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

Fee: $50,000 standard anchor. 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, no discounting, optional.

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