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CONTROLLER SERVICES

Steady, accurate, always in rhythm

When your financial foundation is solid, everything else gets easier

A great Controller is the person who makes sure the numbers are right, the systems work, and the reporting is something you can actually trust.

They bring order, precision, and a steady hand to the operational side of finance, so your leadership team can focus on what’s ahead instead of what’s on fire.

For many growing businesses, this kind of financial discipline has felt out of reach. Too much to hire for full-time, too important to go without. Our fractional controllers step in, learn the rhythm of your operation quickly, and get to work without missing a beat.

Flexible Engagement Options

The way we work fits the way you work

Every engagement is shaped around your business, the right level of access, at the right scale, for the moment you’re in.

Fractional

Steady, reliable controller support on a fractional or part-time basis. You get the expertise your business needs, at a pace and cost that works for where you are.

Interim

When a controller departs or a vacancy opens, we keep your financial operations running without missing a step. Our consultants come in quickly and hold things together until the right long-term solution is in place.

Project-Based

From audit preparation to systems implementations to month-end close support, we take on defined controller work with the precision and accountability your business deserves.

Scalable Support

As your business grows, your financial needs grow with it. We adjust the engagement right alongside you, so the support always fits.

Fractional CFO Tom McDowell with Swansons Nursery owner Brian Damron by the koi pond
What We Do

Where great Controllers move the needle

There are core areas where a great Controller can fundamentally strengthen the foundation of a business. Here’s where we go to work.

Accounting Operations

Procedures, processes, and day-to-day management of your accounting function, including A/P, A/R, payroll, billing, and credit and collections.

Financial Reporting

Accurate, timely reporting that gives leadership a clear picture of where the business stands.

Month-End & Year-End Close

A clean, efficient close process that keeps your books current and your team out of the weeds.

Internal Controls

Systems and processes that protect the business, reduce risk, and create the kind of financial discipline that scales.

Audit, Review & Compilation Support

Organized, thorough preparation that makes audits less stressful and keeps you in good standing with compliance requirements.

Business Modeling, Forecasting & Analysis

Budgets, projections, financial models, and the metrics that help you see around corners and  plan with confidence.

Systems & Process Improvement

Assessment, selection, and implementation of accounting systems and tools, with minimal disruption to your operation.

Staff Development

Mentoring and coaching for your existing accounting team, raising the level of the whole ensemble.

Fractional CFO Tom McDowell and owner Brian Damron among plants at Swansons Nursery

THE RIGHT MATCH STARTS WITH THE RIGHT PROCESS

Finding the right match takes more than digging through a pile of resumes. It takes finance and accounting experts who know what the work actually requires – people who can read both sides of the equation and recognize fit when they see it. We vet slowly so we can move fast. By the time you reach out, the right people are already in the conversation.

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The Leader Who Moves First

Rebecca Alderfer doesn’t wait for the right people to appear — she finds them. Under her leadership, the Colorado Perinatal Care Quality Collaborative became best-in-class at managing complex federal funds, with room now to look past the horizon.

CFO Selections' Rebecca Alderfer stands in a convention center hallway with colleague

LET’S TALK

Great things happen when the right people play together. Let’s start the conversation.