Fractional and part-time CFO services.

A career CFO for businesses that cannot justify one full time.

An executive CFO, by the hour

Most businesses need two or three hours a week, not a full-time salary. Your bookkeeper already handles the day-to-day numbers. What is missing is a senior head to assist in the decisions and close the middle gap in your business.

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CFO services

Raising finance, bank facilities, tax and the monthly accounts.

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SME AI adoption

Your data fixed first, then automation, then AI.

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Expert financial leadership without the financial burden

Management accounts on time and that you actually understand.Accounts that talk to your business and your KPIs.
The cash position every week.High focus on cash flow accuracy to guide you through the decision making process.
Direct access to your CFO.When the bank calls or cash gets tight, you phone me and I answer. I already know your numbers.
Finance function that grows with your business.Financial foundations, financial control and financial strategy.

Reconciled supplier invoices being worked through beside a spreadsheet

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20+

Years leading finance teams

Territories across Africa and Australia

30 to 7

Monthly close, days

USD 300m+

Raised

ZAR 4bn+

Asset, project and working capital finance

60 to 38

Debtor days

What we can work on together

Training, built around your work.

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A page from the course: each morning Claude reads the new emails and writes one row per action into an Excel list, with the client, the action, who asked and the due date

Claude and AI for Accountants

The inbox to-do list: one row per action, the client, who asked and by when.

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The executive dashboard from the finished model: revenue, EBITDA, margin and closing cash for FY2030, with a revenue and EBITDA chart and EBITDA by scenario

How to Use Claude and Excel to Build Financial Models

The dashboard Claude built in the last stage, every number a formula that points to the model.

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A slide from the example deck: the net income bridge from budget to actual, a labelled waterfall chart with a written read beside it

The month end file becomes the board deck.

The net income bridge, budget to actual, every bar carrying its number.

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The checks page from the finished September pack: every check, from the sources to month on month, passing

The ledger export becomes a pack that proves itself.

The checks page from the September pack, every check passing before the pack went out.

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What we do

R5 million to R50 million turnover

For the owner-run business

R50 million upward, to group scale

For the larger enterprise

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"Decisions with long-term consequences and short expiry dates: entity choice, share classes, and terms in the first contracts. They are often irreversible, and they happen exactly when nobody senior is watching."

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fransua@kantonwest.com · +27 83 480 9301 · Cape Town

Fransua van der Westhuizen, Owner and Principal of Kanton-West

Fransua van der WesthuizenOwner & Principal