Exceptional financial leadership should not be limited by company size or structure.
Charles River CFO brings Big-4-trained financial leadership to growth companies, private equity-backed businesses, nonprofits, and financial institutions that need serious expertise without the full-time commitment.
Big 4 rigor, strategic clarity, and flexible partnership, at the moments that matter most.
Exceptional financial leadership should be accessible to every organization with the ambition to grow, not just a privilege reserved for the largest companies. With the right financial insight, leaders gain confidence, unlock opportunity, and focus on what they do best.
Every Practice Leader, including the CEO, trained as a CPA inside a Big 4 firm.
Named Practice Leaders for life sciences, technology, credit unions, nonprofit, manufacturing, and tax. Competitors can hire one former Big 4 CPA. Few can field a whole bench.
Ann Vickers, CPA
Kevin Sarney, CPA, MBA
Gardner Oleson, CPA, M.S. Taxation
Tim Smith, CPA, MBA, CUDE
Dorcas Riley, CPA, MBA
James Crane, CPA
Jennifer Harper
Cynthia Stevenson, PHR, SHRM-CP
Jack Sullivan, MBA
Senior perspective from outside the firm.
Business leaders who bring outside judgment to how we serve clients and grow the firm.
Retired corporate attorney and co-founder of Cooley LLP’s Boston office, with decades advising venture-backed and emerging companies.
Serial health tech entrepreneur who has started four venture-backed companies as CEO, now building AI ventures at C10 Labs.
Founder of the CFO Leadership Council and the MIT Sloan CFO Summit, and published author on financial leadership.
Over 30 years building finance functions across biotechnology and healthcare, starting her career at PwC and Deloitte.
Retired medtech executive and CEO across Acoustic Imaging, Diasonics Vingmed, and InfraRedx, with a long-standing tie to the firm.
Not posters on a wall. The standards we hire against.
Hover a value to see the behaviors behind it, and what it means for the organizations we serve.
Clients and engagements evolve. Our commitment to our people does not.
Our people are the foundation of the firm's success. We are committed to building a culture rooted in collaboration, respect, mentorship, and long-term investment in our team. By empowering our team, we strengthen the quality of service and leadership we provide to every client.
We keep talking to good finance people even when nothing is posted.
Tell us your discipline and the industries you know. Cynthia Stevenson, our Vice President of People, reads every one.
Four disciplines, and the judgment each one carries.
Select a discipline to see what we look for and the engagements it leads.
Financial leadership, when it matters most.
Tell us the moment you are in. We will match you to the Practice Leader who has already been through it.