90-Day Controller Stabilization and Modernization Program

A defined 90-day engagement to stabilize your close and modernize your reporting

What It Is

Built entirely from your Controller Gap Diagnostic findings, the 90-Day Program is a structured engagement that stabilizes your monthly close, redesigns your reporting, and reduces the risk of depending on any one person for financial continuity. It is organized into three phases.

Days 1 to 30: Stabilize

Kickoff, close review, ownership mapping, immediate close-risk fixes.

Days 31 to 60: Modernize

Process redesign, reporting redesign, close calendar and checklist governance built.

Days 61 to 90: Institutionalize

Signoff cadence established, documentation and transition plan finalized, handoff to ongoing oversight discussed.

Who It’s For

Contractors and trades businesses that have completed a Controller Gap Diagnostic and have specific, identified gaps in close discipline, reporting, or key-person dependency that are ready to be addressed directly.

Deliverables

A stabilized monthly close process with a documented close calendar and checklist.

Clarified ownership and review structure.

A redesigned, decision-ready reporting package.

Reduced key-person dependency through documentation and cross-coverage.

A controller playbook and ownership matrix.

Standardized month-end balance sheet reconciliation templates and a review checklist. Signal is never responsible for the underlying transactional data feeding a reconciliation; preparation of specific reconciliations is available only as a separately scoped staff-augmentation add-on.

A documented transition path: internal hire, continued Signal oversight, or a hybrid.

What’s Not Included

Bookkeeping, data entry, or hands-on transactional cleanup work. Signal is never responsible for the underlying transactional data feeding a reconciliation.

Tax planning, tax compliance, or tax preparation of any kind.

Recruiting or search services, even when a recommendation involves a staffing change.

Audit, review, or compilation services, or any form of assurance or attestation opinion.

Investment and What Follows

Actual fee scoped per engagement based on Diagnostic findings. Fixed fee, not billed hourly.

After the Program: Monthly Close and Control Oversight is available separately at $8,500 per month.

The 90-Day Program follows a completed Controller Gap Diagnostic and its own signed engagement letter.