About Your Fractional CFO

A Fractional CFO who works inside your business, not above it

Owners running real businesses deserve real financial leadership, not just compliance and clean tax returns. After thirty years in accounting, I built my Fractional CFO practice on one belief: when somebody walks the numbers with you, the next decision stops feeling like a guess.

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Strategic Advisory

Cash flow, reporting, planning

Operational Finance

Forecasts, dashboards, KPIs

Growth Execution

Scale, M&A, planning

Debbie Deknight

Calhoun, GA

30+

Years in Accounting

1 of Fewer Than 100

Master Certified Profit First Professionals Worldwide

130+

Clients Served

Multi-Certified

QBO Pro Advisor, Relay Partner, Reach Reporting and More

Debbie Deknight

Fractional CFO

I’m Debbie Deknight, founder of Right Way Profits, the Calhoun, Georgia practice I’ve run for the better part of a decade. Before that, I spent two decades in accounting, learning how owners actually use their numbers, or don’t. I hold the Master Certified Profit First Professional credential, one of fewer than one hundred worldwide, and I work alongside owners who want their books, their cash, and their strategy handled by one person who knows the whole picture.

What I try to be for clients is a real financial partner, not the person who hands you a binder once a year and disappears. The numbers get walked through together until you can read them on your own and decide accordingly.

Master Certified Profit First Professional

Diagnose

It starts with getting honest about where the business actually stands. I take a careful look at your books, your software, your reporting, and your cash, then come back with what’s working, what isn’t, and what to handle first.

Build

Then comes the build. The cash plan you can actually feel in the bank balance, the account discipline that protects profit before it can disappear, and the dashboards and reporting cadence that finally show where the money goes. The financial infrastructure I build covers all of it.

Partner

From there, I stay. Monthly reviews, accountability for the numbers, and a phone you can actually pick up when something material lands. The work isn’t a project that ends; it’s a working rhythm you can plan around.

Partnership

Your fractional CFO works with you, not for you

The way I work is alongside the owner, not above them. Decisions get made together, with the same numbers in front of both of us. When something matters, I’m in the conversation while it’s happening, not catching up on it the next quarter. How the engagement runs day to day shows what that actually looks like.

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$Two business owners reviewing financial dashboards with their fractional CFO in Calhoun, Georgia$

I opened a small business 3 years ago and have had difficulty finding the insight and individual guidance I was looking for until I found Debbie! I had previously tried working with a small business consultant and different accountants searching for the guidance I needed. As a small business owner, I often felt dismissed. The very first time I spoke with Debbie, I knew I finally found what I had been searching for! She spent time with me reviewing my quickbooks and teaching me new skills for bookkeeping and budgeting. She helped me brainstorm ways to make my business more profitable and helped me decide what to prioritize. I was caught in a state of inaction due to the stress of moving forward with these difficult decisions. Debbie helped me write my specific changes and come up with a step by step plan for me to implement these changes in a way that felt more comfortable for me. I could not have done it without her guidance! I look forward to continue working with Debbie

Kelsey A.

Owner

Before working with Debbie, I knew my business was making money but I never seemed to have any. Within a few months of implementing Profit First with her, I was paying myself consistently and had cash set aside for taxes for the first time. She doesn’t just do the books — she actually understands what’s happening in a business.

Emily S.

Co-Owner

For years I ran my business by checking the bank balance. Working with Debbie changed that completely. Profit First gave me a system, but what really moved the needle was having her in my corner as a CFO — looking at the numbers with me every month, telling me what they actually mean, and helping me decide what to do next. I make better decisions now because I’m not guessing anymore.

Vince T.

Owner