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Pre-screened fractional Controllers matched to your financial operations in as little as 3 days. No recruiter fees, no full-time overhead.
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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.
Your CFO or CEO is still doing the accounting
Senior leadership is buried in reconciliations, vendor payments, and spreadsheets instead of focusing on strategy and growth.
You are implementing a new financial system
An ERP or accounting platform migration is underway and you need an experienced operator to own the transition and data integrity.
Your financial reporting is inconsistent
Board decks, management reports, and budget-versus-actuals vary in format and accuracy from month to month, eroding stakeholder confidence.
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.
Intro Call
Answer a few quick questions, then book a free 30-minute intro call with our team to review your goals, needs, and team dynamics.
Meet Experts
Our AI finds Fractional Controller candidates whose past clients and projects match your brief, which you won’t find on LinkedIn. A dedicated executive recruiter verifies each one’s experience, fit, and genuine interest, and you meet the ones who fit in about 3 days.
Start Work
Book time with candidates right from your shortlist, choose your operator, and sign a simple month-to-month agreement. We move as fast as you do.
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.
- Keep the expert's learnings or convert to full-time
- Try the fit before you commit, no hiring risk
- Faster speed to market, conserving time and resources
Interim Controller
Full-time coverage for a defined stretch: a leadership gap, a transition, or a critical project.
Fractional Controller rates average $117/hr across our live benchmarks. Pricing scales with hours and scope.
Controller Hourly RatesFractional vs full-time vs agency
Three ways to get Controller leadership, and where each one wins.
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| 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 | Fully embedded, long-term | Deliverable-focused, limited ownership |
| Best for | Growing companies needing senior financial leadership without full-time overhead | Stable organizations ready for a permanent finance leader | Discrete projects like audits or tax prep with no ongoing need |
| Financial close and reporting | Hands-on monthly close, board reporting, FP&A | Full ownership across all cycles | Typically limited to compliance or tax scope |
| Systems and tools | Experienced across QuickBooks, NetSuite, Sage, and more | Builds and owns the stack long-term | May lack deep system integration experience |
| Flexibility | Scale hours up or down as needs change | Fixed headcount commitment | Engagement ends when project ends |
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.”
“It's a can't-lose scenario. You either get the learnings from the subject matter expert, or you get the full-time capability. It provided a ton of flexibility, much faster speed to market, and conservation of time and resources.”
“Having someone senior from day one as a founder means you're actually hiring yourself out of a job, not transferring that amount of work to essentially management of someone junior, which can only be as often just as much work or only slightly less work.”
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