Assistant Controller

SilkStart Technology Inc.; Brighton (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meaningful Work

Career Growth

Supportive Culture

Competitive Benefits

Wellness & Work-Life Balance

Fun Employee Perks

Award-Winning Workplace

Job summary

Work Skills Corporation is seeking an accounting professional to lead and strengthen our accounting operations. Reporting to the President and CEO, you will oversee financial reporting, budgeting support, audits, and internal controls while guiding accounting staff across multiple business lines.

This role emphasizes collaboration, process improvement, and leadership development within a supportive nonprofit environment that values diversity and growth opportunities for its finance team.

Qualifications

• Accounting Expertise: Strong analytical skills, sound judgment, and attention to detail.
• Leadership Potential: Leadership experience is helpful, but a willingness to grow is equally valued.
• Multifaceted Experience: Background across multiple business units, industries, or lines of business is a plus.
• Nonprofit & For-Profit Knowledge: Experience in both environments is highly desirable.
• Education: Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or a related field preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversee accounting operations and financial reporting.
• Support budgeting, audits, internal controls, and compliance.
• Guide and develop accounting staff.
• Partner with leaders across business lines to support financial decisions.
• Improve accounting processes, systems, and efficiency.

Skills

Accounting Expertise

Leadership Potential

Multifaceted Experience

Nonprofit & For-Profit Knowledge

Education-Accounting Field

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or related field

Job description

We're a nonprofit with a unique business model spanning multiple lines of business, including both nonprofit and for-profit operations. From clinical and residential services to staffing and commercial production, you'll gain exposure to diverse financial operations while supporting one meaningful mission.

Put Your Accounting Skills to Work for Something Bigger!

At Work Skills Corporation (WSC), we create opportunities for people with disabilities and other barriers to learn, work, and live more independently. For more than 50 years, our mission has made a difference in our community.

We're seeking an accounting professional ready to make an impact, whether you're an experienced Controller or an accounting professional ready to grow into an Assistant Controller role.

Why WSC?

We're a nonprofit with a unique business model spanning multiple lines of business, including both nonprofit and for-profit operations. From clinical and residential services to staffing and commercial production, you'll gain exposure to diverse financial operations while supporting one meaningful mission.

Join an experienced, collaborative Accounting Department where you can build on established knowledge, share ideas, and contribute to continued growth.

The Opportunity

Reporting to the President and CEO, you'll help lead and strengthen WSC's accounting operations.

• Oversee accounting operations and financial reporting.
• Support budgeting, audits, internal controls, and compliance.
• Guide and develop accounting staff.
• Partner with leaders across business lines to support financial decisions.
• Improve accounting processes, systems, and efficiency.

What We're Looking For

• Accounting Expertise: Strong analytical skills, sound judgment, and attention to detail.
• Leadership Potential: Leadership experience is helpful, but a willingness to grow is equally valued.
• Multifaceted Experience: Background across multiple business units, industries, or lines of business is a plus.
• Nonprofit & For-Profit Knowledge: Experience in both environments is highly desirable.
• Education: Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or a related field preferred.

You don't need previous Controller experience to apply! We're excited to connect with experienced accounting professionals ready for their next step.

Why Work Skills Corporation?

At WSC, your work has purpose. As a local, community-based nonprofit, we help people optimize their potential while offering our employees opportunities to grow, connect, and make a difference.

• Meaningful Work: Help create opportunities and change lives in your community.
• Career Growth: Enjoy career laddering, tuition reimbursement, and professional development opportunities.
• Supportive Culture: Work in a casual, family-like environment with an experienced team that values collaboration.
• Competitive Benefits: Medical, dental, and vision insurance with no or low employee contributions; life, LTD, AD&D, AFLAC, paid time off, and a 403(b) with employer match.
• Wellness & Work-Life Balance: Receive $150 annually through WSC Cares for eligible health and wellness expenses.
• Fun Employee Perks: Enjoy popcorn days, massage days, prize drawings, slushy days, casual dress, and Work Thrills! events.
• Award-Winning Workplace: Recognized by Crain’s Coolest Places to Work 2025, The Best of MichBusiness, and the National Best & Brightest Companies to Work For.

At WSC, you're more than a job title. You're part of a supportive team making a meaningful difference.

Come Grow With Us!

Bring your financial expertise, fresh ideas, and leadership potential to an organization where business success and community impact go hand in hand.

Bring your skills. Grow with us. Help us change lives!

WORK SKILLS CORPORATION IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

EEO/AA Employer/Vet/Disabled. WSC provides equal employment opportunities and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, height, weight, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

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