About the Opportunity
We are partnering with a SaaS company that is seeking a Fractional SVP / Controller to support the business through a period of change and growth. This person will serve as a senior accounting and controllership leader, helping bring structure, scalability, and strong financial discipline to the organization.
This is a great opportunity for an experienced SaaS accounting leader who enjoys jumping into high-growth environments, assessing current-state processes, and helping build a stronger foundation across accounting operations, reporting, controls, and systems.
Position Overview
The Fractional SVP / Controller will oversee core accounting operations and provide senior-level leadership across the controllership function. This person will be responsible for ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting, improving close processes, supporting SaaS-specific accounting needs, and partnering closely with leadership to create scalable accounting infrastructure.
The ideal candidate will have deep SaaS experience, strong technical accounting knowledge, and a proven ability to operate effectively in a hands-on, fast-paced, growth-oriented environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Oversee day-to-day accounting operations, including month-end close, reconciliations, accruals, financial reporting, and general ledger activities
- Lead and improve the month-end and quarter-end close process, with a focus on accuracy, timeliness, and scalability
- Support SaaS-specific accounting areas, including revenue recognition, deferred revenue, bookings, billings, ARR/MRR-related reporting, commissions, and customer contract review
- Ensure compliance with US GAAP and support appropriate accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls
- Assess current accounting processes and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, accuracy, and scalability
- Partner with executive leadership, finance, FP&A, sales operations, and other cross-functional teams to support business needs
- Support board, lender, investor, or executive reporting as needed
- Help evaluate systems, tools, workflows, and reporting structures to support continued company growth
- Mentor and support the accounting team, providing guidance around priorities, process improvements, and best practices
- Support audit readiness, tax support, compliance needs, and external advisor relationships as applicable
Ideal Background
- Significant progressive accounting and controllership experience, ideally at the Controller, VP Controller, SVP Controller, or Chief Accounting Officer level
- Must have prior SaaS industry experience
- Strong understanding of SaaS business models, recurring revenue, subscriptions, deferred revenue, revenue recognition, and related accounting considerations
- Experience working in high-growth, PE-backed, venture-backed, or scaling technology environments preferred
- Strong US GAAP and technical accounting foundation
- Proven ability to improve close processes, reporting quality, controls, and accounting infrastructure
- Experience partnering with senior leadership and cross-functional teams
- Comfortable operating in a hands-on fractional capacity while also providing strategic accounting leadership
- Experience with ERP/accounting systems and SaaS finance tools preferred
- CPA strongly preferred
What Makes This Role Compelling
- Opportunity to step into a senior leadership role with a growing SaaS company
- Ability to make an immediate impact on accounting structure, scalability, and process improvement
- Highly visible role working closely with executive leadership
- Ideal for a fractional accounting leader who enjoys building, improving, and helping companies through growth stages