Controller
Location: Hybrid in Champaign, IL
Our client is building for the future and looking for a hands-on Controller to help strengthen the accounting foundation of a fast moving, growth focused organization. This is an opportunity to step into a highly visible leadership role at a company expanding through acquisition, upgrading financial processes, and preparing for a more sophisticated reporting environment. The right person will have a direct impact on how the business scales, how leadership makes decisions, and how the finance function evolves over the next several years.
This role is ideal for an experienced accounting leader who enjoys improving structure, guiding teams, and solving complex operational challenges. The Controller will oversee core accounting activities, support integration work tied to acquisitions, and help bring greater rigor to reporting, controls, and cross functional coordination. The environment values collaboration, humility, accountability, and people who are willing to roll up their sleeves and get the work done.
What You Will Do
- Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual close activities while ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting.
- Oversee day-to-day accounting operations and maintain strong discipline across general accounting processes.
- Support leadership with financial analysis, reporting packages, and materials for senior stakeholders.
- Strengthen internal controls, accounting policies, and compliance practices across the function.
- Manage audit readiness and coordinate effectively with outside audit and tax partners.
- Oversee treasury related activities, cash visibility, and key banking relationships.
- Serve as the accounting leader for acquisition integrations, ensuring successful transition of financial processes, reporting, controls, and accounting operations following transactions.
- Partner with operational leaders to improve workflows, reduce friction, and increase financial visibility.
- Provide leadership to the accounting team and offer direction across adjacent billing operations.
- Help optimize ERP and related financial systems to support a growing and increasingly complex business.
What We Are Looking For
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- Progressive accounting leadership experience with significant controllership responsibility, either as a Controller, Assistant Controller, Director of Accounting, or similar accounting leadership role.
- Strong background in financial reporting, close management, and accounting operations.
- Proven success leading accounting and finance integration work tied to acquisitions.
- Experience building or improving processes in a company that is scaling.
- Track record of leading teams and creating accountability in a collaborative environment.
- Strong systems experience, including ERP platforms and reporting tools.
- CPA preferred.
- Public accounting background is a plus.
- Experience in a multi-site, infrastructure, services, or similarly complex operating environment is helpful.
Why Candidates Are Interested
- High visibility role with meaningful partnership across leadership.
- Opportunity to shape a growing accounting organization during an important stage of expansion.
- Exposure to acquisition activity and the chance to improve how integration is executed.
- Broad scope across reporting, controls, systems, process improvement, and team leadership.
- A chance to grow with a business that is actively investing in its future.
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