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Fractional Controller jobs are open across SaaS, manufacturing, healthcare, and professional services, from early-career accountants stepping into leadership to seasoned CFO-adjacent operators, with specializations in close management, financial reporting, and cash-flow forecasting. Scan the live roles below and apply to whichever ones fit.
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Meet Ascertain
Ascertain is building AI agents to automate the administrative work that burdens care teams. We are in major health systems and large specialty groups, saving hundreds of staff hours every week.
Our backers include Northwell Health, New York’s largest health system, and Deerfield Management, a leading healthcare investment firm.
Together, we’re on a mission to restore time, trust, and focus to the people who keep healthcare running. Our work is urgent — not because of startup timelines, but because our customers rely on us to drive financial resilience and operational clarity in a system under strain.
About the Role
As Ascertain’s Fractional Controller, you will own the integrity of our financial reporting and the accounting judgments behind it. You will work directly with our Director of Operations & Finance and direct the work of our outsourced accounting partner.
This is not a bookkeeping role. Our accounting partner handles transaction processing and runs the monthly close. You will set accounting policy, review and sign off on the close, and make sure our financial statements hold up to scrutiny from auditors, investors, and partners.
You will also own the cost data behind our unit economics. We earn both software and services revenue from health systems and specialty groups. How we classify and allocate cost directly shapes how leadership manages the business.
This is a contract engagement of about two days per week, one of them on site in our Durham office. There is an option to increase the commitment as the company grows.
What You’ll Do
Accounting Policies & Technical Guidance: Establish and document GAAP-compliant accounting policies covering revenue recognition (ASC 606), cost of revenue, cost allocation, capitalized software, stock-based compensation, and accruals. Prepare technical accounting memos for material or complex accounting decisions.
Monthly Close & Financial Reporting: Oversee the monthly close process performed by our outsourced accounting partner. Review and approve reconciliations, journal entries, revenue schedules, and financial statements, ensuring accurate and timely reporting against an established close calendar.
Outsourced Accounting Oversight: Serve as the technical accounting lead for our outsourced accounting partner, providing guidance on complex transactions, establishing review standards, resolving accounting issues, and ensuring accountability for agreed deliverables.
Cost Accounting & Unit Economics: Develop and maintain a defensible methodology for allocating labor, infrastructure, and other delivery costs. Produce a monthly gross margin analysis by customer and revenue stream, reconciled to the general ledger, to support financial and operational decision-making.
Audit Readiness & Financial Controls: Establish and maintain the accounting documentation, reconciliations, supporting schedules, and internal controls necessary for audit readiness. Coordinate with external auditors and tax advisors on accounting matters, financial reporting, and compliance requirements.
Finance Systems & Scalability: Assess our existing accounting systems and processes, identify opportunities for improvement, and develop a roadmap for scalable financial infrastructure. Lead accounting requirements and implementation oversight for an ERP or other finance technology as business needs evolve.
What You’ll Need
Active CPA license
8+ years of accounting experience, beginning in public accounting
Controller or senior technical accounting experience at a venture-backed technology or healthcare company
Hands-on ASC 606 experience with contracts that include implementation fees, pilots, or usage-based pricing
Experience leading companies through financial statement audits and external financial reviews
Experience designing cost allocation and gross margin reporting for software or services businesses
Experience leading a finance systems or ERP implementation, such as NetSuite, Sage Intacct, or a comparable platform
Based in the Research Triangle area and able to work on site in Durham one day per week
Healthcare services or health technology experience, including work under HIPAA, is a big plus
What You’ll Bring to the Table
Technical Accountant: You know GAAP deeply and can write a position that holds up to an auditor’s review.
Independent Reviewer: You tell leadership when the numbers are right, and you say so plainly when they are not.
Steady Hand: You apply the same policy period after period and document the reason for any change.
Operator: You direct an outside team with clear standards, deadlines, and review.
Business Partner: You understand that cost classification shapes how the company is managed, and you explain accounting choices in plain language.
Systems Thinker: You build processes and documentation that hold up as the company grows.
What Success Looks Like
Within the first 90 days, we expect you to have:
Assessed our existing accounting practices and established a prioritized plan for bringing them to the next level.
Established a consistent monthly close and review process with our outsourced accounting partner, including defined deadlines, responsibilities, and sign-off procedures.
Documented our key accounting policies and identified any areas requiring additional technical analysis or adjustments.
Established a defensible cost allocation methodology that supports customer-level gross margin reporting.
Evaluated our existing accounting systems, identified scalability limitations, and recommended improvements to our financial reporting infrastructure.
Ongoing success means accurate and timely financial reporting, well-documented accounting decisions, reliable unit economics, and an accounting function that can scale.
Why Ascertain? Make a real difference: Your work will directly impact healthcare organizations and improve patient care. Join Ascertain in transforming healthcare with AI!
Meet Ascertain
Ascertain is building AI agents to automate the administrative work that burdens care teams. We are in major health systems and large specialty groups, saving hundreds of staff hours every week.
Our backers include Northwell Health, New York’s largest health system, and Deerfield Management, a leading healthcare investment firm.
Together, we’re on a mission to restore time, trust, and focus to the people who keep healthcare running. Our work is urgent — not because of startup timelines, but because our customers rely on us to drive financial resilience and operational clarity in a system under strain.
About the Role
As Ascertain’s Fractional Controller, you will own the integrity of our financial reporting and the accounting judgments behind it. You will work directly with our Director of Operations & Finance and direct the work of our outsourced accounting partner.
This is not a bookkeeping role. Our accounting partner handles transaction processing and runs the monthly close. You will set accounting policy, review and sign off on the close, and make sure our financial statements hold up to scrutiny from auditors, investors, and partners.
You will also own the cost data behind our unit economics. We earn both software and services revenue from health systems and specialty groups. How we classify and allocate cost directly shapes how leadership manages the business.
This is a contract engagement of about two days per week, one of them on site in our Durham office. There is an option to increase the commitment as the company grows.
What You’ll Do
Accounting Policies & Technical Guidance: Establish and document GAAP-compliant accounting policies covering revenue recognition (ASC 606), cost of revenue, cost allocation, capitalized software, stock-based compensation, and accruals. Prepare technical accounting memos for material or complex accounting decisions.
Monthly Close & Financial Reporting: Oversee the monthly close process performed by our outsourced accounting partner. Review and approve reconciliations, journal entries, revenue schedules, and financial statements, ensuring accurate and timely reporting against an established close calendar.
Outsourced Accounting Oversight: Serve as the technical accounting lead for our outsourced accounting partner, providing guidance on complex transactions, establishing review standards, resolving accounting issues, and ensuring accountability for agreed deliverables.
Cost Accounting & Unit Economics: Develop and maintain a defensible methodology for allocating labor, infrastructure, and other delivery costs. Produce a monthly gross margin analysis by customer and revenue stream, reconciled to the general ledger, to support financial and operational decision-making.
Audit Readiness & Financial Controls: Establish and maintain the accounting documentation, reconciliations, supporting schedules, and internal controls necessary for audit readiness. Coordinate with external auditors and tax advisors on accounting matters, financial reporting, and compliance requirements.
Finance Systems & Scalability: Assess our existing accounting systems and processes, identify opportunities for improvement, and develop a roadmap for scalable financial infrastructure. Lead accounting requirements and implementation oversight for an ERP or other finance technology as business needs evolve.
What You’ll Need
Active CPA license
8+ years of accounting experience, beginning in public accounting
Controller or senior technical accounting experience at a venture-backed technology or healthcare company
Hands-on ASC 606 experience with contracts that include implementation fees, pilots, or usage-based pricing
Experience leading companies through financial statement audits and external financial reviews
Experience designing cost allocation and gross margin reporting for software or services businesses
Experience leading a finance systems or ERP implementation, such as NetSuite, Sage Intacct, or a comparable platform
Based in the Research Triangle area and able to work on site in Durham one day per week
Healthcare services or health technology experience, including work under HIPAA, is a big plus
What You’ll Bring to the Table
Technical Accountant: You know GAAP deeply and can write a position that holds up to an auditor’s review.
Independent Reviewer: You tell leadership when the numbers are right, and you say so plainly when they are not.
Steady Hand: You apply the same policy period after period and document the reason for any change.
Operator: You direct an outside team with clear standards, deadlines, and review.
Business Partner: You understand that cost classification shapes how the company is managed, and you explain accounting choices in plain language.
Systems Thinker: You build processes and documentation that hold up as the company grows.
What Success Looks Like
Within the first 90 days, we expect you to have:
Assessed our existing accounting practices and established a prioritized plan for bringing them to the next level.
Established a consistent monthly close and review process with our outsourced accounting partner, including defined deadlines, responsibilities, and sign-off procedures.
Documented our key accounting policies and identified any areas requiring additional technical analysis or adjustments.
Established a defensible cost allocation methodology that supports customer-level gross margin reporting.
Evaluated our existing accounting systems, identified scalability limitations, and recommended improvements to our financial reporting infrastructure.
Ongoing success means accurate and timely financial reporting, well-documented accounting decisions, reliable unit economics, and an accounting function that can scale.
Why Ascertain? Make a real difference: Your work will directly impact healthcare organizations and improve patient care. Join Ascertain in transforming healthcare with AI!
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in fractional controller jobs.
- CPA license or active CPA candidate status required by most employers
- 5 or more years of accounting or controllership experience in a relevant industry
- Proficiency in at least one mid-market ERP such as NetSuite, Sage Intacct, or QuickBooks
- Experience owning the full monthly close cycle, including reconciliations and variance analysis
- Ability to build or improve accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls from scratch
- Familiarity with GAAP financial statement preparation and audit-ready reporting packages
Tips for Your Fractional Controller Job Search
Quantify your close cycle improvements
Fractional controller resumes that land interviews show concrete before-and-after metrics: how many days you cut from a monthly close, how many entities you consolidated, or how many legacy processes you automated. Hiring managers scan for proof you've done the work, not just owned the title.
Highlight your stack across every role
List every accounting platform you've used, QuickBooks, NetSuite, Sage Intacct, Xero, in a dedicated tools section. Many fractional postings filter by software match because clients need someone who can hit the ground running without a long onboarding ramp.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists fractional controller openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target postings by engagement model
Filter for part-time, contract, or project-based language in job descriptions, not just the word fractional. Startups and PE-backed portfolio companies often post these roles under controller, interim controller, or accounting lead without using the word fractional at all.
Prepare a sample deliverable for interviews
Many fractional controller interviews include a case or take-home: a messy chart of accounts to clean up, a close checklist to critique, or a variance analysis to walk through. Preparing a one-page sample deliverable you've actually produced, with client details removed, gives interviewers something concrete to react to.
Negotiate engagement terms, not just rate
When an offer comes in, ask about minimum hours per week, response-time expectations, and what the ramp-up period looks like. Fractional arrangements often have scope creep built in, so nailing down deliverables and boundaries in writing protects both sides before you start.
Fractional Controller Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most fractional controllers?
The companies hiring the most fractional controllers right now include CEFO Advisors, Bookit, and Keiter, with the largest share of openings in Florida, New York, and North Carolina, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. PE-backed portfolio companies and venture-funded startups that aren't ready for a full-time hire tend to post the highest volume of these roles.
How many fractional controller jobs are remote?
About 82% of fractional controller openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting how well the core responsibilities translate to async work. Roles focused on financial reporting, close management, and board-level analysis skew most remote, while positions that require hands-on oversight of an on-site accounting team are more likely to require some in-person presence.
How do you become a fractional controller?
Start by building several years of full-cycle accounting experience as a staff or senior accountant, then move into a controller or assistant controller role to own the close process end to end. Getting your CPA strengthens your candidacy significantly. Once you have that foundation, build a client roster by targeting startups or small businesses that need part-time financial leadership and can't yet justify a full-time hire.
Can you get hired as a fractional controller without prior fractional experience?
Yes, employers care more about your accounting depth than whether your previous roles were labeled fractional. If you've owned the close, managed audits, or built out reporting infrastructure as an in-house controller, those credentials transfer directly. Framing your resume to highlight cross-functional projects, the size and complexity of entities you've managed, and any consulting or project work you've done helps close the gap.
What does the fractional controller interview process look like?
Most processes run two to three rounds. The first is typically a screening call with a founder, CFO, or HR contact focused on your background and availability. The second goes deeper into your technical accounting experience, the systems you've used, and how you've handled close cycles or audits. A final round often includes a case study, a take-home exercise, or a working session with the existing finance team.
Where can I find and apply to fractional controller jobs?
You can find and apply to fractional controller jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search for roles that match your industry background, engagement model preference, and availability, then apply directly to each listing that fits.
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