Fractional Controller / Accounting Lead

Engagement Type: Independent Contractor (Part-Time)

Location: Remote

Time Commitment: 10–20 hours per week (heavier around month-end close)

Compensation: Paid in USD, $40-$70/hr DOE and Location.

We are seeking a senior-level accounting consultant to provide stability, precision, and judgment during a critical operating phase of our business.

This engagement is focused on protecting the integrity of our financials while the company operates through contractual, structural, and revenue-model complexity. The role exists to ensure that core accounting remains accurate, reliable, and trusted — even as the business evolves around it.

This is not a build-from-scratch role, a junior execution role, or a speculative advisory engagement. It is a hands-on, high-accountability consulting assignment where correctness and discipline matter more than speed or scale.

What You Will Be Responsible For

Monthly Close & Core Accounting

• Own and oversee a clean, dependable monthly close
• Ensure general ledger accuracy, reconciliations, and supporting documentation
• Maintain consistency across reporting periods during operational change

Revenue Recognition & Technical Accounting

• Apply U.S. GAAP revenue recognition (including ASC 606) across blended service and milestone-based arrangements
• Evaluate timing, allocation, and dependency issues with sound professional judgment
• Identify and surface accounting questions early — before issues compound

Cash, AP & Financial Controls

• Oversee accounts payable, cash movement, and payment integrity
• Maintain control discipline appropriate for multi-party financial flows
• Ensure audit-ready records without unnecessary process overhead

Stakeholder Confidence

• Support continuity and trust with existing U.S.-based stakeholders
• Produce clear, defensible financial reporting for leadership decision-making
• Communicate calmly and precisely in high-accountability situations

Process Stability

• Reinforce accounting processes that work
• Improve hygiene only where risk justifies change
• Avoid destabilizing core operations during sensitive periods

What This Engagement Is Not

• Not a full FP&A or long-range modeling role
• Not a strategic finance or fundraising advisory seat
• Not an environment for learning U.S. GAAP fundamentals

This engagement is intentionally scoped to stability and correctness. Expansion of scope may occur later, but is not the objective of this phase.

Requirements

Required Experience

• Ideal Profile
• 10+ years in senior accounting, controller, or equivalent roles
• Deep, hands-on experience with U.S. GAAP, including ASC 606
• Proven success in services-based, milestone, or hybrid revenue models
• Comfortable operating in environments where errors surface late and carry real consequences
• Precise, calm, and judgment-driven
• Strongly Preferred
• CPA or equivalent
• Experience supporting U.S.-based clients or stakeholders
• Prior exposure to complex fund flows or regulated financial environments
• Experience working remotely as an independent consultant

Working Model

• Independent contractor relationship (no employment or benefits)
• Paid in USD against submitted invoices
• Flexible hours within agreed availability and close deadlines
• Direct access to executive leadership for decision-making clarity

Who Will Thrive in This Engagement

• Senior professionals who value clarity, boundaries, and accountability
• Consultants trusted for judgment, not volume
• People who understand that financial credibility is existential