Randy Clinkscale
Fractional CFO · Atlanta · Remote CFO Services
I build the financial operating system underneath founder-led companies — so the numbers arrive in time to act on, not in time to explain.
Fractional CFO · Atlanta · Remote CFO Services
I build the financial operating system underneath founder-led companies — so the numbers arrive in time to act on, not in time to explain.
About
Randy Clinkscale, MBA, is a fractional CFO and the founder of Remote CFO Services, where he works with founder-led companies in the $2M–$20M range.
With 14+ years of senior finance leadership across public companies, venture-backed startups, healthcare, construction, professional services, and nonprofits, he helps owners install practical financial operating systems that create clarity, control, and enterprise value — the difference between running a business and reading about it after the fact.
He is the author of The CFO Operating System, a three-part series built on the 5C framework. He also writes the Free and Clear books and trains accountants moving into fractional CFO work.
Randy is Columbia Business School CFO certified, holds an MBA from Troy University and a BS in Accounting from Southern University, and completed the GoingVC Venture Capital Executive Program. He is based in Atlanta.
Where to find me
Advisory work, published frameworks, and training for the accountants coming up behind me. Different audiences, same systems thinking.
Fractional CFO engagements for founder-led companies from $2M to $20M — forecasting, controls, acquisition diligence, and exit readiness.
Visit → BooksThe CFO Operating System series, plus the Free and Clear books — plain-language writing on rebuilding after major transitions.
See the shelf → TrainingA program for accountants moving from compliance work into fractional CFO advisory — positioning, pricing, and delivery.
Enquire →The method
Most businesses don't lose money in the places owners are watching. These are the five accounts I open on every engagement — and what it looks like when one of them is quietly out of balance.
| Account | What it measures | When it's off |
|---|---|---|
| Cash Position | What you actually have, today, net of what's already spoken for. | Profitable on paper, tight every Friday |
| Collections | The speed at which finished work converts back into cash. | Growth makes the squeeze worse, not better |
| Commitments | Every obligation you've signed for, including the ones nobody logged. | Renewals and true-ups arrive as surprises |
| Capacity | Runway — how long the current shape of the business can hold. | Decisions get made on hope, not on months |
| Controls | Who can commit the company, and what happens when they do. | Diligence turns up things you didn't know |
Set out in full in The CFO Operating System, Parts One through Three.
Books
One about the systems underneath a business. One about the systems underneath a life.
The framework in three parts — from the mechanics of financial control to the operating system beneath the work.
Four books on rebuilding after a major transition — short, plain-language, and always ending in something you can do next.
Video
A four-part walk through the operating system — diagnosis, stabilisation, capital, and the shift from operator to owner.
The CFO Operating System The 30 Day Test
Value Driver: Customer Concentration
Revenue Quality The CFO Operating System
The Cash X Ray - A 5C Diagnosis
The Operator's Trap
What Actually Justifies a CFO's Fee
The Three Hats of a CFO
Module 4 How to Think Like an Investor — Not Just an Operator 1080p
Module 3 How to Prepare a Business for Capital — and Use It Correctly 1080p
Module 2_How-to-Stabilize-and-Control-Cash-Flow-in-90-Days _1080p
Module 1 How to Diagnose a Business Like a CFO 1080p
Speaking & media
Sessions run 30 to 60 minutes, in person or remote. Bio and photography available on request.
Writing
Sixteen essays on cash, capital, and what buyers actually pay for — most with a short video at the end. Published on Remote CFO Services.
Credentials
Contact
Thirty minutes, no deck. Bring whatever's keeping you up — I'll tell you plainly whether it's something I can help with.