Stability during the moment your finance seat is empty.
Short-term or interim senior finance coverage during leadership transitions, staff vacancies, audit windows, and funding cycles. Confirmed by our clients: month-end closes on time, audit prep continues without a beat, and the incoming permanent hire arrives to a clean handoff.
Not the emergency. The steady continuation.
The best interim engagement is the one your board never has to notice. We step in the day the seat opens, read the last three closes, get on the vendor and funder calls that were already on the calendar, and hand the incoming hire a clean set of books plus written knowledge transfer.
At the San Diego Food Bank, we ran interim Director of Accounting coverage during a permanent recruitment. Month-end closed on schedule for every cycle of the transition. CFO Allyson Tutor described the coverage as"stability during our transition, seamless coverage."
What the interim covers.
Seamless coverage
Interim finance leadership that walks in on day one and takes the seat.
Month-end continuity
The close does not slip. Neither does the board packet.
Audit preparation
Audit prep continues through the transition, whoever holds the pen.
Knowledge transfer
A written handoff for the incoming permanent hire, plus the debrief conversation.
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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.