Hire a Controller
Pre-screened fractional Controllers matched to your financial operations in as little as 3 days. No recruiter fees, no full-time overhead.
When to hire a Fractional Controller
You need a fractional Controller when your financial operations have outgrown your current setup but a full-time hire is not yet justified or ready.
Your books are always behind
Monthly close takes weeks, not days, and leadership is making decisions without accurate, timely financials.
You are heading into an audit or fundraise
Investors or auditors are asking for clean financials, reconciliations, and documented controls you do not currently have.
You have no one owning financial controls
There are gaps in your internal controls, approval workflows, or compliance processes that create real financial and regulatory risk.
The benefits of hiring a Fractional Controller
Access senior financial operators who can own your close process, reporting, and controls from day one, without the timeline or cost of a traditional search.
Cost Efficiency
Get executive-level financial leadership and hands-on accounting oversight at a fraction of the cost of a full-time Controller salary, benefits, and equity package.
Speed to Hire
Pre-screened Controllers are matched to your industry, systems, and stage in as little as 3 days, not the 3-to-6 months a traditional search typically takes.
Pre-Screened Expertise
Every Controller in our network is pre-screened by veteran executive recruiters on track record, references, and demonstrated hands-on leadership across financial close, reporting, compliance, and controls.
How to hire a Fractional Controller
No more juggling job boards and sorting through pools of unqualified applicants. Hiring a Fractional Controller is easy with Go Fractional.
Discovery Call
Book a free 20-minute discovery call with one of our executive recruiters to review your goals, needs, and team dynamics.
Meet Experts
Within days, we'll introduce you to a short-list of pre-screened Fractional Controller candidates to interview, each pre-screened by veteran executive recruiters before you meet them. Our match success rate is 98%.
Start Work
Finalize contract details with Go Fractional and get working within less than a week of your discovery call.
Engagements that fit how you work
Every Go Fractional engagement is structured for senior leadership without full-time overhead. Start fractional, scale up, or convert to full-time when you’re ready.
Fractional Controller
- Senior leadership on a part-time schedule
- Monthly retainer, no recruiting fees
- Scale hours up or down as needs change
Contract-to-Hire
Trial a Fractional Controller on a fractional engagement before converting them to a full-time hire.
Fractional vs full-time vs agency
Three ways to get Controller leadership, and where each one wins.
| Factor | Fractional Controller | Full-Time Controller | Accounting Firm / Agency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time to hire | ~3 days | 3 to 6 months | 1 to 4 weeks |
| Engagement structure | Monthly retainer, scoped SOW | Salary + benefits + equity | Project markup or hourly billing |
| Cost | Fraction of full-time cost | Full compensation package | High markup on hours |
| Ownership and accountability | Embedded operator, owns outcomes |
We’ve helped hundreds of organizations Go Fractional
Twelve years: the average experience across a network of handpicked executives ready to make an impact on day one.
“It was literally three days after he started with us fractionally, our CEO was calling me and asking if we could get a full-time offer out.”
Frequently asked questions
Here are a few questions that folks just like you have had during their search.
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