Fractional Financial Controller

Go Fractional; Turbigo; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-friendly within EU time zones

Occasional Milan office days

Direct leadership access to leadership

Job summary

Go Fractional is seeking a financially seasoned professional to lead the monthly close for a multi-entity group. You will manage intercompany reconciliations, multi-currency accounting, and inventory-related costs across production, wholesale and retail stock.

The role requires hands-on experience with cloud accounting tools (Xero or QuickBooks Online) and advanced Excel/Google Sheets skills, with fluency in English and Italian as a plus.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a financial controller or finance manager.
• Hands-on experience in an inventory-based business (COGS, third-party logistics).
• Multi-entity and multi-currency experience, including intercompany reconciliations.
• Fluency with cloud accounting tools (Xero or QuickBooks Online) and strong Excel/Google Sheets.
• Fluent English; Italian is a strong plus.

Responsibilities

• Own the monthly close across the group, with clear cut-offs and intercompany balances reconciled first.
• Run payout reconciliations across entities and currencies.
• Own inventory valuation, landed costs and COGS for book print runs and retail stock.
• Build project and client profitability reporting for creative engagements.
• Deliver a clear monthly management pack with cash and liquidity forecasting to leadership.

Skills

Excel

Google Sheets

Intercompany reconciliations

Attention to detail

English fluency

Education

Formal accountancy training (dottore commercialista / ACCA / CPA / ACA)

Tools

Xero

QuickBooks Online

Job description

What you will do

• Own the monthly close across the group, with clear cut-offs and intercompany balances reconciled first.
• Run bank, card, Shopify and Stripe payout reconciliations, AP/AR and expense controls across entities and currencies (EUR, USD, JPY, GBP).
• Own inventory valuation, landed costs and cost of goods sold for book print runs and retail stock, including reconciliation of third-party warehouse and wholesale costs.
• Build project and client profitability reporting for our creative engagements (production, travel, freelance fees).
• Deliver a clear monthly management pack, with cash and liquidity forecasting, to the COO and founder.
• Maintain the group chart of accounts and cost-centre logic, and help us choose the right reporting and consolidation tools.
• Be the first point of contact for our external accountants and tax advisors in each region, and keep their scope lean and well defined.
• Flag anomalies, margin drift, or cash-conversion issues before they become problems.

Requirements

• Formal accountancy training (for example dottore commercialista, ACCA, CPA, ACA or equivalent).
• Proven experience as a financial controller or finance manager.
• Hands-on experience in an inventory-based business (physical products, COGS, third-party logistics).
• Multi-entity and multi-currency experience, including intercompany reconciliations.
• Fluency with modern cloud accounting tools (Xero or QuickBooks Online) and strong Excel / Google Sheets skills.
• Fluent English; Italian is a strong plus.
• Discretion and judgment: you will handle sensitive financial data, and you are comfortable giving founders a clear one-page answer.

Nice to have

• Experience in a professional services or creative agency business.
• Experience with Shopify and payment processors (Stripe, PayPal, Wise).
• Familiarity with Dutch or Italian GAAP and with US LLC or Japanese GK reporting through advisors.
• Partita IVA / independent consultant structure.

Benefits

• Fractional / freelance, 2-3 days per week. Open to retainer or hourly models.
• Remote-friendly within EU time zones, with occasional days at our Milan office (Via Bernardino Luini 12, 20123 Milano).
• Initial 12-month engagement with a 3-month checkpoint. Start date October / November 2026, flexible for the right candidate.
• Compensation: to be discussed, scaled to experience and scope.
• Direct access to leadership and real ownership of the finance function of a growing creative group.