Fractional Controller (Contract, Remote) – Finance as a Service (FaaS)

Overview

This role is for a Fractional Controller joining a Finance as a Service (FaaS) practice supporting GovCon, non-profit, and growth companies. The position provides hands-on experience across multiple client environments, exposure to a finance automation model and tools, and mentorship from senior CFO-level leaders.

Over time, the opportunity is designed to support progression into fractional CFO engagements for qualified candidates.

Responsibilities

• Own the monthly close process for a portfolio of clients, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and audit-readiness
• Produce financial statements and management reports to support client decision-making
• Monitor and enforce internal controls, identifying gaps before they become issues
• Support DCAA, FAR, and indirect rate compliance for GovCon clients
• Manage transactions, approvals, reconciliations, and reporting workflows within the organization’s platform
• Collaborate with senior finance leadership and other controllers to deliver integrated financial management
• Support non-profit clients with grant tracking, membership revenue, and donation accounting, including ensuring restricted funds are properly restricted, recognized, and reported
• Prepare or support audit-ready financial packages, including schedules and documentation for external auditors and grant compliance reviewers
• Identify opportunities to automate manual processes and build scalable routines
• Participate in client-facing meetings and translate financial data into clear, actionable guidance

Requirements

• 5 to 12 years of accounting or finance experience, with real close ownership (not only support roles)
• Hands-on experience with financial reporting, reconciliations, and internal controls
• Strong plus: exposure to GovCon, government contracting compliance, or regulated industries
• Meaningful differentiator: experience with nonprofit accounting, including grant management, restricted and unrestricted fund tracking, membership revenue, donor reporting, or audit preparation
• Ability to work across multiple client environments simultaneously
• Curiosity about technology and willingness to learn new platforms
• Clear communication with non-finance stakeholders; comfortable explaining financial information without jargon
• Strong teamwork orientation with no siloed work or “hand-offs” without context
• Motivation to grow into more responsibility beyond executing a defined task list

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in environments that require DCAA, FAR, and indirect rate compliance
• Experience supporting both audit preparation and grant compliance review processes

Compensation & Benefits

• Flexible contractor structure with mentorship and a defined pathway toward fractional CFO work

Location

• Contractor role (location not specified in the provided description)

Equal Opportunity

• Equal opportunity employer; will not tolerate discrimination on legally-recognized bases.

Application Notes

• Third-party resume submissions are not accepted. Any resume submitted will be considered the property of the employer, and the employer will not be held liable to pay a placement fee.