Hire a Fractional Controller

Get a vetted Controller who owns the close, enforces GAAP, and gives you clean, audit-ready financials without adding a full-time executive seat.

Why Hire a Fractional Controller

Your books have outgrown your team

The company scaled, but nobody owns the accounting function end to end. Close is inconsistent, and no one is enforcing the standard.

You need GAAP rigor before a raise or an audit

Investors, lenders, or auditors are about to look closely, and your financials need to hold up to that scrutiny.

Your CFO is doing Controller work

A strategic finance leader is buried in close mechanics and reconciliation reviews instead of steering the business.

A full-time Controller is more than you need right now

The work is real, but it does not yet justify a six-figure salary plus equity and benefits.

Fractional or full-time?

Full-time fits when accounting complexity is high and constant across many entities. Fractional fits when you need a senior owner for the close and controls on a defined scope, with the option to expand as the company grows.

Find a Controller

What Your Fractional Controller Owns

Close Ownership

Runs the full month-end close and holds the calendar so reporting lands on time.

GAAP and Controls

Sets accounting policy, enforces GAAP, and builds the controls that keep financials defensible.

Financial Reporting

Produces board-ready and investor-ready statements leadership can trust.

Audit Readiness

Prepares schedules, documentation, and support so an audit does not derail the team.

Team Oversight

Reviews the work of staff and senior accountants and coaches them through the hard entries.

Top 2% Fractional Talent, Matched by Our Finance Talent Engine

Finding a Controller who can both execute and set direction is hard through a normal search. MAVI's finance talent engine solves that with seven intelligence models, trained across hundreds of thousands of finance professionals and validated by human reviewers, so we surface controllers who fit your stage and stack.

Instead of a long shortlist to wade through, you get two strong profiles. In more than nine out of ten searches, one of them is your hire.

How MAVI Places Fractional Controller

Find a Controller
1

Define the Mandate

Tell us the systems you run and the work you need covered.

2

Precision Matching

We evaluate our vetted network against your actual scope, not generic keywords.

3

Two Vetted Profiles

You see two matched candidates, not fifty.

4

Fast Interviews

Conversations happen within days of your first call.

5

Quick Onboarding

Your Senior Accountant onboards fast and ships work that week.

6

Ongoing Partnership

We stay on after placement, so when a need shifts you never restart the hunt for coverage.

Meet Fractional Controllers in Our Network

Rahul
US Exp: 8 years | Location: India
CPA and CA with 13 years in accounting leadership. Built the controllership function for a US SaaS company from close through audit, and managed a five-person remote team across two entities. Deep NetSuite and ASC 606 experience.
Grace
US Exp: 6 years | Location: Philippines
Controller with 10 years overseeing close, technical accounting, and reporting for venture-backed companies. Led two clean first-time audits and stood up a controls framework ahead of a Series B. Strong in Sage Intacct and QuickBooks.
Mateo
US Exp: 7 years | Location: Mexico
CPA with 11 years in corporate accounting. Owned multi-entity consolidations and intercompany eliminations for a US parent, and cut the close from fifteen days to seven. Bilingual, aligned to US hours.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Can a fractional Controller take us through our first audit?

    Yes. Audit preparation is one of the most common reasons finance leaders bring on a fractional Controller. They build the schedules and documentation auditors ask for and act as the point of contact during fieldwork.

  • How is a fractional Controller different from a Senior Accountant?

    A Senior Accountant executes the close. A Controller owns it, sets the accounting policy, enforces controls, and reviews the work below them. If you need someone to hold the standard rather than just do the work, you need a Controller.

  • Will a fractional Controller enforce controls with our existing team?

    Yes. They set policy and review the team's output, which usually raises the quality of the whole function, not just their own deliverables.

  • Do your Controllers know US GAAP, or just local standards?

    Our Controllers are vetted specifically for US GAAP proficiency and experience working with US companies, so the reporting holds up to US investor and auditor expectations.

  • What size company is a fractional Controller right for?

    Most commonly early-stage and mid-market companies that have outgrown bookkeeping but do not yet need a full-time Controller. We match the seniority to your entity count and reporting complexity.

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