Los Angeles
Fractional CFO for Los Angeles businesses
Los Angeles runs on content, IP, talent, and consumer brands — businesses with revenue that arrives in advances, royalties, licensing windows, brand deals, and back-end participations. That mix breaks generic finance playbooks.
I work with LA founders and management teams as a fractional CFO: building the plan, the controls, and the reporting that let a content-, creator-, or commerce-driven business raise capital, transact, and scale with confidence. Engagements are remote, on an LA-friendly schedule.
Who I work with in Los Angeles
- Talent management & agencies
- Management companies, agencies, and talent-led businesses with commission, packaging, and brand-deal revenue.
- Creator-economy businesses
- Creator brands, media networks, and multi-channel operations turning audience into durable, diversified revenue.
- Music, content & IP
- Labels, catalogs, licensing, and rights businesses where the balance sheet is the asset.
- Consumer brands & commerce
- DTC, merchandise, subscription, and marketplace businesses managing inventory and working capital.
Why the LA context matters
I spent years inside Empire Records and Distribution and Night Media — building 0→1 finance functions and controls in exactly these businesses, leading the first outside capital raise for a founder-led music company with 300 employees across 30 countries.
That means I don't need a quarter to learn how advances, recoupment, minimum guarantees, revenue splits, or talent economics work. The value starts in week one.
How I help
- Raise-ready finance
- The model, data room, and narrative lenders and investors need — plus the diligence management to get to close.
- M&A advisory
- Buy-side and sell-side execution: valuation, diligence, structuring, and definitive agreements.
- Institutional-grade controls
- Audit-ready close, royalty and revenue accuracy, spend governance, and multi-entity structuring.
- Board & investor reporting
- Packages and commentary that give sponsors and boards a clear basis for capital decisions.
Remote, and available where you are
Engagements run remotely with a working rhythm set to your team's calendar. Alongside Los Angeles, I work with companies in San Francisco and New York.
Let's build the finance function your business needs to scale.
Whether you're preparing to raise capital, evaluating a transaction, or scaling the business — let's talk.
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