Growth has outpaced your accounting operations.
More customers, more vendors and more employees mean more invoices, more bills and more payroll. The work outgrows one bookkeeper, and things start to slip: late vendor payments, slow collections, payroll errors and a month-end close that drags on.
Investors and lenders start asking for reviewed financials and tighter controls. The founder knows the business needs a controller, but a full-time hire is a big commitment for a role that doesn’t need 40 hours a week yet.
What it costs you
Cash tied up in receivables
Slow invoicing and follow-up leave money uncollected.
Late payments and payroll errors
Vendor relationships and employee trust suffer.
Weak controls
Without oversight, errors and fraud risk grow with volume.
A close that drags on
Reports arrive too late to act on.
How Tier 2 solves it.
one bookkeeper stretched across everything
a full-time bookkeeper plus a full-time AP, AR & Payroll Clerk
forecasts done when someone has time
a full-time Founder’s FP&A Analyst
no one overseeing reporting and controls
a Fractional Controller who leads the team
processes nobody has reviewed in years
an SOP and tech stack review, with the inefficiencies fixed
Who’s on your Tier 2 team.
Your Fractional Controller leads the team and works with your CPA on tax preparation and tax planning.
Founder’s Bookkeeper
Records every transaction, reconciles accounts and keeps your books current and investor-ready.
Accounts Payable, Receivable & Payroll Clerk
Pays bills on time, invoices and collects from customers, and runs accurate payroll.
Founder’s FP&A Analyst
Owns budgets, forecasts, scenario models and the KPIs that show where your business is heading.
Fractional Controller
Leads your Founder’s Accounting team, oversees reporting and controls, and serves as your relationship manager, working with your CPA on tax preparation and tax planning.
Your processes and systems in Tier 2.
We review your SOPs and tech stack for inefficiencies that affect our work, and fix those pieces so your team runs smoothly. This review doesn’t include broader recommendations or rebuild projects.
Every tier aims to close your month-end, quarter-end and year-end books within 10 business days, so you get timely numbers you can act on.
Everything you don’t have to manage.
No payroll or bonuses
We pay your finance team, so you don’t have to.
No benefits or FICA taxes
You never pay benefits or payroll taxes for your finance team.
No HR issues
Performance, reviews and people problems are ours to handle.
No hiring or firing
We recruit, train and, when needed, replace team members.
No staffing firms or fees
No recruiter placements or agency markups.
25%–50% lower cost*
Compared with building the same team in-house.
Built by founders. Held to a higher standard.
Founder-led
Founded by Jon Peyton, a serial entrepreneur who built the firm to solve the finance problems his own clients faced.
Credentialed team
Team members hold MBA, CFP®, CPA, CPM, CPMM and EA credentials.
The Founder’s Way™
One documented process for every client, so your books, forecasts and reporting always tell one consistent story.
Security & compliance
Encryption, controlled access, confidentiality agreements and vetted technology at every step.
Your financial data, protected at every step.
Encryption
Your financial data is encrypted in transit and at rest.
Controlled access
Role-based access, multi-factor authentication and access removed the moment it’s no longer needed.
Bank account safeguards
Only authorized team members are given bank access, and only with your approval.
Confidentiality
Every team member is bound by confidentiality agreements.
Compliance-focused processes
Documented procedures, separation of duties and clear audit trails.
Vetted technology
Our own tech stack follows strict security protocols, and every platform we use, or that connects to your systems, is held to the same high standards.
Questions? Answers.
Who is my main point of contact in Tier 2?
Your Fractional Controller. They lead your Founder’s Accounting™ team, manage the relationship and coordinate with your CPA.
Who is Tier 2 best for?
Growing companies that need full accounting operations, payroll and controller-level oversight.
Can we move to another tier later?
Yes. Most clients move up a tier as they grow, without any recruiting or hiring on their side.
How is it priced?
Each tier is priced monthly based on your company’s scope and transaction volume. We share pricing after a short discovery call.
How do you protect our financial data?
Security is built into how we work. Your financial data is encrypted in transit and at rest, access is limited to the people who need it and protected with multi-factor authentication, and every team member is bound by confidentiality agreements. Bank account access is granted only to authorized team members, only with your approval, and removed as soon as it’s no longer needed. Every platform we use, and every tool that connects to your systems, is held to high security standards.
Still have a question?
Compare with the other tiers.
*Compared with hiring equivalent in-house roles, including salaries, bonuses, benefits, payroll taxes, recruiting and staffing firm fees. Based on Founder’s Accounting’s cost comparison; actual savings vary by company and role.
Don’t let your finances be the reason why.
Talk with our team: +1 888 348 8573