Finance leadership for businesses that have outgrown guesswork.
I'm Steve — a practising CFO working inside live M&A, finance transformation and board-level reporting. Nrthlogic is fractional CFO support for growing businesses, and a working relationship with the CEOs who need a finance partner they can actually rely on.
Where fractional CFO support earns its keep
Not a bookkeeper, not a full-time hire you can't yet justify. A finance leader who's sat in the room for the decisions that actually move a business.
M&A structuring and deal support
Sources & uses, EV-to-equity bridges, earn-out design, SPA net debt definitions, and the completion mechanics that determine what you actually walk away with — built from live deal experience, not textbook theory.
Board and investor reporting
Numbers a board can act on: revenue and EBITDA narrative, KPI and utilisation tracking, benchmarking against sector peers, and the strategic framing that turns a finance update into a decision-making tool.
Finance function transformation
Close acceleration, process redesign, and the operational groundwork that gets a finance team from reactive to reliable — the unglamorous work that makes everything above possible.
The CEO–CFO relationship itself
Most finance problems are trust problems. I work directly with CEOs on how that partnership should function — what to expect from a CFO, when to push back, and how to use the relationship properly.
"A CFO's job isn't to report what happened. It's to be the reason the CEO isn't surprised by it."— Steve, Founder, Nrthlogic
Built for a specific kind of business
Nrthlogic works best with businesses at a particular kind of pressure point.
Growing past the founder's spreadsheet
Revenue and complexity have outpaced the finance function that got you here, but a full-time CFO isn't the right next step yet.
Mid-deal or deal-curious
You're structuring an acquisition, raising, or preparing for one, and need someone who's actually built these tables before.
Board pressure is rising
Reporting needs to grow up fast, and the person delivering it needs to be able to answer the follow-up question.
How close is your finance function to the ceiling?
A short, self-serve CFO Readiness Review. No automated sales pitch — every response gets a personal, human read from Steve, not a generic report.