Highlights
Key Responsibilities for the Accounting Manager: • Lead inventory and cost accounting activities, including manufacturing variance analysis. This is an opportunity to lead a team, enhance processes, and gain visibility with senior leadership while supporting a business experiencing significant growth.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Northbrook, IL |
| Industry | Financial Services |
| Salary | $120,000–$130,000 Per Year |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1994 |
| Website | http://www.cfstaffing.com/ |
Description
Ready to take ownership of core accounting operations within a growing manufacturing organization? This is an opportunity to lead a team, enhance processes, and gain visibility with senior leadership while supporting a business experiencing significant growth.
Accounting Manager
Why This Opportunity Stands Out:
• Join a rapidly growing manufacturing company with strong momentum and multiple new product launches
• Gain direct exposure to executive leadership and key business decisions
• Lead and develop a team while driving process improvements and internal controls
• Participate in a bonus and equity program tied to company success
• Enjoy a collaborative, high-performance culture that rewards initiative and results
• Hybrid work schedule with two days in the office
Target Compensation: $120,000-$130,000 base salary plus bonus
Key Responsibilities for the Accounting Manager:
• Lead inventory and cost accounting activities, including manufacturing variance analysis
• Manage month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes
• Oversee accruals, accounts payable, payroll, compensation, and debt-related accounting
• Prepare financial statements, account reconciliations, and audit support schedules
• Supervise and develop two accountants while strengthening SOX controls and accounting processes
Qualifications for the Accounting Manager:
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA preferred
• Strong inventory and cost accounting experience within a manufacturing environment
• Experience with SOX compliance and internal controls in a public or complex organization
• Background working with large ERP systems such as Dynamics, NetSuite, SAP, Oracle, or similar
#INOCT2026
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.
