An operator-led finance team that works alongside yours.
Bridges brings specialized payments expertise to founders in vertical SaaS, fintech, B2B payments, and healthcare billing. Fractional CFO, Strategic Finance, and controller services – all under one roof.
Payments is one of the most important - and most difficult - industries to build in.
Finance is an invisible force. I've practiced it for 20 years and assumed everyone saw the world like I do.
As a VP of Finance at Kabbage, Keep, and Collectly, I learned that financial analysis and forecasting aren't just numbers in a spreadsheet. You can turn them into actions. Selling Kabbage to American Express, scaling Collectly, and starting Keep Financial with a16z backing happened because finance informed decisions.
Payments was the common thread. Most SaaS operators don't understand or appreciate it. It takes experience to learn how to account for, forecast, optimize, and create value with it.
Bridges is the culmination of my experience as an investor and operator in payments.
Our controllers, analysts, and engineers own financial operations for companies with $3M-$30M in revenue. We come in as the first finance hire and stay through the fundraise, growth, and exit, so you can invest in growth and product.
We work alongside your team, turning financial insights into decisions.
Our work doesn't end with accurate financials and forecasts. We're a team of operators. We show up, stay involved, and work through it together.
We do the work
We are on your team calls. We are with you in the boardroom. We do the debrief together. We are there, working alongside your team.
Operators who know your business
Our onshore team has 10-20 years of operating experience in vertical SaaS, B2B payments, and fintech. We understand Stripe, complex revenue models, and what it takes to raise capital, grow, or exit.
Financial knowledge that stays with you
We build a shared repository around your books, forecasts, and reporting. Your company keeps the context, so changing controllers or hiring a VP of Finance doesn't mean starting over.
A partner that doesn't just grow with you.
We help you grow.
Get peace of mind with accurate, reliable support for your financial operations. With Bridges' streamlined service and comprehensive insights, you can focus on growing your business and have confidence in every decision you make.
For modern businesses
Built for retainers, project work, usage, and hybrid models.
Tailored to your needs
Taxes and compliance, fractional and cash flow, hiring and staffing.
Built to scale with you
Operations center on scalable processes, tech, and data.
Handled by experts
CFOs, operators, and Big 4 accountants on your team.
31 payments and fintech companies guided through fundraise, growth, and exit
“Tim brought financial clarity that let us scale profitably, grow the team, invest in sales & marketing, and move fast without worrying about cash or risk.”
Levon Brutyan
Co-Founder & CEO · Collectly
3×
Revenue growth in 18 months
“We overstaffed, margins collapsed, and runway shrank. Tim gave me the visibility to navigate it.”
Jacki Leahy
CEO · Activate the Magic
“Tim navigated Kabbage through near-zero runway — bringing financial discipline and analytical rigor — and prepared us for a premium exit.”
Rob Frohwein
Co-Founder & CEO · Kabbage
$1B
Exit to American Express
“We were bleeding money. Tim identified where and what to change. We got to profitability.”
Nick Steele
CFO · StimLabs
Common Questions
Tim Salikhov leads every engagement. He led finance and M&A at Kabbage, sold to American Express, and was CFO at Collectly, which grew 3x in 18 months. Alongside him are onshore controllers, analysts, and an engineer, all former operators with 10-20 years of experience. We stay small, working with 10-15 clients at a time.
We join your team calls, sit with you in the boardroom, and do the debrief together. We are there, working alongside your team. Fractional CFO advice, strategic finance, and controller services come from one team. The people helping you make decisions also do the work behind them, from the books to the model and board reporting.
Yes. Payments is the common thread in our work. We know Stripe and the billing and reconciliation work behind payments businesses, from take rates and fees to what your Stripe data is missing. Our engineers build the reporting so you can see what is happening in your processing.
Yes. Moving from cash to accrual and getting Stripe and QuickBooks reporting right usually takes a few weeks, depending on how clean the books are. We start the analysis alongside the cleanup, so within about a month we are informing go-to-market and investment decisions with real numbers.
We prefer to own the books and reporting ourselves. Timely insights depend on how good and how fast the bookkeeping is. Our controllers run the close and reporting, and Tim leads the strategy and stays your point of contact. We plan the transition with your current team.
Yes. Bridges works with vertical SaaS, B2B payments, and fintech companies with $3M-$30M in revenue. Our team knows Stripe and the billing and reconciliation work behind payments businesses. We can be your first finance hire and stay through the fundraise, growth, and exit, so you can invest in growth and product rather than building a large G&A team.
Work directly with a payments CFO
A 15-minute call is enough to assess your setup, confirm whether we're the right fit, and scope what an engagement looks like for your stage.