As a Fractional Controller at Paprika Partners, you’ll be a senior financial lead for a portfolio of owner-operated businesses. You’ll own the client relationship, oversee the quality and accuracy of the accounting function, and help founders understand what their numbers are really telling them.

This is a senior role, but it is not a “review from a distance” role. The right person can move comfortably between high-level financial strategy and hands-on execution. One moment you may be advising a founder on cash flow, margins, or hiring decisions. The next, you may be reviewing journal entries, tightening month-end close, cleaning up a balance sheet, or helping resolve an AP/AR issue that needs real judgment.

You’ll report directly to the founder and lead principal of the firm and work closely with Accounting Managers, Staff Accountants, Bookkeepers, and FP&A team members. This role will not directly manage other team members, but it will be expected to guide work, review deliverables, raise standards, provide technical direction, and help ensure nothing falls through the cracks.

This is a seat for someone who has formal accounting training, real private-company experience, and the mindset of an owner/operator. You know what strong accounting looks like, but you also understand that business owners need clarity, practicality, and judgment, not just technically correct financial statements.