FrontCFO is a finance transformation and leadership advisory practice. The difference is how the work is done: through structured instruments — Finance360 and a leadership assessment built for the CFO role — from 25 years of finance leadership across Caribbean and emerging markets. Every engagement is led personally by the Principal — accountable for the outcome, not just the proposal.
25 years
Executive finance leadership
Six
CFO and Finance Director appointments
Three
JSE-listed boards
Three doors into the same problem
Most clients enter through one and move to another. Liberation before elevation — the function freed from operational weight, and the leader developed at the same time, or the change does not hold.
01 · Fix my finance function
For the chief executive or CFO who knows the function is not keeping pace: diagnose it, compress the close, redesign how it works, or establish whether its controls hold.
What we deliver
Close Accelerator
Compress the close and free capacity
Finance360
Diagnostic of structure and capability
Operating Model
Design for where you are headed
Controls & Risk
Where control exposures sit and what to fix
02 · Develop my finance leader
Finance Leadership Development and CFO Counsel — measured, not asserted — for the mandate the role actually carries.
What we deliver
Leadership Programme
Structured development for CFOs
CFO Counsel
Practitioner advisory in the seat
Leadership assessment
Measures the mandate, not only the person
03 · Train my finance team
Masterclass and Strategy Sprint applied to their own organisation — so the team can lead change, not only process transactions.
What we deliver
Masterclass
Finance transformation, applied
Strategy Sprint
Focused team execution
Custom workshops
On-site or virtual
Liberation before elevation. Structure that frees the firm to lead.
Who we work with
Listed groups, family-controlled groups professionalising, and mid-market businesses in growth, acquisition or regional expansion — typically US$10M to US$250M in revenue. Serving Jamaica and the Caribbean.
Sectors we know: financial services, manufacturing, distribution, retail, hospitality, property, professional services, utilities, food and beverage, and the public sector.
What we do not do
FrontCFO does not implement systems, does not place candidates, and holds no interest in any technology vendor. Every engagement is led personally by the Principal.
The right starting point depends on your current situation — not a predefined package.
Your finance function has grown with the business, but the problems grew faster. You added headcount. You upgraded systems. The team still works late every month-end and the CEO still isn't getting what they need.
The same week. The same late nights. The same scramble. Your best people spend five to ten days producing backward-looking numbers instead of forward-looking insight. The close isn't just slow. It's consuming the capacity the function needs for everything else.
The Board wants strategic insight. The CEO wants scenario planning. The finance team delivers month-end numbers and hopes nobody asks what happens next. The capacity for analysis doesn't exist because the transactional workload consumes everything.
A new leader needs an evidence base and a clear mandate — not another year of inheriting problems they didn't design. Finance360 plus leadership development sets the first 90 days on the right footing.
Two closes. Two chart of accounts. Two reporting processes. Two teams doing the same work in parallel. Nobody redesigned the finance function after the acquisition because the team was too busy running both.
You've invested in people, systems, and training. The numbers are accurate and the filings are on time. But the Board is asking strategic questions the function wasn't designed to answer. The issue isn't the team. It's the structure they're working inside.
Free · 20 questions · about 4 minutes
Answer 20 questions. Receive your maturity score, highest-value gaps, and a recommended starting point.
Your Maturity Stage
Scorekeeper through Value Architect
Your Highest-Value Gaps
Across six financial control levers
Your Starting Point
The Leader, The Function, or The Team
25+ years
Finance & technology leadership
Practitioner seat
Group CFO, COO, Deputy CEO
Caribbean CFO Summit 2026
Fireside chat — Delivered
Also available
Finance Leadership Development Programme and CFO Counsel — measured, not asserted.
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Six CFO and Finance Director appointments spanning three JSE-listed companies. Group COO. Deputy CEO. 25 years of executive finance leadership across listed, regulated, and multi-jurisdictional environments in the Caribbean and the United States. Every engagement is led personally.
A 30-minute Executive Reset. Not a pitch. A shared diagnostic conversation that ends with a clear starting point — and a proposal only if the work is the right fit.
Recommended first step
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