What is the difference between a fractional, outsourced, part-time and virtual CFO in Dubai?

The labels overlap. Fractional, part-time, virtual and outsourced CFO all describe one senior finance person working for you a few days a month; an interim CFO is one person filling a vacancy full time for a period. Alehar's Corporate Finance as a Service is neither: a senior lead with a team behind them, engaged month to month, covering reporting, planning and transaction preparation.

How do free-zone, mainland and VAT requirements affect the work?

They affect reporting inputs, deadlines and cash planning. Accountants, tax advisers, legal counsel and auditors remain responsible for advice and filings in their fields.

Do you work with family-owned and founder-led businesses in the UAE?

Yes. Most of Alehar's clients are founder-led or family-owned. The work is the same: reporting the owners can run the business on, and numbers that a bank, family office or buyer can rely on when the time comes.

Can you prepare us for a bank facility or an investor process?

Yes. Alehar prepares the forecast, the cash case and the reporting a lender or investor will test, and when the process starts the same team can run it through Alehar's Raising Equity or Debt service.

What does a fractional CFO cost in Dubai?

Alehar's Corporate Finance as a Service is priced as a fixed monthly retainer, starting from USD 2,500 per month and scoped to the work agreed for the month rather than billed by the hour. That is a fraction of a full-time CFO, it comes with a team behind the lead, and it can be ended at any time without penalty. See our pricing, or send us your context and we will quote for your situation.

Fractional and outsourced CFO services in Dubai

A Dubai business can outgrow its bookkeeping long before it needs a full-time CFO. Alehar's Corporate Finance as a Service gives you a senior finance team that scales with the business, across entities, currencies and the questions a bank or investor will ask.

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The engagement

Why companies in Dubai work with Alehar

A senior lead, a complete team, no lock-in, and a partner for the transaction when it comes.

A senior lead who is accountable

One senior person owns your finance function. They work alongside the people you already have, and take on what your team does not have the capacity or the experience to run.

A complete team, not a single hire

Behind the lead is a team from analyst to executive, drawn from private equity, investment banking and strategy consulting. Reporting, planning and transaction preparation are covered without adding headcount.

Month to month, without lock-in

The engagement runs monthly and can be ended at any time, without penalty. You pay for a senior finance function, not for the cost of building one.

The same partner for the raise or the sale

Alehar advises on fundraising, debt and M&A, and brings a network of venture, private equity and corporate investors. When the next step comes, the people who have run your numbers run the process.

Tell us what the next twelve months look like.

We reply within 24 hours with how we would approach it.

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Client situations

When companies in Dubai engage us

“The business has grown fast across several entities and I feel like I'm losing visibility on the cash.”

“A family office is interested, but I'm not ready to put the business in front of them.”

“The bank keeps asking for things my accountant can't produce.”

“We're profitable, but I'm not sure we're set up to scale with confidence.”

What we offer

Start maximizing the potential of your company now.

Historical Performance

We get you a true financial picture of your company

By reconciling your historical and current performance and putting in place critical financial processes and systems

Reconciliation
Financial Systems

Optimization

We help you save costs and improve cashflow

By analyzing your financial performance to identify quick and easy actions to save costs and improve working capital management

Working Capital Improvements
Cost Savings

Financial Planning

We develop effective plans to help you grow revenue

By working closely with you to do short and long-term financial budgeting, forecasting and modeling different scenarios.

Modeling
Forecasting
Budgeting

Growth and Expansion

We help you identify and decide between growth initiatives

By supporting you in the assessment of the ROI and feasibility of potential growth initiatives for your company.

Feasibility
ROI Analysis

Investment Readiness

We get you ready for an investment or a sale

By working backwards from your target (debt/equity investment, partial sale, full sale) to identify the changes needed to get your company ready.

Equity
Debt
Partial / Full Sale

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