Highlights
Support audits, consolidations, intercompany accounting, fixed assets, lease accounting, and internal controls. • Gain direct exposure to the CFO, VP of Accounting, private equity ownership, and executive leadership team.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Waukesha, WI |
| Industry | Financial Services |
| Salary | $135,000–$160,000 Per Year |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1994 |
| Website | http://www.cfstaffing.com/ |
Description
Assistant Controller
Salary: $135,000-$160,000 + Discretionary Bonus
Why This Opportunity Stands Out:
• Become part of a business that has achieved significant growth, more than doubling its revenue.
• Gain direct exposure to the CFO, VP of Accounting, private equity ownership, and executive leadership team.
• Play a key role in shaping accounting processes, internal controls, and financial reporting during an exciting growth phase.
• Lead critical initiatives including cash forecasting, month-end close improvements, and process optimization.
• Manage and develop accounting team members while helping build the future structure of the department.
• Work in an entrepreneurial, fast-paced environment where your ideas and improvements can make an immediate impact.
• Be involved in acquisitions, integrations, consolidations, and strategic finance initiatives.
• Join an organization that continues to invest heavily in growth while maintaining operational momentum.
Key Responsibilities for the Assistant Controller:
• Lead and manage the month-end close process, ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting.
• Oversee cash management, including rolling 13-week cash forecasting and liquidity planning.
• Review and approve journal entries, account reconciliations, and financial statement analyses.
• Manage accounting team members, including AP and accounting staff, while developing department talent.
• Support audits, consolidations, intercompany accounting, fixed assets, lease accounting, and internal controls.
• Partner with leadership on budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, and process improvement initiatives.
Qualifications for the Assistant Controller:
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance required
• 8+ years of progressive accounting experience, including financial reporting and month-end close responsibilities.
• Prior leadership experience managing accounting staff.
• Strong experience with general ledger accounting, financial statement preparation, reconciliations, and cash management.
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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.
