Paolo Chen is a CPA and finance executive with over 20 years of experience leading financial operations for complex, multi-entity, multi-location organizations. He specializes in building scalable financial infrastructure, driving operational clarity, and delivering decision-ready insights that support growth, performance, and investor oversight.
As the founder of Velocity CFO, Paolo leads a firm providing integrated bookkeeping and fractional CFO services to professional service firms, including healthcare, legal, and marketing, as well as technology and other owner-operated businesses with revenues up to $30M. The firm helps owners move beyond reactive accounting by building scalable financial systems, reporting, and infrastructure that enable real-time visibility, disciplined execution, and better decision-making.
Over the course of his career, Paolo has helped scale high-growth organizations from early-stage operations to 8- and 9-figure enterprises, including supporting growth from $10M to over $1B in assets under management and scaling teams from startup to over 1,000 employees. His expertise spans financial reporting, profitability analysis, budgeting and forecasting, cash flow management, and strategic advisory.