Controller - Midwest and Chicago

Deutsche Post; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Deutsche Post in Chicago seeks a Controller for the Midwest to lead CFO Office execution and drive regional financial performance. You will partner with station leadership, product teams, and finance to translate priorities into actions with clear owners and deadlines.

The role focuses on governance, cost controls, working capital, and profitability improvement, coordinating cross-functional initiatives and monthly performance reviews across stations.

Responsibilities

• Lead CFO priorities execution, including business reviews, action tracking, issue resolution, and leadership follow-up.
• Prepare CFO-ready papers, executive summaries, presentations, talking points, and leadership recommendations.
• Represent CFO priorities in discussions with station managers, product leaders, finance teams, and support functions.
• Maintain visibility of regional commitments, blockers, owners, due dates, risks, and next steps.
• Partner with station managers and product leaders to monitor financial performance and drive corrective actions.
• Lead follow-up on underperforming stations, margin deterioration, productivity issues, and working capital exposure.
• Challenge station assumptions and submissions before escalation to the CFO.
• Coordinate monthly station performance discussions and document agreed actions.
• Manage pre-review of exceptional finance approvals including credits, cost protections, capex, leases, and unusual requests.
• Ensure requests include background, rationale, financial impact, documentation, risks, and recommended action.
• Coordinate with Accounting, Controlling, OTC, P2P, R2R, Legal, Procurement, Real Estate to resolve questions before CFO review.
• Track actions to completion and confirm execution as required.
• Lead monitoring and escalation of unbilled shipments, disputes, AR aging, credit exposure, missing billing, and revenue leakage.
• Coordinate action plans with station teams to improve month-end readiness and reduce exposure.
• Drive root cause analysis for profitability issues, billing gaps, disputes, or finance breakdowns.
• Support customer profitability reviews, large account decisions, pricing topics, and margin improvements.

Job description

Job Title: Controller - Midwest and Chicago

Job Location: Chicago, Illinois

We have an exciting opportunity for a Manager, Regional Finance & Business Performance - CFO Office. This role will support the Regional / Area CFO and act as a direct extension of the CFO office across station performance, business reviews, strategic initiatives, financial governance, and cross-functional execution.

Description

The Manager, Regional Finance & Business Performance - CFO Office is responsible for driving CFO office execution across the region. This position partners directly with station leadership, product teams, finance functions, and support departments to ensure financial priorities are translated into clear actions, owners, and measurable outcomes.

Main responsibilities

CFO Office Leadership and Execution

• Lead the execution rhythm for key CFO priorities, including business review preparation, action tracking, financial issue resolution, and leadership follow-up.
• Prepare CFO-ready decision papers, executive summaries, presentation materials, talking points, and recommendations for senior leadership discussions.
• Represent CFO priorities in follow-up discussions with station managers, product leaders, finance teams, and support functions when appropriate.
• Maintain visibility of regional commitments, blockers, owners, due dates, risks, and next steps.

Station Performance and Business Partnering

• Partner with station managers and product leaders to monitor financial performance, identify gaps, and drive corrective actions.
• Lead financial follow-up on underperforming stations, margin deterioration, productivity challenges, cost issues, and working capital exposure.
• Challenge station assumptions and financial submissions before escalation to the CFO.
• Coordinate monthly station performance discussions and ensure agreed actions are documented and completed.

Financial Governance and Approval Management

• Manage pre-review of exceptional finance approvals, including credit notes, cost protection, profit sharing, capital expenditure, lease topics, and unusual cost requests.
• Ensure requests include clear background, business rationale, financial impact, supporting documentation, risks, and recommended action.
• Coordinate with Accounting, Controlling, OTC, P2P, R2R, Legal, Procurement, Real Estate, and other owners to resolve open questions before CFO review.
• Track approved actions to completion and confirm operational or accounting execution where required.

Working Capital, Revenue Leakage and Profitability Improvement

• Lead regional monitoring and escalation of unbilled shipments, disputes, AR aging, credit exposure, missing billing, missing cost accruals, loss-making shipments, and revenue leakage.
• Coordinate action plans with station teams and functional owners to improve month-end readiness and reduce recurring financial exposure.
• Drive root cause analysis for recurring profitability issues, billing gaps, disputes, or operational finance breakdowns.
• Support customer profitability reviews, large account decisions, customer wins and losses, pricing topics, and margin improvement initiatives.

Strategic Projects and Investment Support

• Lead or coordinate CFO-sponsored projects across