Job Description
Controller
Looking for a Controller role where you can influence strategy, improve operations, and partner directly with executive leadership? This opportunity offers broad ownership across accounting, forecasting, cash flow management, and business performance within a growing, process-driven organization.
Salary: 100,000 - 130,000 + bonus
Why This Opportunity Stands Out:
• Direct partnership with the CFO and CEO on strategic initiatives and business decisions
• Highly visible leadership role with significant influence on company performance and operational outcomes
• Opportunity to lead financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, and cash management efforts
• Ability to drive process improvements, strengthen internal controls, and enhance reporting capabilities
• Leadership responsibility across accounting, invoicing, accounts receivable, and accounts payable functions
• Exposure to project-based accounting, inventory management, and operational decision-making
• Opportunity to build scalable financial processes within a growing organization
• Key member of the management team with input into long-term business strategy
Key Responsibilities for the Controller:
• Oversee month-end close, treasury management, budgeting, and forecasting activities
• Prepare consolidated financial statements, forecasts, and management reporting
• Manage cash flow forecasting and initiatives focused on improving liquidity and reducing DSO
• Lead accounting, AP, AR, invoicing, and financial operations teams
• Monitor project performance, WIP accounting, inventory accounting, and financial results
• Partner with executive leadership and operations teams to provide financial insights and recommendations
Qualifications for the Controller:
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field
• 5-7+ years of accounting and finance experience
• Experience with WIP accounting and project-based or construction-related accounting environments
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, and cash flow management
• CPA preferred
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Looking for a Controller role where you can influence strategy, improve operations, and partner directly with executive leadership? This opportunity offers broad ownership across accounting, forecasting, cash flow management, and business performance within a growing, process-driven organization.
Salary: 100,000 - 130,000 + bonus
Why This Opportunity Stands Out:
• Direct partnership with the CFO and CEO on strategic initiatives and business decisions
• Highly visible leadership role with significant influence on company performance and operational outcomes
• Opportunity to lead financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, and cash management efforts
• Ability to drive process improvements, strengthen internal controls, and enhance reporting capabilities
• Leadership responsibility across accounting, invoicing, accounts receivable, and accounts payable functions
• Exposure to project-based accounting, inventory management, and operational decision-making
• Opportunity to build scalable financial processes within a growing organization
• Key member of the management team with input into long-term business strategy
Key Responsibilities for the Controller:
• Oversee month-end close, treasury management, budgeting, and forecasting activities
• Prepare consolidated financial statements, forecasts, and management reporting
• Manage cash flow forecasting and initiatives focused on improving liquidity and reducing DSO
• Lead accounting, AP, AR, invoicing, and financial operations teams
• Monitor project performance, WIP accounting, inventory accounting, and financial results
• Partner with executive leadership and operations teams to provide financial insights and recommendations
Qualifications for the Controller:
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field
• 5-7+ years of accounting and finance experience
• Experience with WIP accounting and project-based or construction-related accounting environments
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, and cash flow management
• CPA preferred
#Controller #AccountingJobs #FinanceJobs #LeadershipJobs #CorporateAccounting #FPA #ChicagoJobs
#LI-LF1
#INNOV2026
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Northbrook, IL |
| Industry | Financial Services |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1994 |
| Website | http://www.cfstaffing.com/ |
About Company
Founded by CPA firms in 1994, Creative Financial Staffing has spent over 30 years helping job seekers and employers succeed. In fall 2025, we rebranded as CFS—a name that reflects our full range of expertise while staying true to the trusted company you know.
CFS is the industry’s leading employee-owned staffing firm, connecting top talent in accounting, finance, technology, and human resources. We provide skilled professionals on both a temporary and permanent basis across diverse industries, leveraging our extensive network to match the right people with the right opportunities.
Our dedication to excellence extends to our award-winning culture, recognized repeatedly for growth, recruiting, workplace environment, and employee support. Honors include Forbes’ “America’s Best Recruiting and Temporary Staffing Firms,” Staffing Industry Analysts’ top U.S. staffing rankings, FlexJobs’ Top 100 Companies for Remote and Hybrid Work, Top Workplaces USA, Newsweek’s Best Practices awards, and more.
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