Finance Transformation & M&A Integration Leader

Brilliant®; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 165,000 - 248,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive hourly rate

Job summary

Brilliant® announces an Interim Controller position focused on Finance Transformation & M&A Integration across a $1B+ privately held entity. The role blends technical accounting leadership with hands-on ERP and integration work, requiring a strategic yet execution‑driven finance lead.

You will drive controllership, oversee ERP implementation, manage complex acquisition integrations, and redesign processes to accelerate the close and scale finance operations.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive accounting and finance project experience.
• Strong foundation in GAAP accounting, month-end close, consolidations, financial reporting, controls, and accounting operations.
• Significant hands-on experience leading or playing a major finance-side role in ERP implementation, conversion, or migration.
• Experience with platforms such as JDE and Oracle highly preferred.
• Meaningful M&A and post-acquisition integration experience, preferably involving the integration of accounting processes, systems, reporting, and controls
• Demonstrated success leading large, complex finance projects from planning through execution
• Ability to operate at both the strategic and hands-on level — this person should be equally comfortable working with executives and getting into the details of accounting, systems, or integration issues
• CPA strongly preferred; CMA or MBA also valued
• Big 4 and/or consulting experience is helpful, but this role requires someone who has owned and executed transformation inside an organization — not simply advised on it

Responsibilities

• Controllership and accounting leadership including close, consolidations, reporting, controls, and scalable processes
• ERP implementation and conversion leadership through design, configuration, testing, data migration, cutover, stabilization, and hypercare
• M&A integration including opening balance sheets, COA alignment, reporting, controls, systems, close processes, and policies
• Finance transformation to redesign processes for efficiency and growth
• Complex cross-functional project leadership across finance, accounting, IT, operations, external advisors
• Systems and data integration ensuring data translates to future-state environment
• Program governance and execution with milestones and risk management
• Post-implementation optimization to ensure adoption and effectiveness

Skills

GAAP accounting

Month-end close

Financial reporting

Controls

Finance project leadership

Executive communication

Education

CPA

CMA or MBA

Tools

JDE

Oracle

Job description

Brilliant® announces an Interim Controller position focused on Finance Transformation & M&A Integration across a $1B+ privately held entity. The role blends technical accounting leadership with hands-on ERP and integration work, requiring a strategic yet execution‑driven finance lead.

You will drive controllership, oversee ERP implementation, manage complex acquisition integrations, and redesign processes to accelerate the close and scale finance operations.