Fractional Controller
Fractional controller support for growing Canadian businesses
Finexa gives businesses that have outgrown bookkeeping a dependable monthly close, useful management reporting, cash visibility, forecasting, stronger controls, and a senior CPA who helps turn the numbers into decisions. Based in British Columbia, Finexa serves businesses remotely in Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, the Tri-Cities, and across Canada.
When This Becomes Necessary
The signs that bookkeeping is no longer enough
A controller becomes valuable when the business has enough volume, complexity, or risk that recording transactions is only the beginning of the finance work.
Reports arrive too late
Month-end numbers are delayed, change after delivery, or require the owner to reconcile different versions before using them.
Cash and tax create surprises
The business is profitable on paper, but upcoming payroll, tax, debt, inventory, or project obligations are not visible in one forward view.
The owner is the finance integrator
Bookkeepers, accountants, lenders, managers, and systems each hold part of the picture, leaving the owner to connect it all.
What You Receive
A monthly finance system built for action
The exact scope follows the business, but the engagement is organized around practical outputs rather than unstructured access to an advisor.
Close leadership
A defined close calendar, reconciliations, review responsibilities, adjusting entries, and follow-up so reporting becomes predictable.
Executive reporting pack
Financial statements, margin and KPI trends, variance commentary, and a concise explanation of what changed and why.
Cash and obligation view
A practical view of near-term cash, payroll, tax, debt, capital spending, owner distributions, and financing requirements.
Forecast and decision support
Rolling forecasts and scenarios tied to hiring, pricing, expansion, financing, major purchases, and other management decisions.
Controls and accountability
Clearer approvals, review evidence, balance-sheet ownership, and issue tracking so errors are identified earlier.
Monthly advisory meeting
A prepared conversation focused on decisions, emerging risks, priorities, and the actions that need an owner or manager.
How It Works
Stabilize first, then improve the decision rhythm
Diagnose
Review the books, close process, reporting, cash visibility, systems, responsibilities, and immediate tax-sensitive items.
Stabilize
Prioritize reconciliations, reporting reliability, close ownership, and the issues that are preventing management from trusting the numbers.
Operate and improve
Run a recurring monthly cadence, add useful forecasts and KPIs, and improve controls and workflows as the business evolves.
A strong fit when
- You operate an established, owner-managed Canadian business; engagements often suit businesses around $1M to $20M in revenue, though complexity and need matter more than a cutoff.
- Your bookkeeping exists, but management needs more reliable review and interpretation.
- You want recurring finance leadership without adding a full-time controller.
- You value preparation, direct CPA involvement, and follow-through.
Probably not the right fit when
- You only need a one-time tax return or low-cost transaction entry.
- Management is not prepared to improve responsibilities or financial processes.
- The business does not yet have enough activity to benefit from a monthly controller rhythm.
- You need a dedicated finance leader working inside the business every day; a full-time controller may be a better fit.
Questions
Fractional controller FAQs
A fractional controller leads the monthly close, reviews financial statements, improves controls, builds management reporting, monitors cash and forecasts, and helps owners use the numbers for decisions.
The need usually appears when bookkeeping is no longer enough, reports arrive late or are hard to trust, cash and tax obligations create surprises, or the owner is coordinating too many disconnected finance tasks.
No. Bookkeeping records transactions. Controller support reviews the accounting, strengthens the close and controls, interprets results, and creates a recurring decision and planning rhythm.
A bookkeeper records and reconciles transactions. A controller owns the reliability and review of the monthly finance system, including close, reporting, and controls. A CFO focuses further upstream on strategy, financing, and major decisions. A growing business may need controller support before it needs a CFO.
Fees vary with the condition of the books, transaction volume, number of entities, reporting needs, forecasting, controls, and meeting cadence. Public provider examples differ and are not a national benchmark. Read Finexa's sourced guide to Canadian pricing examples and scope. Read the sourced pricing guide.
Yes. Finexa is based in British Columbia and provides remote advisory and controller support to businesses in Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, the wider Tri-Cities, and across Canada.
Find out whether controller support is the right next step
Start with a private conversation about your reporting, cash visibility, finance workload, and the decisions that currently lack reliable support.