Financial Controller

Balance Staffing Company

Phoenix (AZ)

On-site

USD 150,000 - 230,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Job summary

Balance Staffing Company is seeking an executive-level Head of Finance/VP Finance in Phoenix to lead the finance function and professionalize accounting, reporting, and treasury. This hands-on leader will drive disciplined processes, internal controls, and clear visibility into profitability, cash flow, and performance indicators across the enterprise.

The role requires extensive experience in high-volume environments, strong corporate finance background, and the ability to scale finance systems

Qualifications

10+ years of accounting or finance leadership experience.
Strong corporate controller or VP Finance background.
Experience managing accounting and reporting in companies between $50M and $300M in revenue.
Experience leading accounting teams and improving reporting processes.
Strong knowledge of GAAP and financial controls.
Experience operating in high-volume, operationally complex businesses.
Preferred: experience within the staffing industry or payroll-intensive service businesses.
Familiarity with payroll accounting, workers’ compensation accounting, and staffing industry revenue dynamics.
Experience building branch-level or client-level profitability reporting.
Experience improving financial discipline in growing organizations.

Responsibilities

Manage the monthly close process and ensure timely and accurate financial reporting.
Establish disciplined close calendars, reconciliations, and reporting standards.
Ensure financial statements are accurate, consistent, and decision-ready.
Implement strong accounting controls and documentation standards.
Maintain compliance with accounting and regulatory requirements.
Oversee payroll-related accounting and tax obligations.
Monitor receivables and client payment cycles.
Oversee treasury operations and cash forecasting.
Reduce DSO and improve cash collection discipline.
Build profitability reporting by client, branch, and service line.
Establish standardized financial KPIs and monthly executive reporting.
Support budget and forecast development and variance analysis.

Skills

10+ years accounting/finance

Controller/VP Finance background

Experience with $50M-$300M revenue

Leading accounting teams

GAAP knowledge

High-volume operations

Job description

Executive Leadership Role – Strategic Context

The company is a ~$100M multi-state staffing and workforce solutions provider entering a critical stage of growth and organizational evolution. Over the next several years, leadership is executing a strategy designed to scale the business significantly while strengthening operational discipline, financial visibility, and technology-enabled capabilities across the enterprise.

Historically, the organization has built a strong market position through client relationships, service quality, and local execution. As the business enters its next phase, leadership is focused on building the systems, infrastructure, and management processes necessary to support sustained growth, improved profitability, and enterprise-level operational maturity.

A core objective of this transformation is the development of a more integrated, scalable operating platform that allows the company to manage performance with greater transparency, predictability, and efficiency across all functions.

Building an institutional-quality operating platform with standardized processes, scalable infrastructure, and disciplined management systems
Modernizing technology architecture and data infrastructure to improve operational efficiency and decision-making
Establishing enterprise-grade reporting, analytics, and KPI governance across all functions
Strengthening sales, recruiting, and delivery capabilities to support sustained revenue growth while improving gross margin performance
Aligning operational execution, financial management, and technology capabilities across the leadership team

To support this transformation, the company is strengthening its executive leadership team across Sales, Finance, Technology, and Operations. These leaders will work together to implement the infrastructure, reporting discipline, and operational cadence required to support scalable growth and consistent performance.

The company is seeking leaders who are comfortable operating in a hands-on environment and who have experience helping organizations evolve from founder-led operating models into more disciplined, professionally managed enterprises.

Role Overview

The Head of Finance / VP Finance is responsible for leading and professionalizing the company’s finance and accounting function. The role is primarily focused on building a strong financial foundation through disciplined accounting processes, reliable reporting, strong cash management, and improved financial visibility across the organization.

This role is best suited for a hands-on finance leader with a strong corporate controller background who is comfortable operating in a high-volume, operationally complex business environment.

The primary objective of the role is to ensure the company has accurate financial reporting, disciplined financial processes, strong internal controls, and clear operational visibility into profitability, cash flow, and key financial performance indicators.

The Head of Finance will play a central role in improving financial discipline across the organization while building a scalable finance function capable of supporting the company’s continued growth.

Core Responsibilities

Accounting Leadership and Financial Reporting

Manage the monthly close process and ensure timely and accurate financial reporting
Establish disciplined close calendars, reconciliations, and reporting standards
Ensure financial statements are accurate, consistent, and decision-ready
Implement strong accounting controls and documentation standards
Maintain compliance with accounting and regulatory requirements

Staffing Industry Financial Controls

Oversight of payroll-related accounting including payroll liabilities and tax obligations
Accurate accounting for workers’ compensation exposure and reserves
Monitoring receivables and client payment cycles
Ensuring billing accuracy across clients and business units
Maintaining disciplined balance sheet reconciliations and financial controls

Cash Management and Treasury

Manage payroll funding cycles and cash forecasting
Monitor daily cash position and liquidity needs
Oversee banking relationships and treasury operations
Improve forecasting accuracy for payroll, receivables, and operating cash flow
Establish stronger working capital management practices

Accounts Receivable and Collections Discipline

Improve visibility into aging receivables and collection performance
Establish consistent credit review and credit limit policies for clients
Work with operations and sales leadership to address overdue accounts
Reduce Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) and improve cash collection discipline

Profitability Reporting and Financial Visibility

Build profitability reporting by client, branch, and service line
Establish standardized financial KPIs across the organization
Create monthly reporting packages for executive leadership
Improve visibility into margin performance and cost structure
Provide financial insights that improve operational decision-making

Financial Discipline Across the Organization

Support budget and forecast development
Monitor financial performance against plan
Provide visibility into operational and financial variances
Reinforce financial accountability across sales, operations, and recruiting teams

Finance Systems and Reporting Infrastructure

Support integration between accounting, payroll, and operational systems
Improve reporting reliability and data consistency across systems
Evaluate tools that improve financial reporting and workflow efficiency
Ensure financial data integrity across the organization
Assess and strengthen current finance and accounting team capabilities
Establish clear roles, accountability, and reporting structure
Recruit additional finance talent as the organization grows
Build a disciplined and collaborative finance organization

Qualifications

Required Experience

10+ years of accounting or finance leadership experience
Strong corporate controller or VP Finance background
Experience managing accounting and reporting in companies between $50M and $300M in revenue
Experience leading accounting teams and improving reporting processes
Strong knowledge of GAAP and financial controls
Experience operating in high-volume, operationally complex businesses

Preferred Experience

Experience within the staffing industry or payroll-intensive service businesses
Familiarity with payroll accounting, workers’ compensation accounting, and staffing industry revenue dynamics
Experience building branch-level or client-level profitability reporting
Experience improving financial discipline in growing organizations

Leadership Characteristics

Hands-on operator comfortable leading accounting and financial operations
Process builder capable of establishing structured financial processes
Operational partner able to collaborate with sales, operations, and technology leaders
Financial disciplinarian focused on accountability and transparency

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