Fractional CFO & Controller · Early-stage companies

Your finance function,
built right from day one.

I set up your books so they're AI-native from the start, run your monthly close and runway, and hand the whole system over when you hire your first finance person.

Book a 30-minute finance check-in How it works →
25+
Years in finance
Controller
Working, running a close every month
2 years
Of AI inside a live month-end close
Build · Operate · Transfer
01
Blueprint · about 2 weeks
$2,500 fixed
02
Build · 4–6 weeks
03
Operate · monthly, until you hire
04
Transfer · about 4 weeks
You can stop after any phase. Details →

Most early-stage companies need a controller before they need a CFO.

MONTH-END CLOSE ✦ BANK RECONCILIATION ✦ AP PROCESSING ✦ FINANCIAL REPORTING ✦ CAS WORKFLOWS ✦ GL MANAGEMENT ✦ MANAGEMENT REPORTING ✦ BOARD DECKS ✦ CLIENT DOCUMENT COLLECTION ✦ MONTH-END CLOSE ✦ BANK RECONCILIATION ✦ AP PROCESSING ✦ FINANCIAL REPORTING ✦ CAS WORKFLOWS ✦ GL MANAGEMENT ✦ MANAGEMENT REPORTING ✦ BOARD DECKS ✦ CLIENT DOCUMENT COLLECTION ✦

Sound familiar? These are the problems we solve.

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Too much time on adminHours lost to manual journal entries, document chasing, and rebuilding the same reports every month.
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Disconnected tools & systemsYour GL, your subledgers, and your source files don't talk to each other — and your team fills the gap manually.
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AI overwhelmYou know AI could help but don't know where to start, what to trust, or what's actually worth the investment.
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Capacity, capped by manual workYour close runs long and your team is maxed out, so month-end drags — or you can't take on more clients.
Who we are

We're not tech people who learned business. We're the other way around.

Most AI consultants come from technology and try to apply it to accounting. I come from accounting — 25+ years running real finance and operations, currently a Controller — and I've learned which AI tools actually make a difference in the close, the reconciliation, and the monthly reporting cycle. No overcomplicated solutions. No wasted investment. No outcomes you can't measure.

Our story
Business judgment first
We prioritise AI opportunities by business impact — not what's technically interesting. Your ROI always comes first.
Fast to value, built to last
We get your first workflow live quickly, then build from there. No long projects before you see a result.
Priced for real budgets
No enterprise price tags. Scoped for in-house teams and small firms with real budgets and real deadlines.
What we do

AI built around how your business runs.

All Services
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Operations & Workflow Automation
We identify the manual tasks eating your team's time and replace them with smart, reliable AI workflows — from close checklists to client document collection to the monthly reporting cycle.
Close checklistClient document collectionAP codingReporting
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Finance & Accounting AI
Automate your month-end close, bank reconciliations, AP/AR, and reporting — for your own books or your clients'. Built by a Controller who runs these processes every day — specific to your stack, not generic advice.
InvoicingReconciliationExpensesReporting
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AI Workflow Diagnostic
The start-here service. We map your workflows, cut through the hype, and deliver your AI Roadmap — a clear, prioritised plan. $1,500 fixed fee, 10 business days.
Workflow mappingAI RoadmapTool selectionFixed fee
How it works

From first conversation to live solution.

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Free Discovery Call
30 minutes to learn about your business and where time is being lost. No pitch — just a real conversation.
02
Workflow Mapping
We map your workflows and pinpoint the highest-impact AI opportunities, with expected time savings and ROI.
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Build & Deploy
First automation live — typically within two weeks. Your team is trained and confident before we move to the next.
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Measure & Expand
We track hours saved and impact delivered. Then identify the next opportunity and keep building.

See what AI could do for your business.

Book a free 30-minute call. We'll identify your biggest time drain and tell you honestly whether AI can fix it — no obligation, no sales pressure.

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