Fractional CFO - Law Firm (Litigation Funding Experience)

Vessel Advisors • San Francisco, CA

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About The Position

Vessel Advisors is seeking an experienced Fractional CFO to serve as a financial leadership partner for a multi-office law firm client transitioning its entire finance function to a fractional operating model. This is a partner-level seat where the CFO will build cash flow forecasting around litigation-funding-driven revenue, work directly with litigation funding partners, and build relationships with equity and non-equity partners, educating them on firm economics. The firm currently has no internal finance leadership team, so this person will be building foundational financial infrastructure from the ground up.

Requirements

• 10+ years of CFO experience required.
• Genuine professional-services company experience is required (law firm, accounting firm, consulting firm, or similar).
• At least some direct experience inside a law firm environment specifically is required.
• Demonstrated experience building relationships with, and educating, partners or equity owners on financial performance.
• Strong cash flow forecasting and liquidity management experience, ideally involving contingency or alternative-revenue-timing considerations.
• Comfortable building financial infrastructure from scratch rather than inheriting an established one.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a strategic financial partner to firm leadership.
• Build and own a cash flow forecast that separates ordinary billing from litigation-funding draws.
• Manage the relationship with the firm's litigation funding counterparties.
• Develop partner-facing financial reporting and lead the education of partners on firm economics.
• Formalize month-end close, AR/AP, and financial controls.
• Partner with an incoming Controller to stand up the finance function.
• Operate with the discretion and judgment a professional-services partnership requires.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed