Fractional Finance Leadership

Financial clarity.
Strategic insight.
Stronger organizations.

Smyrna Consulting provides experienced accounting, controller, and fractional finance leadership to help nonprofits and growing businesses strengthen operations, improve reporting, and make better-informed decisions.

35+ Years Experience Nonprofit Expertise Controller-Level Guidance
Services

Trusted financial leadership. Tailored to your goals.

Support can range from hands-on accounting operations to controller-level oversight and fractional finance leadership.

01

Accounting & Controller Support

Close, reconciliations, general ledger oversight, AP/AR workflows, controls, and stronger accounting processes.

02

Financial Reporting & Analysis

Decision-ready statements, board reporting, KPIs, variance analysis, and management commentary.

03

Budgeting & Forecasting

Operating budgets, rolling forecasts, cash flow planning, and scenario analysis that support sound decisions.

04

Fractional CFO / Controller

Senior finance oversight, staff guidance, executive support, controls, and financial leadership without full-time overhead.

05

Audit & Compliance Support

Audit readiness, supporting schedules, nonprofit restrictions, grant accounting, documentation, and year-end support.

35+ YearsAccounting and finance experience
22+ YearsSupporting nonprofit organizations
MBABusiness and financial leadership perspective
CNAPCertified Nonprofit Accounting Professional
Who We Serve

Senior finance support without unnecessary overhead.

Smyrna Consulting is designed for organizations whose needs have moved beyond basic bookkeeping but may not require a full-time senior finance executive.

Nonprofits & mission-driven organizationsGrant accounting, restrictions, budgets, board reporting, compliance, and audit support.
Charter schools & education organizationsFinancial reporting, reserves, board packages, compliance, and audit readiness.
Growing businessesClose discipline, cash visibility, forecasting, controls, and controller oversight.
Organizations in transitionFinance team changes, cleanup, new systems, accounting-firm transitions, or rapid growth.
Fractional Leadership

You may not need a full-time controller. You still need controller-level thinking.

Experienced finance leadership can strengthen both the day-to-day accounting function and the quality of the decisions made from the numbers.

  • Oversee month-end close and financial reporting.
  • Strengthen internal controls and accountability.
  • Guide accounting staff and outside providers.
  • Improve budgeting, forecasting, and cash visibility.
  • Support executives, boards, auditors, and CPAs.
Why Smyrna Consulting

Experienced guidance with a hands-on approach.

Strong financial leadership requires both strategic perspective and command of the details. Smyrna Consulting works comfortably at both levels.

The goal is not more reports or more complexity. It is a finance function that is accurate, timely, understandable, and genuinely useful to leadership.

Our Approach

From financial friction to financial clarity.

We begin with the fundamentals, then strengthen the processes, reporting, and financial insight leadership needs.

01 / ASSESS

Understand

Review systems, responsibilities, reporting, close processes, and immediate priorities.

02 / STABILIZE

Correct

Resolve urgent reconciliations, cleanup, documentation, deadline, and reporting gaps.

03 / STRENGTHEN

Improve

Build repeatable workflows, stronger controls, and clearer management visibility.

04 / ADVISE

Support

Provide ongoing accounting, controller, and fractional finance leadership.

About Smyrna Consulting

Financial expertise that connects accounting to better decisions.

Smyrna Consulting combines senior-level accounting and finance experience with practical execution. Engagements can be structured around ongoing fractional support, a focused project, or a transition and stabilization period.

Every engagement is built around the same objective: stronger financial operations, clearer information, and greater confidence in decision-making.

Start a Conversation

Tell us what is happening in your finance function.

Share a few details about your organization and the support you need. We will use the information to make the introductory conversation focused and useful.

Next step: After reviewing your inquiry, Smyrna Consulting will contact you to coordinate an introductory conversation.

Please do not include confidential financial, tax, banking, payroll, or personally identifiable information in this initial inquiry.

Your inquiry will be emailed to Smyrna Consulting after submission.