Fractional Financial Controller & Finance Manager Services in Singapore
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A part of your team
Some businesses outgrow task-based outsourcing but aren't ready for a full-time finance hire.
The volume is too much for a standard bookkeeping-and-tax arrangement, yet a salaried controller, with the CPF, the contract, and the managing, is more than the business needs.
Harvest Accounting fills that gap. We second a senior member of our team into your business for a set number of days each week, at a fixed monthly fee, to own your accounting, controls, and reporting as a financial controller or finance manager.
They work as part of your team, backed by Harvest's software, your Client Manager, and our review layers. Senior finance, with a firm behind it.
Build for the business
between outsourcing
and hiring
- Your transaction volume has grown to the point where task-by-task outsourcing no longer fits, but a full-time controller is more headcount than you need.
- You need someone senior to own the month-end close, the controls, and the reporting, not just process the books.
- You want finance to help with budgets, forecasts, and cash flow, not only compliance.
- You'd rather not take on the salary, CPF, leave, and management of a permanent finance hire, or risk a single point of failure.
- You're scaling or professionalising, and you need finance to keep pace without over-hiring.
Controller, finance manager, or CFO?
These three roles are often confused. The simplest distinction:
- A financial controller makes sure the numbers are accurate, controlled, and compliant. They own the close, the financial statements, audit readiness, and internal controls. The engine room of finance.
- A finance manager turns plans into budgets, forecasts, and day-to-day performance. They own the business case, the cash-flow model, and the management reporting that tells you if you're on plan.
- A CFO decides where the business is going financially: strategy, capital, fundraising, and the boardroom. The most senior finance role.
Harvest can support your CFO with fractional financial controller and finance manager support. We can provide reliable numbers so you can focus on the strategy and make better informed decisions.
A member of your team, with a firm behind them
A traditional outsourced arrangement is organised around services: bookkeeping, annual financial statements, tax, GST. That works well until your needs stop fitting neatly into those buckets.
With a Harvest fractional finance lead, you get a person, not a set of tasks. They are seconded into your business for the days you need, integrated into how you work, and free to help wherever finance is needed that week, whether that's a board pack, a cash-flow model, a systems clean-up, or a tricky reconciliation.
And unlike a single in-house hire, they never work alone. Behind them sits the full Harvest team: our software stack, your Client Manager, and our review layers. You get senior capability with cover and a second pair of eyes, not a single point of failure when someone takes leave or resigns.
No CPF. No employment contract. No recruitment. One fixed monthly fee.
What a financial controller or finance manager covers
As your financial controller (accuracy, control, and compliance):
- Running day-to-day accounting operations and keeping an accurate general ledger.
- Managing month-end and year-end close, and preparing timely financial statements.
- Overseeing accounts payable, accounts receivable, and payroll for accuracy and timeliness.
- Designing and monitoring internal controls to safeguard your assets and reduce the risk of fraud.
- Coordinating external audits and managing the auditor relationship.
- Improving your accounting policies, procedures, and financial systems.
As your finance manager (planning and performance):
- Building budgets, forecasts, and cash-flow plans.
- Monitoring cash flow, working capital, and liquidity.
- Turning your numbers into insights, dashboards, and management reporting.
- Analysing variances and helping department heads understand the financial impact of their decisions.
- Supporting decisions with scenario modelling, and evaluating business cases and investments.
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A fixed monthly fee, scoped to you
There's no off-the-shelf price, because a two-day-a-week controller and a four-day-a-week finance lead are different engagements. We quote a fixed monthly fee based on the days and the level you need, so you always know the cost, with no salary, CPF, leave, or recruitment on top.
Tell us what you're dealing with and we'll come back with a personalised proposal.
Frequently
Asked
Questions
A fractional financial controller is a senior finance professional who works for your business part of the week, rather than as a full-time employee. They own the accuracy of your numbers: the month-end close, financial statements, internal controls, and audit and compliance readiness, for a fixed monthly fee, without hiring a permanent role. At Harvest, that person is seconded from our team and backed by our software, your Client Manager, and our review layers.
A financial controller makes sure the numbers are accurate, controlled, and compliant, owning the close, the statements, and internal controls. A finance manager turns plans into budgets, forecasts, and day-to-day performance. A CFO decides the company's financial strategy, capital, and fundraising at board level. In smaller companies one person often covers the controller and finance manager work. Harvest provides fractional financial controller and finance manager support.
We provide fractional financial controller and finance manager support, not a CFO. The distinction matters: a CFO owns financial strategy, capital, fundraising, and investor or board relationships, while a controller owns accuracy, close, controls, and compliance, and a finance manager owns budgets, forecasts, and performance. Most growing SMEs need the controller and finance manager layer first, and that is what we deliver. Where you have a CFO, we're glad to give them the reliable numbers their decisions depend on.
Outsourced accounting is organised around services: bookkeeping, financial statements, tax, and GST, delivered to a scope. A fractional finance lead is organised around a person: someone senior embedded in your team for set days each week, free to help wherever finance is needed rather than confined to those service buckets. Many businesses start with outsourced accounting and move up to a dedicated finance lead as they grow.
No. The finance lead is seconded from Harvest, so there's no CPF, no employment contract, and no recruitment. You get the capability of a senior hire without the obligations, and you can scale the days up or down as your needs change.
For most SMEs, yes. A full-time controller means a substantial salary, CPF, leave, and the time spent managing and covering the role. A fractional arrangement gives you the seniority you need for the days you need, at a fixed monthly fee, with a whole firm behind the person rather than a single point of failure.
The fee is a fixed monthly amount, scoped to the days and level you need, so a two-day controller and a four-day finance lead are priced differently. There's no salary, CPF, or recruitment on top. Tell us what you're dealing with and we'll come back with a personalised proposal.
Senior finance, without the full-time hire.
Tell us about your business and where finance is stretched, and we'll come back within one business day with a personalised proposal: the right level of support, the right number of days, and one fixed monthly fee. No obligation.
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