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Outsourced controller

Outsourced controller services, embedded in your business.

An outsourced controller, sometimes called a fractional controller, is a senior finance professional who owns your month-end close, reporting, and controls. Satinwood embeds one full-time in your business, with the seniority of a local hire, at a fraction of the cost.

Serving the US and Canada · CA Sri Lanka, ACCA, CIMA, CFA qualified
At a glance
SeniorityController level and up
ModelFull-time, embedded, dedicated
OwnsClose, reporting, controls
Time to matchAbout two weeks
CostA fraction of a local hire
The role

What an outsourced controller does.

A controller owns the integrity of your numbers, not just the data entry. A Satinwood controller runs the following end to end, inside your own tools.

01

Month-end close

Owns the full close on a fixed cadence, with reconciliations done and the books locked on time, every month.

02

Financial reporting

Builds the monthly reporting pack leadership and investors can trust, with the judgment behind the numbers.

03

Controls and compliance

Sets and runs the internal controls that keep the numbers clean and the business audit-ready.

04

Cash and working capital

Tracks cash, AR, AP, and working capital so you always know your position and runway.

05

Budgeting and forecasting

Supports the budget and forecast, and the variance analysis that explains what actually happened.

06

Audit and raise prep

Gets the books and the file ready for an audit, a raise, or diligence, without the last-minute scramble.

Why Satinwood

A controller who owns your numbers.

Always senior

Controller level and above, qualified and experienced, with real ownership inside global firms.

Dedicated and embedded

Full-time and exclusive to you, inside your tools and team. Not a shared pool and not a pooled task queue.

Finance only

We place finance and nothing else. Most offshore providers are generalist marketplaces. We are a finance firm.

A fraction of the cost

The same seniority as a local controller, for far less, because the talent sits in a lower-cost market, not because the work is junior.

How we compare

The seniority of a local hire, at a fraction of the cost.

Local hireTypical offshoreSatinwood
SenioritySeniorOften juniorAlways senior
Owns the close and controlsYesTask processingYes, end to end
Embedded and exclusiveYesOften pooledYes, full-time
Time to hireTwo to three monthsWeeksAbout two weeks
Relative costSix figuresLow, but limitedA fraction of a local hire
Who it is for

Built for growing US and Canadian companies.

Your first finance leader

You have outgrown a bookkeeper and need someone to own the numbers, but it is not time for a full-time controller's salary.

Replacing a departing controller

Your controller left and the close cannot wait two or three months for a local hire to start.

Scaling past spreadsheets

The business has gotten complex and the reporting and controls need a senior hand to hold the standard.

Getting ready to raise or sell

You need clean books and an audit-ready file before diligence, and you need it handled now.

Questions

Outsourced controller, answered.

Get started

Get a senior controller, embedded.

Tell us about your close and your stack. We hand-select a senior controller and embed them full-time, usually within about two weeks. We also place outsourced FP&A and full finance teams for CPG and consumer brands.