Fractional CFO Services in Brentwood and Williamson County

Bjoerkman Consulting is based in Brentwood. Not a satellite office, not a national brand with a local phone number, and not a CFO in another time zone who appears on a video call twice a month. Mats Bjoerkman lives and works here, which for a Williamson County business means the person doing the work can be at your conference table on a Tuesday morning without it becoming a scheduling exercise.

That matters more for privately held companies than most finance marketing acknowledges. Owner-operated and family-held businesses do not delegate financial trust easily, and they should not. The decisions in front of them, whether to take on debt, whether to sell, how to handle a partner buyout, what the business is actually worth, how to bring the next generation in, are personal as well as financial.

Who this serves in Williamson County

Williamson County is not a startup market. It is a headquarters and operating market, home to more than 40 corporate headquarters and, according to Williamson, Inc., 12 of the 25 largest publicly traded companies in the Nashville region, along with roughly a third of Tennessee's fastest-growing Inc. 5000 companies.

The typical situation looks like this. Revenue between roughly $5 million and $75 million. A capable bookkeeper or controller producing accurate historical statements. An owner making pricing, hiring and capital decisions from experience and instinct, both of which have worked so far. No forecast worth the name, no reliable view of margin by job or customer, and a bank relationship that is fine until it suddenly is not.

The work, in the order it usually happens

Know where the cash is going to be. Find out which work actually makes money. Get the bank relationship on the front foot. Make the systems match the company's size. Put a value on the business, honestly.

In-person, and what that actually buys you

Brentwood sits roughly ten miles from downtown Nashville and minutes from Franklin and Cool Springs, so coverage of Williamson County and southern Davidson County involves no travel logistics at all. For a family-held business weighing whether to let an outsider see everything, the fact that the outsider is local, accountable and reachable tends to matter as much as the resume.

Frequently asked questions

Do you work with family-owned and owner-operated businesses?

Yes, and they make up a large share of the work in Williamson County. The difference is that the financial and personal considerations are intertwined: owner compensation, family employment, succession, estate and transition planning, and risk tolerance shaped by the fact that the owner's net worth sits inside the business. That requires directness delivered with some care.

How quickly can you start, and what does the first month look like?

Usually within two weeks. The first month is deliberately diagnostic: reviewing the financials and systems, meeting the finance and operations leads, building an initial cash forecast, and identifying what is genuinely urgent. You get a written assessment with a prioritized plan rather than an invoice for discovery.

We already have a CPA and a bookkeeper. What would you add?

Different functions entirely. Your bookkeeper records transactions. Your CPA files returns and may compile statements. Neither is engaged to build a forecast, analyze customer profitability, negotiate with your bank, prepare you for a sale, or decide whether to buy the equipment. That forward-looking judgment is the CFO role, and it is usually the one nobody is filling.

Can we start small and expand if it works?

Yes, and most engagements do. A common starting point is a defined project, a cash forecast, a margin analysis, or a finance and AI assessment, which gives both sides a real basis for deciding whether an ongoing arrangement makes sense. There is no long-term contract required to begin.