Fractional CFO leadership, monthly advisory, and deal support. One method, The Scale MAP, at the level of support your business needs right now.
For owners who need a CFO’s judgment in the room as the business grows.
Retainers typically start at one day per week, plus targeted projects.
Book a ConversationFor owners who want structure and a sounding board without a full engagement.
Opening first to a small pilot group.
Join the Early-Access ListFor owners preparing to buy, sell, raise capital, or pass the business on.
Decades of deal experience, from the first look to the closing table.
Book a ConversationThirty minutes. What’s keeping you up, and is this a fit?
Find where cash, decisions, and priorities are getting stuck.
A weekly cash view, clear decision owners, and a short list of priorities.
Your team runs the rhythm. You keep the clear view.
Good CFO work turns judgment into something your business can repeat.
Based in Minnesota. Fractional CFO services across Minnesota, and remote nationwide.
If you need bookkeeping, payroll, or tax preparation, your bookkeeper or CPA is the right call. I work alongside them every day, and the work is better for it.
For owner groups, peer advisory boards, associations, and fractional leadership networks. Featured workshop: the Cash MAP at FRAK 2026 in Scottsdale.
Ask about speaking →“The Scale Map taught me to ask a better one: what in our system let it drop? Mike Achman shows owners how to give capable people clear information, clear authority and a clear priority, and then get out of the way.”
“The MAP framework will leave business leaders with the tools they need to have confidence in the path forward toward a successful and profitable business.”
“This is a practical, grounded guide for leaders who want to build stronger teams, anticipate challenges, and grow with greater confidence.”
Your accountant and bookkeeper record what happened and keep you on the right side of the IRS. A CFO looks ahead: where cash is going, what you charge, when to borrow or invest, and the decisions that shape the business. The best results come when we all work together.
It depends on scope. Strategic CFO retainers typically start at one day per week, and projects are scoped and priced up front. We will talk numbers in the first conversation.
It depends on the size and complexity of your business, and on where you are starting. We meet you where you are, agree on where you want to be, and set the pace from there. Most owners see their next 13 weeks of cash more clearly within the first month. Bigger shifts, like decisions moving off your desk, build over the quarter.
Yes, where it matters. I’m based in Minnesota and work with owners on-site and remotely.
The goal is a business that runs the rhythm on its own. Some clients keep a lighter advisory relationship. Some don’t need one. Both are a good outcome.
