Fractional controller services
Your books need an owner, not just a recorder. US-based fractional controllers who own your monthly close, your financial accuracy, and the answers you're not getting today.
Your Bookkeeper
Records transactions. Categorizes expenses. Reconciles accounts. Runs standard reports. Essential, but limited to recording what already occurred.
Your Controller
Takes ownership of your books. Owns the monthly close. Reviews bookkeeper work. Catches errors and patterns before they compound. Produces financials you can hand to a bank, a board, or a buyer. Your bookkeeper records what happened. Your controller owns what it means.
Your CFO
Builds the forecast. Models scenarios. Advises on debt vs. equity, acquisitions, exit timing. Sets the strategic direction.
Most growing businesses have column one covered. They want column three. But nobody's answering column two. That's the gap we fill.
A US-based controller who owns your close, not just runs it. Books closed within 10-15 business days. Every journal entry, reconciliation, and accrual reviewed. Clean, consistent financials, not just a QuickBooks printout.
Your bookkeeper stays. They get better, because an experienced person is reviewing their work and setting the standard.
Reports that tell you something, not just numbers on a page. What changed, why, and what to watch.
Early warning when something is off, before it shows up in your bank account.
Financials clean enough for a lender, investor, or buyer to review without a cleanup project first.
Pattern recognition from someone who's seen it across dozens of companies. The 'something feels off' instinct, backed by experience.
“A bookkeeper records what happened. A controller owns what it means.”
Engagements range from $4,000 to $8,000 per month depending on complexity, transaction volume, and reporting needs.
A full-time controller costs $150,000 to $250,000+ a year when you add salary, benefits, and time to hire. A fractional controller gives you the same experience and ownership at 25-35% of the cost.
Let's scope it togetherSome clients start with controller services and later add fractional CFO support when they're ready for forecasting, capital strategy, and exit planning. Others stay at the controller level because question two is what their business needs right now. Both are fine. We'll be honest about which one makes sense for you.
The CFO work →Every Tee Up controller is a US-based CPA who takes full ownership of your books.
Our controllers work directly with you and your finance team to ensure historical accounting is accurate and makes sense.
This isn't outsourced bookkeeping sent offshore. It's experienced, US-based financial leadership embedded in your business.
Backed by a firm with deep experience: started in KPMG audit, built and sold an accounting firm (Legacy Advantage) to Deloitte, Head of Finance at Traction Guest scaling from $3M to $10M ARR through a $100M exit to PSG Equity, a PE principal role reviewing 800+ companies, and an MBA from UC Berkeley Haas.
“Most growing businesses aren't missing a bookkeeper. They're missing the person who makes sure the numbers are right before anyone tries to build strategy on top of them.”
A 30-minute scoping call. No pitch. We'll tell you whether you need a controller, a CFO, or just a better bookkeeper.