Most businesses this size can’t justify a full-time CFO. They can justify ours.
Madison West Partners is a fractional CFO for owner-operated businesses — the financial controls, reporting, and standing rhythm a CFO would run, delivered part-time and built to fit how you already operate.
What a Fractional CFO From MWP Actually Does
You don’t need someone in the building five days a week. You need someone who knows where the money is made, where it slips away, and who is accountable when the numbers don’t add up. That’s the job, and it breaks down into three parts.
Governance & Operational Design
The decision rights, controls, and accountability structures that keep the numbers honest as the business grows — so problems get caught before they become a pattern.
Financial Data Infrastructure
We connect the systems you already run into financials you can actually trust, so every report that follows is built on real numbers, not best guesses.
Reporting Operations
A closed set of numbers, on a fixed rhythm, in a report built for a decision — not a file an accountant hands you once a year.
We Act as Fractional CFO in Six Industries, and We Learn Each One Deeply.
Private PracticeDental Clinics · Med Spas · Clinician-Owned Practice
You shouldn't have to guess which providers, treatments, or memberships drive profit. We connect your practice software to your financials so you can see where money is made, where it slips away, and what deserves more attention.
See How We Work in Private Practice →Fire & Life SafetyFire Protection · Sprinkler · Alarm · Extinguisher Companies
Recurring revenue only works if inspections happen, deficiencies get quoted, and contracts stay profitable. We help you track renewals, service work, and contract performance so recurring revenue actually stays recurring.
See How We Work in Fire & Life Safety →Commercial Building TradesMechanical & HVAC-R Service · Overhead Doors & Docks
Your business runs on technicians, trucks, and service agreements. We show which customers, contracts, and crews generate the best returns—and where billable time or margin gets lost.
See How We Work in Commercial Building Trades →Auto & Fleet RepairIndependent Shops · Fleet Maintenance
Every week you're buying parts, scheduling bays, and managing labor. We turn that activity into clear financial reporting so pricing, staffing, and purchasing decisions are based on real performance—not instinct.
See How We Work in Auto & Fleet Repair →Wholesale & RetailIndependent Retail · Specialty Shops · Small Distributors
Most of your cash is sitting on the shelves. We connect your POS and inventory to your financials so you can see which categories actually earn their space — and what a second location would really take.
See How We Work in Wholesale & Retail →Restaurants & HospitalityFull-Service Restaurants · Multi-Location Groups
Thin margins leave no room for numbers you can't trust. We connect your POS, inventory, and scheduling systems into weekly prime cost and location-level reporting you can actually run the business on.
See How We Work in Restaurants & Hospitality →It doesn’t end with a deck. It ends with a system.
Backed by a Sponsor? We Speak That Language Too.
The same three pillars, built for a 100-day plan, board reporting, and diligence readiness — not just owner-operator visibility.
See Our Work With PE-Backed Portfolio Companies →We Take a Small Number of Fractional CFO Engagements at a Time.
Every engagement starts with a Read — a short, fixed-fee diagnostic that tells you plainly what’s broken and what it’s costing you. If it’s a fit, that becomes an ongoing CFO relationship. If it isn’t, you keep the memo. If it doesn’t turn up findings worth more than the fee, you don’t pay for it.