Fractional COO leadership for growing nonprofits.
Operational systems and management for nonprofits experiencing growth or transitions. Accounting infrastructure, internal controls, federal and state grant portfolios, HR / IT / admin modernization, and board reporting partnership.
The operational counterpart to the CFO seat.
Where the CFO owns the numbers, the COO owns the machinery that produces them. We stand up the internal controls, audit-ready workflows, grant-compliance calendars, and HR / IT / admin systems that a growing nonprofit needs before its next major expansion. Board reporting is a partnership: the CFO delivers the finance narrative, the COO delivers the operations story underneath.
Ideal for
Organizations experiencing operational challenges or rapid expansion, seeking process improvements, undergoing transitions, or managing complex grants and government contracts.
What the COO seat produces.
Operating systems
Management practices and workflows that outlast the engagement.
Accounting infrastructure
Internal controls that hold up when the auditor arrives.
Grant portfolio
Federal and state grant management with compliance and reporting on schedule.
HR / IT / admin
System modernization across the back office, sequenced by mission impact.
Board partnership
The operations story underneath the CFO's finance narrative.
Related services.
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Board-ready reporting and executive-team financial literacy development.
See Executive & Board CollaborationSix named nonprofit leaders on the work.
Each proposal is paired with the specific engagement outcome it followed, so you can see the shape of the work, not just the sentiment.
Marjorie's calm confidence and friendly demeanor provided us with stability during our transition.
Seamless interim Director of Accounting coverage during permanent recruitment. Month-end closes continued without a missed cycle.
Their expertise, efficiency, and calm command of the work immediately gave our staff and board confidence.
Crisis-period finance leadership through complex audit preparation. Day-to-day operations covered without disruption.
Their optimization of our NetSuite environment has significantly enhanced our reporting capabilities.
NetSuite reconfiguration and executive-team financial literacy uplift during a leadership transition.
One Abacus' outside viewpoint and collaboration allowed us to create a more effective budgeting system.
New budgeting system and cash-forecasting cadence delivered and adopted by the finance team.
They quickly mobilized a talented group of professionals who handled everything with expertise and ease.
Day-to-day accounting and audit preparation carried through a critical grants-heavy period.
Their expertise was instrumental as we rebuilt our financial operations from the ground up.
Financial-operations reconstruction alongside an organizational restructuring.