Service 05 · For businesses
Fractional Chief AI Officer — pricing
AI leadership for the finance function, in three steps: audit first, implement second, then ongoing fractional leadership. Start with the audit — its fee is credited toward implementation.
Step 01 · Audit
AI-for-Finance Audit
$2,500–$5,000
A focused audit of where AI can pay off across your finance function — and what to build first.
- Finance workflow & systems review
- AI opportunity map, ranked by payoff
- Implementation roadmap
- Fee credited toward implementation
Step 02 · Build
Implementation Sprint
$15,000–$40,000fixed
A fixed-price sprint that puts the audit’s top priorities live in your finance operation.
- Fixed price, agreed before work begins
- AI tools built into your finance workflows
- Team enablement as systems go live
- Audit fee credited toward the sprint
Step 03 · Lead
Fractional Chief AI Officer Retainer
$7,500/ month · from
Ongoing Chief AI Officer leadership — strategy, oversight, and the next build, without a full-time hire.
- AI strategy for the finance function
- Ongoing implementation oversight
- New use cases, prioritized as you grow
- Executive-level guidance, fractionally
Step 03 · Retainer tiers
Choose your retainer tier
Pick the level of presence your business needs. Every tier carries the full monthly office — briefing, roadmap, vendor decisions, governance, currency maintenance, and the ROI report.
Retainer tier
CAIO Core
$7,500/ month
The standing office, advisory only. Your AI strategy owned, governed, and kept current — with the return reported monthly.
- Monthly executive AI briefing
- Roadmap ownership
- Tool & vendor decisions
- Governance & data rules
- Currency maintenance
- Monthly ROI report
Retainer tier
CAIO Growth
$10,000/ month
Everything in Core, plus hands-on oversight while new AI workflows are being built into your operation.
- Everything in Core
- Implementation oversight of one active build at a time
- Monthly team enablement clinic
Retainer tier
CAIO Embedded
$15,000/ month
Everything in Growth, plus a standing seat inside your leadership rhythm — your CAIO in the room where decisions happen.
- Everything in Growth
- Leadership-team presence in your ops rhythm
- Priority access
- Quarterly on-site or full-day strategy session
The full Fractional Chief AI Officer page
The dedicated page for this service — the audit, the sprint, and the retainer, in full.
See the Fractional Chief AI Officer page