Fractional CFO & Controller

Clarity in your numbers, without a full-time hire.

Element Accounting is a fractional CFO and controller practice for owners who've outgrown a bookkeeper but can't justify a full-time CFO — multi-entity close, intercompany eliminations, cash-to-accrual cleanup, and reporting you'd hand to a bank without flinching.

Selected clients

Businesses this work has been done for.

Real books, real closes. Each one started with some part of the finance function — and continued through the calls that came after.

Buxton Books
Tour Charleston
Candlefish
REWINED
Earth & Air Studios

Read a recent case study → See what gets checked before numbers leave →

The work

Three things, done well.

01 — Controller

A close you can trust

Monthly close on a calendar. Clean balance sheet. Reconciled accounts. Reporting you'd be comfortable handing to a bank or a buyer. More on outsourced controller work →

02 — CFO

A forward view, not a rear-view

Forecasts, cash flow models, scenario planning, and the weekly conversations that turn financial data into decisions.

03 — Systems & Dashboards

Dashboards owners actually open

The five to ten numbers that actually run your business — ready when you need them, not days after the fact. See a working example →

Who this is for

Owners who feel the gap.

Revenue is coming in. Bills are getting paid. But the financial picture feels fragmented, delayed, or unreliable — and you're making decisions on instinct because the numbers aren't telling you anything yet.

That's the gap this closes. Not bookkeeping. Not a tax-only CPA. Not a full-time CFO you can't justify yet. The seasoned finance partner who sits between those — and makes sure the rest of the stack actually works.

If you've ever opened your P&L, stared at it for thirty seconds, and closed the tab — yeah, that's the gap.

Industries

Generalists, by design.

Good finance discipline travels. Element Accounting has built finance functions inside manufacturers, retailers, restaurants, bars, tour operators, candle makers, breweries, yoga studios, bookshops, and construction firms — across a lot of very different books.

Manufacturing Retail & E-Commerce Restaurants & Bars Hospitality & Tours Construction Wellness & Studios Subscription & Membership Convenience & C-Store Bookshops & Creative Practices Professional Services

Ready for a financial conversation?

Thirty minutes on the biggest gap in your finance function, whether it's worth paying anyone to fix, and what happens next. No pressure, no obligation.

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