Controller

Controller | FRKTL (Remote, US)
FRKTL is a fractional CFO and accounting firm. We work with construction, trades, and home services companies, and with professional services firms in recruiting and healthcare. We run everything from the books through CFO-level advisory, and we grow with owners from start to scale to sale.
This role sits between our bookkeeping work and the CFO seat. You own the close for a portfolio of clients, you talk to owners directly, and you keep the numbers clean enough that strategy conversations start from facts instead of cleanup.
What the job actually looks like:
A book of 15 to 20 clients. Our bookkeeping team handles transactional work and AP, so your time goes to review, close, and the owner conversation.
You start at 10 to 12 clients and build to full book by month six.
Priorities move mid-day. A payroll problem at 10am outranks the close you planned to finish.
Month-end close, reconciliations, and financial packages
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Direct client communication. You answer the question, you do not route it.
Xero primary, some QuickBooks Online.
Who this fits:
Six or more years in accounting, ideally firm-side or multi-entity.
You get interrupted, and you pick the thread back up without losing it.
You already use AI in your work and you can prove it.
You read a P&L and see the operating problem behind it.
Who this does not fit:
You want one company, one set of books, one routine.
You need a written procedure before you start.
You think AI is a fad or a threat.
On AI: we use it daily. Drafting client reporting, cleaning data, building internal tools. There is no policy binder. You are expected to find leverage and show the rest of us.
Where this goes:
The controller seat is the floor, not the ceiling. If you can hold an owner accountable to a plan and not just report on it, there is a CFO track here and the comp moves with it.
Compensation: $90,000 to $105,000. Fully remote.

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