Fractional financial controller support.
A fractional financial controller gives growing businesses senior finance oversight without a full-time hire: someone to own your reporting, controls and cash, and keep the finance function running properly as you scale.
You have outgrown a bookkeeper, but you do not need a full-time CFO
As you scale, someone needs to own the finance function: make sure reporting is reliable, controls are in place and cash is managed. That is a financial controller, and most growing businesses cannot justify one full-time.
We fill that gap. You get senior finance ownership at the intensity you need, bringing structure and discipline to finance, and a clear bridge up to strategic CFO support when the time comes.
Signs you need a controller
- Finance runs, but no one owns it
- Reporting is late or unreliable
- Controls are weak as you grow
- Complexity is increasing fast
- You need senior, but not full-time
- Founders pulled into finance detail
Someone to own your finance function
The operational ownership that keeps finance reliable, controlled and ready to scale.
Own your reporting
Reliable, on-time management accounts and reporting you and your stakeholders can trust.
Financial controls
Approval workflows, controls and governance that strengthen as the business grows.
Cash flow oversight
Active monitoring and management of cash and working capital, not just a month-end glance.
Month-end ownership
We own the close, reconciliations and accuracy, so the numbers are right and on time.
Team & process
We manage your bookkeeper or finance team and the processes around them.
Bridge to CFO
We provide the operational backbone that strategic CFO support builds on.
Our financial controller process
We take ownership in stages, then run it as a reliable, scaling rhythm.
Review the function
We assess how finance runs today, the gaps, risks and quick wins.
Set the framework
We define the reporting cadence, controls and standards to work to.
Own the close
We take ownership of month-end, reconciliations and accuracy.
Manage cash & controls
Cash, working capital and controls are actively managed, not left to chance.
Manage the team
We oversee your finance team and processes, raising the standard.
Scale with you
Oversight grows with the business, and hands up to CFO support when needed.
A controller in your corner helps you
“Working with AI Accounts is like having your very own financial controller within your business.”
20i, fast-growing tech startup
Where the controller sits
Between your day-to-day finance and strategic CFO support.
Finance Systems
Strong systems are what let a controller report and control with confidence.
Management Accounts
Reliable monthly reporting is the controller’s bread and butter.
Fractional CFO
When you need strategy, fundraising and board input, the CFO builds on the controller.
Financial controller questions
A financial controller takes ownership of your reporting, financial controls, cash oversight and month-end, and manages your finance team and processes, so the finance function runs reliably as you grow.
A financial controller owns the day-to-day running of finance: accurate reporting, controls and cash. A fractional CFO is strategic, focused on forecasting, fundraising and board-level decisions. Many scaleups need both, at different intensities.
Yes. We can oversee and work alongside your existing bookkeeper or finance team, bringing structure, controls and senior review to what they do.
It is scoped to your needs, from a regular part-time presence to lighter oversight. The point is you get senior finance ownership without the cost of a full-time hire.
Yes. The financial controller role gives you the operational backbone, and as strategic needs grow, our Fractional CFO support builds on top of it.
Financial controller support sits within Finance Operations, which starts from £1,500 plus VAT a month, scoped to the level of oversight you need.
Get someone to own your finances
Senior finance ownership at the level you need, without a full-time hire. Book a quick intro call and we will map out the right level of support.