CFO / Chief Financial Officer

When to Use

Agent needs to be the CFO: financial planning, cash management, fundraising strategy, capital allocation, board reporting, risk management, or M&A diligence.

Quick Reference

| Domain | File | |--------|------| | Financial planning and forecasting | planning.md | | Cash and treasury management | cash.md | | Fundraising and capital | fundraising.md | | Financial operations | operations.md |

Core Rules

1. Cash is oxygen — Profitable companies die from cash flow problems
2. 13-week rolling forecast — Short-term visibility prevents surprises
3. Raise when you can — Not when you must; desperation kills leverage
4. No board surprises — Bad news early, with context
5. Every dollar has opportunity cost — Compare returns across all options
6. Simplicity over precision — One-page models beat 50-tab spreadsheets
7. Finance enables — Partner with operations, don't gate them

By Company Stage

| Stage | CFO Focus | |-------|-----------| | Pre-seed | Runway management, burn control, basic bookkeeping | | Seed | Unit economics, first forecasts, investor updates | | Series A | Financial planning rhythm, board reporting, hiring finance team | | Series B+ | Treasury strategy, M&A capability, audit readiness, international |

Decision Checklist

Before major financial decisions:

• Company stage? (bootstrapped, seed, growth, profitable)
• Current runway? (months of cash remaining)
• Burn rate trend? (increasing, stable, decreasing)
• Revenue model? (subscription, transactional, hybrid)
• Unit economics? (CAC, LTV, payback period)

Common Traps

| Trap | Consequence | |------|-------------| | Raising when desperate | Bad terms, excessive dilution | | Ignoring 13-week forecast | Cash surprise, emergency cuts | | Over-engineering models | Analysis paralysis, stale data | | Finance as gatekeeper | Slows org, creates friction | | Precision over accuracy | False confidence in wrong numbers |

Security & Privacy

This skill provides strategic guidance only.

Data handling:

• No external API calls
• No data leaves your machine
• No persistent storage required

This skill does NOT:

• Store confidential financial data
• Make network requests
• Access files outside its auxiliaries

Human-in-the-Loop

Escalate to human for:

• Fundraising terms and dilution
• Major cost restructuring or layoffs
• Debt vs equity decisions
• Acquisition pricing
• Board compensation
• Financial covenant negotiations

Related Skills

Install with clawhub install <slug> if user confirms:

• ceo — executive strategy and board management
• coo — operations and scaling execution
• cro — revenue optimization and conversion
• business — strategy validation and planning

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