Controller

Blue Cross Blue Shield; Sioux Falls (SD); On-site; USD 45,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship program

Benefits package

Job summary

Blue Cross Blue Shield in Sioux Falls seeks a freelance Controller with a strong ownership mindset and 1+ year in finance. You will turn ledgers into forecasts, streamline month-end close, and review financial statements while ensuring scope stays aligned with client needs.

You will mentor juniors, manage stakeholders, and support payroll and system automation initiatives, enabling dependable decision-making for the team.

Qualifications

• Ownership mindset when handling company funds and decisions.
• 1+ years building trust through reliable financial work.
• Ability to adapt when client scope changes mid-stream.
• Proven track record in finance tasks and accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Turn raw ledgers into forecasts the finance team can actually plan against.
• Streamline month-end close to reduce reporting turnaround time.
• Prepare and review monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements.
• Pair flexibility reporting with payroll processing reviews for feedback loop.
• Support system migrations and automation of finance workflows in Sioux Falls.
• Review contracts and invoices for accuracy before payment release.
• Trim days off the AP cycle without straining vendors.

Skills

Ownership mindset

Trust-building

Scope adaptability

Finance results

Storytelling with data

Stakeholder management

Mentoring juniors

Job description

Join Blue Cross Blue Shield and bring rigor, accuracy, and a sharp analytical eye to a freelance Controller role in Sioux Falls. At Blue Cross Blue Shield, $45,000 - $69,000 buys a junior seat, but 1 years of Journal Entries buys you the ownership that comes with it.

Key Responsibilities

• Turn raw ledgers into forecasts the finance team can actually plan against
• Streamline month-end close to reduce reporting turnaround time
• Prepare and review monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements
• Pair Flexibility reporting with Payroll Processing reviews for a tighter feedback loop
• Support system migrations and automation of finance workflows in Sioux Falls
• Review contracts and invoices for accuracy before payment release
• Trim days off the AP cycle without straining a single vendor

What You'll Bring

• The kind of ownership that treats the company's money like your own
• 1+ years building trust the slow, unglamorous way
• Demonstrated calm when a Sioux Falls, SD client changes scope mid-stream
• Demonstrated wins in finance work somewhere near Sioux Falls, SD
• Storytelling instincts that turn data into a decision
• Practical Stakeholder Management skills sharpened in a freelance setting
• Demonstrated capacity to mentor or support junior teammates

The founders of Blue Cross Blue Shield left bigger companies to build something relentlessly curious in Sioux Falls, and finance has been better for it. We'd rather coach a values-led learner than babysit a brilliant jerk, every single time.

At $45,000 - $69,000, with mentorship and a benefits suite to match, this Controller seat at Blue Cross Blue Shield is built for people who want to rise.

The Blue Cross Blue Shield team is scaling in Sioux Falls, SD, and we are hiring for it now.