The leading fractional CFO service exclusively for well established interior design firms.
CFO for Designers is a fractional CFO and financial advisory firm dedicated exclusively to the interior design industry.
Founded by Marc Molinsky, CFO for Designers brings more than 25 years of hands-on experience managing the financial performance, profitability, and operations of interior design firms.
In 2000, Marc founded DesignerAdvantage, Inc. (DA) and served as its CEO for more than 25 years. Under his leadership, DA grew into one of the design industry’s leading financial management and back-office service providers, helping hundreds of interior design firms better understand their finances, improve their operations, and build stronger businesses.
Over the course of his career, Marc and his team managed the financial administration of more than $1 billion in residential design projects and worked directly with design firm owners to improve profitability, strengthen financial controls, implement industry best practices, and build the financial infrastructure required for long-term success.
Today, CFO for Designers brings that experience directly to design firm owners—providing the financial insight, industry benchmarks, strategic guidance, and ongoing accountability they need to make better business decisions, increase profitability, and build stronger, more financially successful firms.
We Don’t Just Understand the Numbers.
We Understand the Business of Design.
Review monthly financial statements and turn financial data into clear insights on revenue, profitability, margins, expenses, and overall performance.
Develop annual budgets and continuously update financial forecasts to help business owners understand where their business is headed.
Monitor cash flow, receivables, payables, upcoming obligations, and cash reserves to maintain healthy working capital.
Track the key financial metrics that drive profitability, including margins, labor costs, utilization, pricing, overhead, and operating profit.
Provide financial guidance for important decisions involving hiring, compensation, pricing, growth, investments, distributions, debt, and other business priorities.
We help interior designers build stronger, more profitable businesses by staying aligned with industry best practices and proven financial benchmarks.
Most financial advisors and CPA’s understand numbers. Very few understand the business of interior design.
We combine financial expertise with deep industry knowledge to help interior design firm owners make informed decisions
There is no substitute for direct industry experience.
CFO For Designers brings together a rare combination of Big Four accounting expertise and more than 25 years of hands-on experience working exclusively with interior design firms across the United States.
We understand the financial complexities of the interior design business because we have spent decades working side by side with designers—helping them improve profitability, strengthen financial performance, and build more successful businesses.
We don’t just understand finance. We understand the business of interior design.
We believe every successful interior design firm has real, intrinsic financial value—and that value should not disappear when the principal is ready for the next chapter of their life and career.
We help designers build businesses that not only maximize profitability today, but also create lasting enterprise value for tomorrow. By strengthening financial performance and developing a thoughtful succession plan, we help owners build businesses that can ultimately be transitioned or sold—turning decades of hard work, talent, client relationships, and reputation into lasting financial security.
Let’s have a conversation about where your firm is today, where you want it to be in the future, and how we can help you build the financial bridge to get there.