Fractional Controller & CFO services for owner-operated companies
Stop paying someone to type.
Thirty years running accounting departments, now paired with smart tools that handle the repetitive part — intake, sorting, matching, and flagging. What's left is the judgment, and that's the part you're hiring me for.
30 minutes · no prep · no sales sequence
retail locations closed monthly, on schedule
average annual growth supported across four companies, audits passed
reporting standards handled — US and international
years inside accounting departments, not consulting from outside
Most controllers bill you for the typing.
I don't. The repetitive work — pulling documents, sorting them, matching transactions, catching duplicates, drafting regular entries — runs as an automated workflow I build into the engagement. It isn't an upsell and it isn't a demo. It's how the close gets done on time without a bigger team.
Outskill AI Generalist Accelerator, completed
Applied AI and agentic workflow design — the reason the automation here is built rather than bought.
Documents file themselves
Statements, bills and receipts get pulled in, read, and sorted into the right categories — instead of sitting in an inbox.
Recs start from exceptions
Transactions are matched across sources and duplicates caught before they enter your books, so a person reviews a short list, not a full ledger.
Recurring entries arrive drafted
Regular monthly adjustments come up prepared, with their supporting details already attached.
The package assembles itself
Statements, notes, and supporting files compile and go out on the dates you already knew about.
Nothing posts unreviewed. Automation drafts, sorts, matches and flags; a person signs off. If a number can't be traced back to a source document, it doesn't go in your reports.
“The repetitive work is free now. You're hiring me for the judgment.”
Controller-level work, without the controller-level hire.
Month-end close
A clear monthly process with owners and due dates, so you know when your numbers will be ready.
Tax-ready financials
Clean statements your tax professional can use without a long list of follow-up questions.
Fractional CFO
A financial partner who helps you see what is coming and make decisions with confidence.
David Noble
Dealerships, distribution, multi-location retail, manufacturing, and startups with reporting that had to hold up under audit.
I take a small number of clients, so each one gets real attention. And I'll say plainly what I'm not: I'm not a CPA and I don't file returns. I hand your tax professional books they can file from directly.
The full backgroundTell me what's going on with your books.
Thirty minutes, no cost, no preparation. I'll tell you straight whether I can help — and if I can't, what you actually need.
- 30 minutes · video or phone
- Mountain Time · Mon–Fri
- david@taveaccountingllc.com