Senior Controller (Contract) – Finance, Reporting & Analysis

Community Development Partners, LLC.; Knoxville (TN); On-site; USD 81,000 - 108,000; Full time

Job summary

Community Development Partners, LLC. is seeking a contract Senior Controller in Tennessee to own hands-on accounting, reporting, and stakeholder-ready analysis. The role offers real ownership and a pay range of $81,000–$108,000 per year.

Responsibilities include board-ready financial packages, a new reconciliation checklist, budget tracking with department heads, forecasting tied to SQL reviews, and multi-round budget reforecasts. A calm, collaborative leader is ideal.

Qualifications

• Customer-focused outlook with strong interpersonal skills.
• Senior-caliber judgment about when to upscale and when to absorb.
• Comfort presenting to a TN-wide audience without a script.
• The diplomacy to align stakeholders who don't agree yet.
• Strong multitasking ability without sacrificing quality.
• Calm under the forward-thinking chaos a senior role tends to generate.

Responsibilities

• Prepare board-ready financial packages and candid executive summaries.
• Build the senior analyst's first reconciliation checklist from scratch.
• Partner with department heads to track spending against approved budgets.
• Pair forecasting reporting with SQL reviews for a tighter feedback loop.
• Carry the senior budget reforecast through three rounds of leadership review.

Skills

Hands-on accounting

Stakeholder analysis

Forecasting

SQL reviews

Job description

Community Development Partners, LLC. is seeking a contract Senior Controller in Tennessee to own hands-on accounting, reporting, and stakeholder-ready analysis. The role offers real ownership and a pay range of $81,000–$108,000 per year.

Responsibilities include board-ready financial packages, a new reconciliation checklist, budget tracking with department heads, forecasting tied to SQL reviews, and multi-round budget reforecasts. A calm, collaborative leader is ideal.