Fractional CFO and COO services | Calgary & Edmonton
Executive leadership embedded in your organisation. Without the full-time cost.
This is for you if:
- You have grown past one-person management but are not ready for a $300,000 VP Supply Chain or full-time CFO on payroll
- You need board-level financial and operational credibility for your next capital raise, lender conversation, or tender submission
- Your ESG or governance reporting requirements are unmet and you need a senior executive to own the roadmap
- You have completed an AJM pilot engagement and want the improvement momentum to continue with embedded leadership
- Your management layer needs strengthening before the next phase of growth — and you need someone aligned to ownership, not internal politics
The fractional model is available post-pilot. Start with a Data Diagnostic or Tier 1 pilot engagement →
Arthur Madden | Fractional CFO, CPA, CMA, MBA, ICD.D | Director & President, AJM Solutions
Arthur brings 30+ years as CFO, CEO, and board director across energy and resource companies in Canada. He has led complex financial restructurings, domestic and international capital raises including initial public offerings and private placements, and governance programmes for boards seeking to strengthen transparency and investor confidence. He has served as committee chair across Audit, Risk, and Governance for multiple public and private companies.
Arthur holds the CPA, CMA, MBA, and ICD.D designations and is an active member of the Financial Executives International (FEI) Calgary Chapter.
In the AJM | independent analytical specialists partnership, Arthur leads client origination, engagement scoping, financial baselining and ROI modelling, and the translation of simulation outputs into financial language CFOs and boards can act on the same week.
As your Fractional CFO, Arthur:
- Attends monthly leadership and board meetings
- Owns the KPI framework and working capital reporting
- Leads margin analysis and cost structure review
- Supports lender and investor presentations
- Translates every operational simulation output into financial outcomes your board can act on
info@ajmsolutions.ca | +1 403 473 8547
Michael Cooper | Fractional COO / VP Operations, Director & President, AJM Solutions
44 years of field operations — 38 of them internationally across MENA, North Africa, Eastern Europe, USA, and Canada. Michael has managed drill site logistics, equipment rental, warehousing, post-acquisition integration, and the start-up of operations in markets where roads, power, and communications infrastructure did not yet exist.
As a Senior Officer with Santa Fe International Corporation — one of the world’s largest contract drilling companies — Michael personally negotiated contracts with national ministries, built operational capacity in politically unstable markets, and managed the movement of $700 million in assets during active conflicts in the Middle East. His operational experience spans offshore and onshore drilling, equipment rental and warehousing, customs and cross-border logistics in high-risk jurisdictions, and the management of multi-national field teams across dozens of simultaneous operations in the Middle East, North Africa, and Eastern Europe.
Michael returned to Canada in 2016 and joined Arthur Madden in building AJM Solutions — bringing the operational credibility that no analyst-staffed consulting firm can replicate.
As your Fractional COO / VP Operations, Michael:
- Attends monthly operations and leadership meetings
- Drives implementation of supply chain improvements identified in the pilot
- Manages the 30/60/90 day operational roadmap with named owners and KPIs
- Available for on-site visits to facilities, yards, warehouses, and field operations
- Brings 44 years of field experience to every implementation decision — not classroom assumptions
mcooper@ajmsolutions.ca | +1 780 993 2402
Amanda Leonard | Business Development & Operations Strategy | Client & Commercial Alignment
Amanda brings more than 20 years of experience across Canada, Europe, and Africa, working across business development, operations, and stakeholder engagement. She is known for translating complex ideas into clear, actionable strategies that leadership teams and clients can align around.
She focuses on positioning, sales narrative, and client journey design — ensuring that technically complex services are structured in a way that is clear, commercially viable, and easy for clients to understand and engage with. Amanda works closely with leadership teams to align communication, process, and delivery, helping bridge the gap between technical capability and real-world client adoption.
As your fractional Business Development & Client Engagement lead, Amanda:
- Structures and manages the client engagement from initial conversation through delivery and follow-through
- Develops clear sales narratives and defined client journeys that support both execution and adoption
- Translates complex data, modelling, and operational insights into clear business decisions leadership teams can act on
- Identifies process improvement opportunities and designs engagement models that improve clarity and efficiency
- Ensures that AJM’s insights do not remain theoretical — but are understood, adopted, and implemented
Engagement terms
- Quoted per engagement — scoped and agreed before work begins
- 15 hours per month of embedded executive leadership
- 6-month initial term
- Available following completion of a Tier 1 pilot engagement
Not sure where to start? The Data Diagnostic is a fixed-fee, fixed-scope entry point — we review your operational data, identify the dollar figure at risk, and give you a written findings memo before any further commitment is required.
Learn about the Data Diagnostic and pilot engagements →
Book a 30-minute discovery call: Contact us here | info@ajmsolutions.ca | +1 403 473 8547