Strategic CFO & Governance Advisor


We build the financial and governance infrastructure required to scale without breaking.

SANTORO PARTNERS

Overview

Santoro Partners provides Executive Level Strategic Finance Leadership to companies navigating growth, complexity, and transformation.

We operate at the intersection of Finance, Strategy, and Governance, bringing institutional discipline to high-growth and evolving businesses.

We do not operate as a traditional outsourced finance function.

We architect financial structure, guide strategic decision making, and help position organizations to scale effectively.

What We Do

CFO & Strategic Finance Leadership

  • Define financial architecture to support growth, complexity, and scale

  • Establish KPI frameworks, planning disciplines and executive decision support structures

  • Advise leadership on capital allocation, profitability, and operating model strategy

Governance & Board Advisory

  • Design governance structures and board operating frameworks

  • Strengthen financial transparency, accountability, and investor readiness

  • Support audit, finance, and strategic committee effectiveness

Capital Strategy & Transformation

  • Lead investor readiness, diligence preparation, and transaction support

  • Advise on capital strategy, scenario planning, and enterprise value protection

  • Support strategic transformation, integration, and scaling initiatives

Finance Function Oversight

  • Design finance organizational structures aligned to scale and complexity

  • Oversee internal finance teams and external accounting, tax, and audit partners

  • Establish reporting cadence and operating discipline to support leadership decision making

Who We Work With

  • Growth stage and scaling businesses

  • Founder led companies preparing for institutional capital

  • Private equity and venture backed organizations

  • Leadership teams navigating transformation, expansion or operational complexity

Operator Perspective
Experience scaling and transforming businesses, bringing practical execution insight behind strategic decisions

Investor Lens
Active angel investor applying real diligence standards and governance discipline to risk and opportunity assessment

Selected Strategic Impact

Built and scaled Macy’s Backstage from pilot concept to 200+ locations nationwide

Led U.S. financial strategy for De Beers Group, delivering profit performance 27% above forecast

Designed finance and governance structures to support growth, operational scale and organizational transformation

Why Santoro Partners

Engagement Philosophy

We partner with CEOs, Founders, and Boards to architect direction, strengthen accountability, and support strategic decision making - not execute transactional finance work.

  • Direct collaboration with CEOs, founders, and boards

  • Structured strategic cadence (bi-weekly / monthly)

  • Oversight of finance and accounting functions

Out of Scope:
Bookkeeping, transaction processing, and administrative finance execution

Strategic Retainer
Executive level finance and governance partnership

Strategic Assessment & Roadmap
Focused diagnostic with a 12-month strategic plan

Board & Committee Roles
Audit, Finance, and Strategy participation

Engagement Models