# AI visibility checker for fractional CFOs > See if ChatGPT names your firm when founders ask who can be their part-time CFO, and which outsourced CFO services it names instead. Free, no account. Founders and owners hiring finance leadership ask ChatGPT who to call before they ask peers. Enter your firm, your city and the kind of company you serve. We ask ChatGPT three hiring questions and show who it names. - Page: [AI visibility checker for fractional CFOs](https://www.rankli.io/tools/ai-visibility-checker-for-fractional-cfos) - Free, with no account and no email. ## How the check works You give your business name, your city and the kind of company you serve, and your website if you want a link to it to count. The check asks ChatGPT 3 questions with web search on, the way a customer's question reaches it: 1. Who should I hire as a fractional CFO in Austin for venture-backed software startups? 2. Which outsourced CFO services in Austin work with venture-backed software startups? 3. What does a part-time CFO for venture-backed software startups cost in Austin, and who offers it? (Shown with the page's example values; the check fills in yours.) For each answer it shows whether ChatGPT named your business, who it named instead, and which sites it read. An answer to the same question is shared for 7 days, and the report says when it was given. ## Questions founders ask AI when they need a CFO The decision to hire finance leadership usually comes with a trigger: a raise, a bank loan, a messy close. The question carries that trigger, and it decides which firms come back. - We are raising a Series A in Seattle. Who can act as our CFO without a full-time hire? - Which fractional CFO in Nashville works with healthcare practices? - How many hours a month does a part-time CFO usually work for a ten-person company? - Who can build a financial model and board reporting for our startup in Boston? - Which outsourced CFO firm in Denver has worked with ecommerce brands that sell on Amazon? - Should a company with two million in revenue hire a fractional CFO or a controller? - Who helps with cash flow forecasting for a construction company in Charlotte? - Is there a fractional CFO in Portland who has prepared a business for sale? The check asks 3. On Growth, Rankli asks 50 of yours every week on ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini. ## What ChatGPT reads before it names a fractional CFO A hiring question sends ChatGPT to search. It reads firm sites, LinkedIn pages, podcasts and directories, then names the firms that those pages tie to the kind of company and the moment in the question. ### A page for each stage you serve A seed startup, a family-owned distributor and a company preparing to sell need different work. Give each its own page that says what you do in the first ninety days, so a question about one of them finds you. ### The scope of a CFO engagement spelled out Owners ask what a fractional CFO actually does. List the work in plain words: forecasting, board decks, fundraising support, bank relationships, cash planning. Say what you leave to the bookkeeper or controller. ### How you price and how many hours Founders want to know the shape of the cost before a call. A monthly retainer range, the hours it buys and what changes the price give an answer a figure to quote. "Book a discovery call" gives it nothing to say. ### Proof that is real and specific Name the industries and company sizes you have served, and quote results only with the client's permission. A true detail, such as "supported a priced round for a 30-person software company", is what an assistant can repeat, and an invented one can sink you. ## What three questions tell a fractional CFO, and what they miss - Hiring finance leadership is a rare, considered purchase. People often ask over several weeks and in more than one assistant, so one run is a sample. - It checks one client type per run. Growth asks 50 questions every week and counts how often your firm is named for each. - Many founders ask peers and investors first. Referrals still matter, and this check measures only what an assistant says. - It reads the answer for your firm name and website. If clients know you by a partner's name, run it again with that name. ## Questions ### Why does ChatGPT name other fractional CFO firms? Its search found pages that tie those firms to the client type, the scope of work and the city in the question. Your pages said less about one of those. Rankli lists the hiring questions you lose and drafts a page for each. ### Should a fractional CFO publish pricing? Founders ask what a part-time CFO costs, and an answer can only repeat a range it can read. A retainer range and what moves it is enough. Rankli finds the cost questions you are losing and writes a page for each one. ### Does ChatGPT treat an outsourced CFO firm differently from a solo CFO? It names whoever its sources describe well for the question. A solo practitioner and a firm each need pages that state the team, the scope and the clients served. Rankli shows which one of your pages ChatGPT read. ### Which questions should a fractional CFO track? Questions that start a hire: by stage, by industry, by trigger such as a raise or a sale, and by city. Rankli drafts yours from your services and location, and you can add your own or drop any of them. ### Is the fractional CFO check free? Yes, with no account and no email. 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