Hawaii based · on-island and remote · available now

Finance and operations leadership to help you steer.

Hire me as your fractional, interim, project, or full-time CFO and COO. I bring both the finance and the operations lens, so the money plan and the build plan move together, and I work shoulder to shoulder with your board, owners, and team. Pick the situation you are in below and move the model. You will see exactly how I help before you ever talk to me.

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200+ employees led · $100M refinanced · ~$300M in capital projects planned and financed

What I do

Six service lines, one operator.

This is the canonical list of how I help. Want to see the math on your own situation? Move the model in the switchboard just below.

03 Signature work

Systems Integration and POS Consolidation

I unify fragmented point-of-sale systems across retail, ticketing, restaurant and cafe, gift shop, reservations, group sales and special events, and donations into one connected back end. Your data stops living in silos and starts answering questions.

RetailTicketingRestaurant and cafeGift shopReservationsGroup salesSpecial eventsDonations

On-demand KPIs against budget, whenever leadership asks
Real-time financial awareness across every operation
Team accountability built on numbers everyone can see

Fractional and Interim CFO/COO Leadership

I hold both seats so the money plan and the build plan move together: FP&A, KPI dashboards, cash and treasury, and board, lender, and investor reporting your stakeholders trust.

Turnaround, Profitability and Funding

I lead turnarounds, set banking and lender strategy, secure bridge, runway, and growth capital, and tighten internal controls and audit readiness so the recovery sticks.

04Fixed-fee entry

Cloud Accounting Modernization

A fixed-fee diagnostic plus migration and cleanup that gets your books current and trustworthy. Platform-agnostic across QuickBooks Online, Sage Intacct, NetSuite, and Xero.

Fixed-fee diagnostic to start

Capital Projects, Procurement and M&A / Exit Readiness

I plan new revenue centers, facility refresh, and fleet and capital procurement, and I get a company ready to sell, then guide the exit to the finish line.

Nonprofit and Mission-Driven Finance

I bring fund accounting, restricted-fund discipline, Form 990s, grants, governance, and audit readiness, so mission and money stay in step.

The switchboard

Pick the situation you are in.

Nine spots I get called for. Open the one that fits, move the model with real math, and see the exact CFO and COO moves I would run. Only one opens at a time.

~$500M

Treasury overseen across multi-entity, multi-property operations

$100M

Debt consolidated and refinanced into one facility

~$4.3M

Capital freed from idle infrastructure

200+

Employees led across finance and operations

20+

Years senior in finance and operations leadership

One operator, both seats

What I do as CFO. What I do as COO.

The moves you saw inside each situation come from one person holding both jobs. Here is the full scope, side by side.

CFO scope

The money plan

I run the capital, the cash, and the reporting that lenders, boards, and owners trust.

Financial strategy and capital planning
Cash flow, working capital, and treasury
Banking and lender relationships
Debt refinancing and consolidation
Budgeting, forecasting, KPI dashboards, board reporting
Internal controls, reporting discipline, audit readiness, faster close
ERP and CRM and financial system implementation and conversion
M&A and transaction readiness
Securing funding for bridges, runway, and growth

COO scope

The build plan

I run the operation, the facilities, and the capital projects that turn the plan into revenue.

Operations leadership
Facilities, safety, and capital projects
Facility refresh and new revenue centers
Procurement, vendor and contract management
Fleet and capital asset procurement and lifecycle
Insurance and risk
HR and compliance
Technology and data systems
Master planning and execution alongside the GM or owner

Most fractional help gives you one of these. I give you both, from one head, so nothing falls in the gap between finance and operations.

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Completed work

What that has looked like.

Anonymized and time-boxed. Client names stay private. Same operator behind each one.

Mission-driven · nonprofit

-$812K → +$1.6M

Tighter finance discipline and a rebuilt operating model carried a mission-driven nonprofit from a deep operating deficit to a healthy surplus, its first time in the black in over a decade.

Scope: CFO + COO · operating turnaround

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Multi-property group · lending

$100M into one facility

I consolidated and refinanced scattered debt into a single facility, rebuilt covenant and lender reporting, and ran daily cash across the entities so the group stopped fighting its own balance sheet.

Scope: CFO · treasury and refinancing

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Operations · fleet and assets

~$4.3M capital freed

I freed capital from idle infrastructure and built a factory-direct fleet cycling plan that kept operations running through vehicle inventory shortages, while phasing replacements year over year.

Scope: COO · procurement and lifecycle

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How to hire me

Pick the engagement that fits the work.

Short contract or long haul, I flex to the work in front of you.

Ongoing

Fractional

Part-time, steady. I hold the CFO and COO line month over month without a full-time seat on your books.

Starts fast

Interim

Full coverage when a seat goes empty. I step in quickly and keep finance and operations moving.

Defined scope

Project

One outcome, one timeline. A refinance, a system conversion, a capital build, a turnaround.

Right fit

Full-time

When it should be permanent, I will take the chair for the long term.

Engagements from $5,000/month. Fixed-fee diagnostics available for cloud accounting modernization.

What I do not do: I am not your tax preparer, your external audit firm, your legal counsel, or a seller of investment, securities, or insurance products. I work alongside those specialists and keep them coordinated.

Chris Means

Founder, fractional and interim CFO and COO

Tell me what you are facing.

If you opened a situation above, its numbers come with you into this brief, but you do not need one. I read every one of these myself and I will tell you plainly whether I am the right hire.

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Means Business LLC · means.biz · Hawaii, on-island and remote.

MBA, Utah State University (Huntsman). BS Accounting, University of Utah (Eccles).

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