Fractional Finance Operations

Your bank account is growing.
You just don't know why.

Buege Financial Operations builds and runs the finance function for multi-entity operators who have outgrown their bookkeeper — without the cost of a full-time hire.

20+
Entities managed simultaneously
15th
Monthly close deadline, every month
10+
Industries across the career

The problem

Most operators are running blind.
It's not a business problem — it's a structure problem.

Financials that arrive too late to matter

When your P&L hits your inbox 60 days after the month closes, you're making decisions with stale data. By the time you see the problem, you've already made three more decisions on top of it.

No consolidated view across entities

You own four locations. You have four separate pictures of performance. No one is rolling them up into a single, coherent view of where the business actually stands.

A bookkeeper at capacity doing controller work

Your bookkeeper is good at what they do. But month-end close, variance analysis, and revenue recognition aren't on their job description — and you've been asking anyway.

No forward visibility

You know what happened last month. You have no model for what happens next quarter. Capital allocation, hiring decisions, and expansion plans are made on instinct because there's nothing else to go on.

Services

Three levels.
One point of contact.

Every engagement starts with a diagnostic: what's broken, what's missing, and what you actually need. From there, we scope the right level of support. Most clients start at Controller and grow from there.

Foundation

$1,500–2,000

per month

Monthly bookkeeping and reconciliation
P&L and balance sheet by the 15th
Chart of accounts setup and maintenance
Annual tax-ready package
Single entity. Up to $3M revenue.

Finance Director

$5,000–8,000

per month

Everything in Controller
FP&A model with rolling forecast
KPI dashboard by entity
Budget build and monthly review
Lender and investor reporting packages
5+ entities. $10M+ revenue. Growth stage.

Project work

Infrastructure build · $3K–8K FP&A model build · $5K–12K Lender / investor package · $2.5K–5K Hourly consulting · $125–150/hr

Work

From 60-day lag to
15-day close across 13 entities.

Multi-entity hospitality operator

Finance infrastructure built from zero for a $20M+ operator with no consolidated reporting, no close process, and no forward visibility.

A growing hospitality group spanning vacation rentals, activity rentals, retail, realty, and development had strong revenue and no ability to explain it. Financials were 45–60 days late. Leadership was making capital decisions based on bank balance alone.

45→15

Days to close, before and after

13

Entities under consolidated reporting

Zero

Starting point for FP&A infrastructure

Monthly

KPI delivery across all entities

What was broken

No formal close process or deadlines
Fragmented chart of accounts across entities
Inconsistent revenue recognition across booking platforms
No roll-up, no consolidated P&L
No forward-looking model or budget

What was built

Restructured chart of accounts for consolidation
Published close calendar with enforced deadlines
Revenue recognition methodology aligned across platforms
Consolidated FP&A workbook with entity-level variance commentary
KPI framework and dashboard across all entities

"Leadership went from making capital decisions based on bank balance to reviewing a consolidated P&L with entity-level variance commentary — delivered before the 15th of every month."

About

Built for operators.
By someone who has run the numbers.

Colton Buege

Founder, Buege Financial Operations

Entities managed 20+
Industries 10+
QBO / Escapia / Streamline Expert
FP&A model builds Multi-entity
Tax prep Multi-entity

Buege Financial Operations is a fractional accounting and finance practice built for operators who run complex, multi-entity businesses and need more than a bookkeeper — without the overhead of a full-time hire.

The practice was founded by Colton Buege, a finance director and controller with experience across hospitality, restaurants, golf, apartments, self-storage, mobile home parks, service companies, and more. He has built accounting systems and FP&A infrastructure for portfolios ranging from 2 to 20+ entities.

The focus is simple: clean financials delivered on time, consolidated visibility across every entity you operate, and a forward-looking model when you're ready for it.

Hospitality Vacation rentals Golf courses Restaurants Service companies Apartments Self-storage Mobile home parks Retail Development

Contact

Ready to see what your numbers actually say?

Most engagements start with a 20-minute call. You describe the operation, I tell you exactly what I'd build and what it costs.

colton@buegefinancial.com

Based in Port Aransas, TX — serving operators nationwide

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