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Outsourced Controller & Advisory
Hands-on financial leadership and controller support, scaled to the needs of your business.
Outsourced Controller & Advisory
A controller relationship.
The resources of a CPA firm.
When you engage MyCPA, LLP for outsourced controller support, your relationship is with our firm. You gain a coordinated approach to accounting oversight, financial reporting, and business decisions, with access to broader accounting, tax, and advisory expertise as your needs evolve. We tailor the scope so you can obtain the support you need without automatically committing to a full-time controller position.
How we can help
- Cash flow forecasts and budgets
- Management reporting and performance measures
- Controller and close oversight
- Lender packages and financing support
- Financial process and internal control reviews
Compare the full investment
What could an in-house controller cost?
Choose your state for a salary starting point, then tailor the costs to your business.
California salary benchmark: $180,770. May 2025 median for financial managers, including controllers; all employer sizes.
| Salary | $180,770 |
|---|---|
| Benefits & employer payroll costs 30 percent assumption | $54,231 |
| Overhead Editable allowance | $10,000 |
Salary uses a broader occupation benchmark, not a measured average for mid-sized-company controllers. Benefits and overhead are illustrative assumptions, not state averages.
Adjust salary, benefits & overhead
Include health coverage, retirement contributions, employer payroll taxes, and workers’ compensation in the benefits allowance. Use actual plan and payroll costs when available. Do not add regular paid leave again if it is already covered by annual salary.
Overhead may include incremental equipment, software, workspace, and training. Only include costs attributable to this hire. Recruiting, vacancy coverage, bonuses, and business interruption are excluded unless you add them to your inputs.
Changing states resets salary to that state’s benchmark and keeps your other assumptions.
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Sources & how it works
Salary: BLS May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, Financial Managers (SOC 11-3031), as published by CareerOneStop. This category covers controllers and other financial-management roles across industries and company sizes. The median is the midpoint, not the arithmetic average. Location within a state, experience, and responsibilities affect actual offers.
Annual total = salary + (salary × benefits percentage) + overhead. Monthly total = annual total ÷ 12. Default 30% benefits and $10,000 overhead are adjustable planning assumptions selected for this example. They are not BLS estimates.
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Data checked September 19, 2026. Calculations update as you make changes; the underlying wage dataset is not a live feed. Estimates are rounded to whole dollars.
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Why outsource your controller role?
More depth. Greater continuity.
Support built around your business.
The knowledge of a firm behind your numbers
A controller needs to see how the details fit together: the monthly close, cash requirements, financial statements, and the decisions management is preparing to make. Working with a CPA firm creates a connection to a broader range of experience. Accounting questions can be considered alongside tax and business implications, with additional specialists involved when appropriate to the engagement.
Your service plan defines who does the work, who reviews it, and how questions are escalated. Access to the firm’s expertise does not mean every service is included in one fee; it means there is a clear path to discussing the help your business needs.
Continuity beyond one individual
When one employee holds the financial knowledge of a business, an unexpected departure or absence can disrupt reporting, collections, and management decisions. A firm-based relationship can reduce that dependence through documented procedures, shared records, and an agreed approach to handoffs and coverage.
Staffing changes can occur in any organization. The benefit is a structure designed to retain working knowledge and support an orderly transition, rather than having your company rebuild the controller function from the beginning after each change.
A more complete view of cost
An internal controller’s salary is only one part of the investment. A fair comparison also considers employer payroll taxes, health and retirement benefits, paid leave, recruiting, onboarding, training, software, and management time. Vacancies may add temporary coverage costs, delayed reporting, and disruption to other employees’ work.
Outsourced support can cost less when your needs do not justify a full-time position or when a defined engagement can replace several separate demands on your team. The actual comparison depends on workload, complexity, systems, and scope. We help you assess the support required so you can compare a tailored fee with the full cost of the internal alternative.
Capacity that fits the work
Your reporting needs may change with growth, new entities, financing, or a more demanding close process. An outsourced arrangement lets you discuss the level of support around those needs, rather than treating every change as a new full-time hiring decision.
We can work alongside your bookkeeper or accounting staff, providing oversight and structure while they continue handling daily transactions. Changes in responsibilities, timing, and fees are agreed as the engagement evolves.
From records to useful information
What controller support can bring to your business.
A more dependable monthly close
A clear close calendar, assigned responsibilities, reconciliations, and review of supporting schedules help turn accounting activity into timely management reports. Consistent processes make differences easier to investigate and help reduce the last-minute scramble for information.
Earlier visibility into cash needs
Cash forecasts connect expected customer collections with payroll, supplier payments, debt obligations, and planned spending. Comparing actual results with the forecast helps management identify pressure points and discuss options before commitments become urgent.
Reporting connected to decisions
Budgets, variance analysis, and meaningful performance measures help explain what changed and why. Reporting can focus on the questions that matter to your company, such as product margins, project results, overhead, or the cost of growth.
Stronger processes and clearer accountability
Reviewing approval procedures, access permissions, and the division of accounting responsibilities can identify opportunities to improve internal controls. Documented workflows also make it easier to train staff and preserve knowledge as the business changes.
Better preparation for outside requests
Organized records and schedules support requests from lenders, tax preparers, and independent auditors. Controller support helps prepare the information; an audit or review is a separate engagement, subject to applicable independence requirements.
More time for owners to run the business
With defined reporting routines and a point of contact for financial questions, owners can spend less time coordinating scattered accounting tasks. Management retains responsibility for decisions and approvals, supported by a clearer financial picture.
A practical transition
Start with a plan, not a disruption.
Understand the current process.
We discuss your team, systems, reporting deadlines, existing records, and the issues taking up management’s time.
Define the responsibilities.
Agree on deliverables, a reporting schedule, points of contact, access permissions, coverage expectations, and fees before work begins.
Build a consistent rhythm.
Establish a handoff plan, organize recurring work, and schedule conversations to review results and adjust priorities.
Is outsourced controller support right for you?
It may be a strong fit if you have outgrown basic bookkeeping, need oversight for your existing accounting team, face a controller vacancy, or want more useful reporting without a full-time hire. A business with extensive daily on-site requirements may still benefit from an internal controller or a combination of internal staff and outside support.
Bring your current financial reports, an outline of staff responsibilities, and your reporting goals. We will discuss a practical scope and help you compare the alternatives.
Discuss your controller needsConnected support
Part of your bigger picture.
Let us talk about what is next
A good conversation.
A clearer way forward.
Tell us what is on your mind. We will help you find the right next step.