Remote Fractional Controller & FP&A Leader

your Jared; United States; Remote; USD 138,000 - 248,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Flexible hours

Fractional engagement

Job summary

your Jared is seeking a Fractional Controller to design and oversee financial reporting, profitability analysis, and forecasting for a services-based recruiting business. This is a remote, contract-based engagement focused on building structure, insight, and decision-support rather than day-to-day bookkeeping.

You’ll create a GAAP-compliant chart of accounts, allocate costs, develop monthly close processes, and deliver management reporting with clear insights to guide hiring, growth, and cash

Qualifications

• Prior experience as a Controller, Senior Controller, or Finance Lead.
• Strong GAAP and accrual accounting foundation.
• Demonstrated FP&A experience, including forecasting, scenario modeling, and variance analysis.
• Experience supporting professional services, recruiting, or project-based businesses.
• Ability to build and maintain profitability models by client, project, or service line; cash flow and hiring forecasts.

Responsibilities

• Design a GAAP-compliant chart of accounts aligned to how the business operates.
• Define accounting structure for profitability by search, client, and recruiter.
• Establish cost allocation logic for recruiter compensation, overhead, and shared expenses.
• Define monthly close process and reporting cadence with the bookkeeper.
• Build core financial models: profitability by client/project, recruiter productivity, cash flow forecasting, hiring scenarios.
• Review monthly close prepared by the bookkeeping firm and deliver management reporting with clear insights.
• Maintain and update forecasts and scenario models; act as finance thought partner for hiring and cash decisions.
• Ensure consistency and accuracy across reporting periods.

Skills

GAAP accounting

Forecasting

Scenario modeling

Variance analysis

Cash flow forecasting

Financial storytelling

QuickBooks/Xero familiarity

Education

CPA license (nice to have)

Tools

QuickBooks

Xero

Job description

your Jared is seeking a Fractional Controller to design and oversee financial reporting, profitability analysis, and forecasting for a services-based recruiting business. This is a remote, contract-based engagement focused on building structure, insight, and decision-support rather than day-to-day bookkeeping.

You’ll create a GAAP-compliant chart of accounts, allocate costs, develop monthly close processes, and deliver management reporting with clear insights to guide hiring, growth, and cash