Fractional CFOs specialized in AI, SaaS & Payments for VC-backed businesses.

We're a team of seven — ex-McKinsey, investment banking, private equity, and Big Four. We pair banker-grade models and board decks with accountants who close clean books and operators who build finance functions that scale.

In short, you get specialized, senior talent — for a fraction of a full-time hire.

Proof

$40M+
combined 2026 ARR across our clients
10+ yrs
embedded alongside founders and CEOs
10+
CFO & FP&A engagements across AI, SaaS & Payments

Case studies

$8M · Series A · SaaS & AI

We replaced an outgoing CFO. By the first board meeting, we had:

72 days
to a full finance office
~100%
YoY growth
  • Moved to accrual accounting, reclassed the P&L, and added customer segmentation.
  • Built the company's first budget — exposing the hire plan, redundant software, and vendor ownership.
  • Put contractor transition agreements in place; met lenders and secured verbal indications of interest.
  • Built dual-approval AP, moved onto a Rippling PEO, and cleanly took over from the prior CFO.
  • 409A complete, insurance renewed, and sales-tax exposure scoped with a remediation vendor lined up.
$2M · Series Seed · SaaS & Transactional

Came to us with under four months of cash.

66%
burn reduction
cARR growth
  • Recovered months of unbilled revenue the prior team had missed.
  • Cut monthly burn from roughly $300K to $100K.
  • Renegotiated vendors and raised pricing across the board.
  • Put KPI dashboards and a weekly operating cadence in place.
  • The extension round closed.

How we work

Investment bankers don't know accounting, and accountants can't build models. So we staff both — the right expert handles the right task, at a fraction of the cost of a full-time equivalent.

Let's talk about your finance function.

Even if you're not ready to make a change, we love talking about finance and accounting — and we're happy to share our perspective on how to improve your org with the team you already have.

Or email us at hello@bearinglinellc.com.

The founder

Alexandre Ghadially, founder of Bearing Line

Bearing Line was founded by Alexandre Ghadially — a McKinsey alum and former investor at a SaaS and AI-focused fund, with over a decade working shoulder to shoulder with CEOs on the decisions that make or break a company. He built the team he wished founders could hire: senior, specialized, and embedded.

Behind him is a team of seven drawn from McKinsey, Evercore, Vector Capital, PwC, and startup CFOs — the people you actually work with, not a junior handoff.