Fractional CFO · Fund Administration

Finance leadership without the full-time hire.

Strongside Financial Services delivers institutional-grade CFO leadership and fund administration to growing companies, emerging managers, and family offices — built on a CFA foundation and a decade of decision-making at the executive table.

Services

Two practices, one operator — built for stages where finance has to compound capital, not consume it.

— 01

Fractional CFO

Senior finance leadership scoped to your stage. Cash and capital strategy, board-grade reporting, and the operational discipline to make the next round of growth fundable.

  • Cash forecasting & treasury strategy
  • Board & investor reporting packages
  • FP&A, budgeting, and KPI architecture
  • Capital raise & lender readiness
  • M&A and transaction support
  • Audit prep & finance team coaching
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Fund Administration

Back-office infrastructure for emerging managers, syndicators, and family offices. Clean books, clean K-1s, and the audit trail that makes your next LP commitment frictionless.

  • SPV formation & ongoing administration
  • Capital calls, distributions & waterfall
  • Fund accounting & NAV reporting
  • LP communications & investor portal
  • K-1 coordination & tax workflow
  • Annual audit & compliance support
Who We Serve

Built for operators who need real finance leadership — not a part-time bookkeeper.

Emerging Managers

PE, VC, and real estate sponsors raising Fund I–III who need institutional-grade administration without an institutional cost base.

Lower Middle-Market

$5M–$100M revenue companies preparing for growth capital, transition, or exit — and the CFO discipline that makes those events possible.

Family Offices

Single and multi-family offices needing entity-level reporting, consolidation, and SPV administration across direct investments.

Search Funds

Searchers and ETA operators who need finance infrastructure pre-acquisition and CFO-level execution post-close.

Founder · Principal
Brent Dau, CFA
Strongside Financial Services
About

A senior operator at your table — not a junior team you have to manage.

Strongside Financial Services brings together the two disciplines most growing companies and emerging managers can't afford to compromise on: a CFO who's lived the executive seat, and a fund administrator who's built investor-ready infrastructure from the ground up.

Brent Dau is a CFA charterholder with leadership experience across financial advisory, fractional CFO engagements, and fund administration. He serves as Board Chair at John Paul II High School in Plano and is active in Provisors, ACG, and Vistage — the kinds of relationships that turn finance leadership into compounding advantage.

CFA Chartered Financial Analyst
Texas Dallas · Houston · Austin · San Antonio
Network Provisors · ACG · Vistage
Let's Talk

Bring senior finance leadership to the next stage of your business.

A 30-minute discovery call to understand your stage, your stakeholders, and whether Strongside is the right fit. No deck, no pitch — just a conversation.

Schedule a Discovery Call
Email · brent@strongsidefs.com
LinkedIn · brent-dau-cfa