Controller
CFS
White Bear Lake, MN
Controller
Compensation: $130,000–$140,000+
Schedule: Full-Time, On-Site
Industry: Specialty manufacturing
About the Role
This is a hands-on, multi-entity Controller role supporting several businesses within a larger group. You will own day-to-day accounting operations and serve as a senior technical resource to the team.
Key responsibilities include:
- Full month-end close ownership for multiple entities
- Prepare financial statements and balance sheet reconciliations
- Manage general ledger accuracy, journal entries, accruals, and allocations
- Support AR/AP activity for assigned entities (not processing, but oversight and troubleshooting)
- Work cross-functionally with operations, engineering, R&D, and quality teams
- Assist with process improvement and workflow optimization
- Act as a mentor to senior accountants and accounting specialists
- Support intercompany transactions, reconciliations, and cash management
- Utilize and support an ERP environment (Epicor/Kinetic experience helpful but not required
What We’re Looking For
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
- 7+ years of progressive accounting experience
- Strong hands-on experience in GL, reconciliations, journal entries, and month-end close
- Experience supporting multiple entities or complex business structures
- Comfortable with a mix of hands-on work and mentoring
Compensation & Benefits
- $130,000–$140,000+ base salary
- Discretionary performance-based bonus
- 3 weeks PTO to start; increases to 4 weeks after 5 years
- Paid holidays
- HSA with company match
- Life and disability insurance
- 4% 401(k) match
- PTO rollover options
- Supportive, people-first culture
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MaxSalary: USD140000
MinSalary: USD110000
About the Company
CFS
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.