Fractional Controller Services

A fractional controller is an experienced accounting leader who works part-time for several companies. They run your month-end close, produce GAAP financial statements and maintain internal controls – the work of a full-time controller, scaled to the hours your business needs.

Ongoing fractional controller engagements typically start at $1,500 per month, and intensive engagements at $4,000. One-time projects start at $750, and hourly rates run $100–$150+. Through US Fractional CFO Alliance you pay the controller directly, with no fees or markups added.

Usually when financials arrive weeks after month-end, a lender or investor asks for GAAP statements, or the bookkeeper is handling work beyond bookkeeping. A fractional controller is also a common bridge when a full-time controller leaves.

Through US Fractional CFO Alliance, you answer four short questions and our team introduces you to a short list of controllers with experience in your industry, usually within hours. You choose who to talk to. There is no cost and no obligation.

Every controller is personally reviewed and approved before their profile goes live – through a structured assessment, a one-on-one conversation, or both. We check stated experience against public sources and verify licenses where records are available.

Not necessarily. Where a controller holds a license that can be checked in public records, we verify it. Experience in your type of business can matter as much as the letters.

Our introduction service is free for businesses. The experts in our network invest in Alliance membership to be part of a vetted professional community, and that membership covers the cost of matching. You pay only your controller, at their rate – no commissions or markups.

An outsourced financial controller service is ongoing – the controller owns your close every month. A financial controller consultant is usually project-based: designing controls, preparing for an audit or leading an ERP implementation. Controllers in our network do both.

The controller makes sure the numbers are accurate and on time; the CFO uses them to plan strategy, raise capital and manage risk. Many companies hire a fractional controller first and add a fractional CFO as they grow.

Yes. Interim controllers and CFOs can step in full-time or part-time to cover a vacancy, a leave of absence, an audit or a system migration, then hand off to your permanent hire.

Yes. Your controller reviews your bookkeeper’s work and hands your CPA clean, reconciled books at year-end, providing explanations and coordinating tasks as needed.