Fractional FinOps (Controller) · $3-20M ARR
Not the people — the process. A close that takes three weeks, a reporting package rebuilt by hand, revenue recognized by feel. I build the controller function underneath the numbers, and run it until you're ready to hire.
The controller function
Five stages · one owner
Five stages between a transaction and a number leadership trusts. Below twenty million in revenue, most of them don't have an owner.
What this looks like from your side
Symptom 01
No documented schedule, no owners, half of it living in one person's spreadsheets. Books land on day eighteen and leadership has stopped asking.
Symptom 02
Every month starts from a blank spreadsheet instead of a process. Whoever built it last time is the only one who can build it this time.
Symptom 03
Contracts get recognized by feel, not by policy. Nobody could walk an auditor through the schedule without four follow-up questions.
Fractional retainer
Fractional retainer
$5,000–6,500
Per month · 90-day intial term
Everything the ledger has to produce. I build the close and the reporting architecture, then run it — this is system work, not transaction processing.
Right fit when: close takes three weeks, the reporting package is rebuilt by hand each month, or you're needing it cleaned up.
One role or both — scoped to what's actually broken, priced up front.
Fractional FinOps (Controller) vs. a full-time hire · Annual · illustrative
Saved vs. a full-time hire
$0
Fully-loaded hire costs are estimates and don't include a five-month search. The retainer runs $5,000–6,500/month for either fractional role.
How it works
Fixed monthly · 90-day terms
Milestone projects
Not everything needs a retainer. These are defined builds with a start, an end, and a deliverable you own outright. Standalone or inside an ongoing engagement.
Project
Fee
Duration
Close schedule with owners and cutoffs, reconciliation framework, working paper structure, documented procedures your team can run without me.
$12,000–15,000
6–8 weeks
Policy memo, contract review, revenue schedules, and the SOP documentation.
$10,000–14,000
5–6 weeks
Leadership package that rebuilds itself each month, cashflow forecasting, budget vs. actual comparison.
$8,000–12,000
4 weeks
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That's usually enough to tell whether the fix is a controller function or something smaller. If it's smaller, I'll say so.
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