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A fractional controller’s expertise. The leverage of modern automation.

Senior finance leadership, books cleanup, executive bridge coverage, ERP implementation, and interim leave coverage for founder-led SMBs, mid-market companies, and foreign-owned US subsidiaries. A boutique practice — three to ten clients at a time, sized to the combined requirements of the current portfolio.

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Why a boutique practice

Most fractional controllers stack as many clients as they can carry. That model serves the controller, not the client. SeaBreeze runs the other way: a deliberately small roster — three to ten clients at any given time, sized to the combined requirements and complexity of the current portfolio — so every engagement gets senior-level attention, fast response times, and the kind of pattern recognition that only comes from being deep in a company’s numbers rather than skimming the surface.

If you need someone to log in once a month and rubber-stamp a close, this isn’t the right fit. If you need a partner who will rebuild your close process, catch the $162,000 imbalance buried in your three-statement model, and give your CEO real answers in a board meeting — keep reading.

What I do

Fractional Controller

Monthly close, financial statement preparation, variance analysis with written commentary, cash flow forecasting, investor proformas, and year-end audit prep. The senior layer most companies are missing between their bookkeeper and their CFO.

Books Cleanup & Catch-Up

Senior cleanup work for companies with months of incomplete closes, balance sheet accounts that don’t tie, or prior-year books that were never properly finished. Fixed-fee project or bundled into an ongoing engagement. Cleanup-only is welcome — no conversion pressure.

Interim Controller Coverage

Senior controller-level coverage for maternity leave, paternity leave, FMLA, and extended absence. Structured handoff at the start, full ownership during the leave, and a clean desk waiting when your controller returns. Built to make the gap invisible to your CEO, your auditors, and your investors.

Senior Finance Search Coverage

Bridge coverage for Controller, CFO, Director of Finance, and VP Finance vacancies. Strictly interim — no audition, no conflict of interest with your search. Hold the seat, support the search, hand off clean. Limited to one active engagement at a time given the intensity of the work.

NetSuite & ERP Implementation

Client-side implementation leadership for QuickBooks→NetSuite, Ajera→NetSuite, and greenfield builds. Three active or recent migrations across pharma, e-commerce, and engineering. The goal: you don’t pay a NetSuite consultant $300/hour to discover gaps you could have surfaced beforehand.

AI & Finance Automation

Automated reconciliations, AI-assisted transaction coding, modern close workflows, and the judgment to know which automations actually save time versus which ones create new failure points. Most “AI bookkeeping” pitches are marketing. This is the practitioner’s version.

Selected engagement highlights

  • Diagnosed a recurring $162,244 balance sheet imbalance in a 12-period model in roughly 30 minutes. Traced the root cause to disbursements reducing retained earnings without a corresponding cash deduction, then rebuilt the cash flow statement using the indirect method.
  • Rebuilt 18 months of incomplete monthly closes for a growing manufacturer ahead of their first audit — reconciled every balance sheet account, documented every adjustment, and delivered audit-ready financials in nine weeks.
  • Led the client-side implementation of three NetSuite migrations across pharma manufacturing, e-commerce, and engineering services — each with different revenue recognition, multi-entity, and project-accounting requirements.
  • Stood up the US finance function for a German-parent subsidiary: intercompany reconciliations, weekly partner billing with 24-hour turnaround, inventory process management, and monthly reporting packs delivered to both US leadership and the foreign parent.
  • Built proforma financials and growth models that supported successful investor presentations for an early-stage pharmaceutical manufacturer.
  • Provided interim controller coverage during extended leave — full ownership of monthly close, audit prep, and investor reporting from pre-leave handoff through the returning controller’s first week back.
  • Held the seat through a multi-month CFO search at a mid-market company — managed the close, briefed the board through two quarters, and handed off cleanly to the permanent hire with zero search-process conflict.

Industries served

Pharmaceutical manufacturing · Engineering and professional services · E-commerce and DTC · Staffing and MSP · Equipment distribution · Specialty chemical manufacturing · Foreign-owned US subsidiaries

Who this is for

  • Annual revenue $2M to $100M
  • Ready to invest in real financial infrastructure, not just compliance
  • Open to modernizing the close, the stack, or both
  • Comfortable with a three-to-six month minimum engagement

If that sounds like you, the next step is a 30-minute call.

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