Controller

Energy Innovation Corp; Maple Grove (MN); On-site; USD 100,000 - 148,000; Full time

Job summary

American Express in Maple Grove, MN is seeking a senior finance professional to lead treasury, budgeting, and asset management. The role emphasizes owning the finance outcome and delivering timely, accurate reports for leadership.

With 5+ years of experience, you will translate budgeting complexity for non-technical stakeholders, manage relationships, and mentor the next generation while maintaining high standards of accuracy and independence.

Qualifications

• 5+ years building trust the slow, unglamorous way
• Demonstrated calm when a Maple Grove, MN client changes scope mid-stream
• Experience translating budgeting complexity for a non-technical audience
• A portfolio that speaks louder than any line on your resume
• Self-motivated and able to work independently with minimal oversight
• Comfort defending a recommendation in front of skeptics

Responsibilities

• Manage banking relationships and optimize treasury operations
• Build budget-vs-actual reviews managers across Maple Grove look forward to
• Manage fixed-asset schedules, depreciation, and capital expenditure tracking
• Keep the fixed-asset register current as equipment moves through Maple Grove, MN
• Watch DSO and DPO together, not as isolated numbers
• Generate ad hoc reports combining Innovation and Accounts Payable for finance leadership
• Assist with quarterly investor reporting and agile financial narratives
• Reconcile payroll liabilities so the MN filings never bounce

Skills

Finance leadership

Self-motivated

Stakeholder management

Public speaking

Education

CPA/ACA or equivalent

Job description

The spreadsheets at American Express are large, the stakes are real, and the Controller chair has been empty too long. Net it out: freelance, $100,000 - $148,000, 7 years, ownership of the finance outcome, and an American Express team that has your back.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage banking relationships and optimize treasury operations
• Build budget-vs-actual reviews managers across Maple Grove look forward to
• Manage fixed-asset schedules, depreciation, and capital expenditure tracking
• Keep the fixed-asset register current as equipment moves through Maple Grove, MN
• Watch DSO and DPO together, not as isolated numbers
• Generate ad hoc reports combining Innovation and Accounts Payable for finance leadership
• Assist with quarterly investor reporting and agile financial narratives
• Reconcile payroll liabilities so the MN filings never bounce

What You'll Bring

• The discipline to document while it's fresh, not after it's forgotten
• 5+ years building trust the slow, unglamorous way
• Demonstrated calm when a Maple Grove, MN client changes scope mid-stream
• Experience translating Budgeting complexity for a non-technical audience
• A portfolio that speaks louder than any line on your resume
• Self-motivated and able to work independently with minimal oversight
• Comfort defending a recommendation in front of skeptics

There's a reason finance leaders keep calling American Express: this quick-to-ship Maple Grove, MN team simply refuses to ship anything mediocre. New hires ship something real in week one, because we'd rather you learn by doing.

This senior role pays $100,000 - $148,000 and comes with structured mentorship designed to sharpen your ACA and Public Speaking over time.

We bumped this posting hours ago because the role is still very much open.