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Fractional CFO Leadership

CFO Services

Senior-level fractional CFO leadership for growth-stage and middle-market companies, from principals who have sat in the CFO and CEO chair.

The practice

Fractional CFO leadership, from operators

The Beilstein Group provides senior-level fractional CFO leadership to growth-stage and middle-market companies. Our principals bring decades of experience as sitting CEOs, CFOs, and COOs — not as consultants who have observed operations from the outside, but as operators who have run them.

We work alongside management teams to identify what is actually driving performance, build the financial infrastructure to track it, and access the capital needed to act on it. We are available, engaged, and invested in outcomes.

Our CFO approach
  • Identify the business drivers and KPIs with the highest operational and financial leverage, and build performance management around them
  • Create and manage clear, accessible dashboards so leadership always has line-of-sight into what matters
  • Maintain forward-looking models — multi-year operating plans, rolling forecasts, scenario analyses — not just historical reporting
  • Serve as a strategic partner: available for lender calls, investor meetings, and pivotal decisions, not just monthly closes
  • Bridge the gap between field-level operations and boardroom financials, because the two must align

Core services

A full finance function on a fractional basis, scaled to what the business needs.

Financing expertise

We help clients access and structure the right capital across the balance sheet.

Growth capital
Equity & senior debt
Asset-based lending
Revolving & term
Working capital
AR, inventory & lines of credit
Bridge financing
Interim liquidity
Mezzanine & subordinated debt
Private placements
Recapitalization
Balance-sheet restructuring
Sale-leaseback
Real estate & equipment
Distressed situations
Chapter 11 / 363 sale process

Principals

Two operators who have led companies through growth, transition, and transaction.

Frederick B. Beilstein III
Managing Principal

30+ years as CEO, CFO, and board advisor across public and private companies. Served as Restructuring CEO and CFO of CraftWorks Restaurants (Centerbridge Partners), CFO and Interim CEO of AFC Enterprises / Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, and CEO of Townsends Inc., a $500M poultry processing company. Also CFO of Americold Logistics and Days Inn of America. CPA; B.S. Accounting, George Washington University.

CenterbridgeFreeman SpogliBlackstoneArgonne CapitalKelso & Co.
Frederick B. Beilstein IV
Senior Advisor

23+ years across corporate banking, private equity, and operating leadership. Former President & CEO of Goldco LLC, a 110-unit Burger King franchise with $130M+ in revenue, and President & COO of ACG Pizza Partners (Argonne Capital). Previously Managing Director at Crown Capital Investments and Essex Capital Group. Earlier finance background at Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley. MBA, Vanderbilt Owen; B.A. Accounting, George Washington University.

Argonne CapitalCrown CapitalCredit SuisseMorgan Stanley
30+
Years C-suite operating experience per principal
6+
Active fractional CFO engagements across sectors
$500M+
Capital markets and financing transactions led
CEO
Both principals held CEO / COO roles, not just finance

Let’s talk about your next move.

Planning a transaction, raising capital, or strengthening the finance function? We’d welcome a conversation.

Start the conversation → 770-316-3900