About
Meet Darlene
Founder of Hartmann CFO, LLC | CPA | Personal CFO | Organizational Consultant
Darlene Hartmann launched her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, auditing some of the firm’s largest clients. She then joined Harbert Management Corporation (HMC), a multibillion-dollar family office providing funding for the family business and operating as an investment management company, where she supported its growth from $600 million to $3 billion in assets under management. There, she gained firsthand experience navigating tax operations, performance reporting, and the entity structure of a growing family enterprise.
She holds an active CPA license in Alabama and has reciprocity in Colorado. Darlene’s experience spans private fund structure and reporting, complex financial modeling, accounting, and tax-aware advisory. She’s known for catching what others miss and for ensuring the work actually gets done with accuracy and timeliness. Her ability to bridge detail and strategy helps families cut through complexity and make timely, informed, and aligned decisions with confidence.
Helping Family Offices Cut Through Complexity
Hartmann CFO serves as a partner to family offices, stepping in when wealth has outgrown informal systems, and decisions can’t afford to be based on guesswork. We help organize what exists, clean up what’s been neglected, and coordinate what others advise, so families can move forward with clarity and confidence.
Why Family Offices Trust Hartmann CFO
What sets Darlene apart isn’t just her technical expertise. It’s her ability to operate across the complete financial landscape with clarity and coordination. She works between tax, legal, banking, and investment advisors to ensure everyone has the right information at the right time. She’s often the one coordinating execution, anticipating roadblocks, and asking the questions others haven’t thought to ask.In addition to implementing what others design, Darlene also plays a strategic role, especially when setting up or restructuring the family office for tax efficiency, control, and clarity. She’s the second voice in the room, offering perspective and ensuring plans don’t just look good on paper but work in real life.She brings structure to complexity, clarity to decisions, and trusted follow through.
