Fractional CFO · Advisory · Finance Architecture
Finance leadership for organisations building something that has to scale.
Every organisation reaches the moment where finance can't be an afterthought anymore. Some aren't there yet, others have passed it without noticing. By then, the gap between where the business is and what the finance function can support has already become a liability.
I'm Dragana, a fractional CFO with 20 years of experience across VC, trading, banking and startups. I work with organisations that are building, scaling or navigating complexity and need a finance organisation built with rigour. Not patched. Not inherited. Built from the ground up, for where the organisation is going.
But the work doesn't stop there. A finance organisation is like a living organism, evolving and adapting, and keeping it healthy as the business grows is where the real work continues.
Some of my work in numbers
What I do
Build
The finance function doesn't exist yet, or exists but hasn't kept pace with the business. I come in and build it from the ground up. Policies, processes, systems, reporting, AI integration and the team to run it. Everything designed to scale with the business from day one.
Fix
You've outgrown what you have. The infrastructure that worked at ten people doesn't work at a hundred. I restructure what's there and make it fit for where you're going.
Lead
You need a senior finance voice at the table. Someone who can own the numbers, talk to the board, and make strategic decisions without the cost or commitment of a full-time hire.
Where finance holds you back
These are the patterns I see most often.
Finance built from scratch
A finance function that has never been properly built, or was never designed to scale.
Reporting without insight
Reporting that is busy but doesn't tell the real story or drive better decisions.
Outgrown infrastructure
A company that has grown faster than its financial infrastructure can support.
A finance team doing manually what AI could do better
Repetitive reporting, variance commentary, data consolidation, work that consumes time and adds no thinking. There is a faster, smarter way.
Audit and compliance gaps
Not sure if you are subject to audit, audit ready or will pass the first audit.
No visibility on cash flow or working capital
A cash position that's watched daily, with no working capital plan behind it to explain where it's heading.
Systems that can't scale
Every finance organisation outgrows its systems eventually. Most keep patching them well past the point where that's the right answer.
Board and investor reporting that isn't board-ready
Reporting packs that get sent to the board but don't hold up to the questions the board actually asks.
Finance team that needs leadership and direction
A team that can execute, but has no one setting the direction they're executing toward
Who I work with
Companies scaling past the point where spreadsheets and an accountant aren't enough. Leadership teams navigating growth, fundraising, or international expansion. If finance is the bottleneck, that's where I come in.
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Ready to talk?
30 minutes, no pitch deck. Just an honest conversation about where you are and whether I can help.