The time to hire on an Interim Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Chief Investment Officer (CIO), or any C-level executive is typically not after an opportunity has presented itself but when you are contemplating a transition. The expertise required to implement a company’s growth strategy, prepare it for sale or assist it through a transition dramatically differs from the skills necessary to manage its daily operations. When it’s business as usual, advisory resources beyond the owner, accountant and legal advisor or corporate board are sometimes not merited. During the most critical of times it makes sense to engage a short-term executive who is familiar with your short-term needs and knows how to effectively fulfill them.