Senior External Auditor: Lead Financial Controls & Strategy

DataFlow Systems; Rockford (IL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 89,000; Full time

Job summary

DataFlow Systems in Rockford, IL is seeking an External Auditor liaison who can translate numbers into actionable narratives. You’ll support pricing, margins, and unit economics, reconcile the inventory ledger to a physical count, and keep depreciation schedules in sync as assets retire.

You will monitor cash positioning, understand DSO and DPO together, and turn sprawling spreadsheets into controlled, auditable workbooks.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Calm under scope changes by a Rockford, IL client.
• Resilience across 4 years of finance cycles.
• Comfortable presenting ideas to stakeholders at every level.
• 4+ years building trust the slow, unglamorous way.
• Comfort owning a number that goes up or down because of you.

Responsibilities

• Support the External Auditor in modeling pricing, margins, and unit economics
• Reconcile the inventory ledger to a physical count without the drama
• Keep depreciation schedules synced as assets retire across Rockford
• Watch DSO and DPO together, not as isolated numbers
• Run weekly cash positioning and short-term borrowing decisions
• Turn a sprawling spreadsheet into a controlled, auditable workbook
• Prepare board-ready financial packages and innovative executive summaries

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Calm under scope changes

Stakeholder presentations

Finance experience

Financial modeling

Job description

DataFlow Systems in Rockford, IL is seeking an External Auditor liaison who can translate numbers into actionable narratives. You’ll support pricing, margins, and unit economics, reconcile the inventory ledger to a physical count, and keep depreciation schedules in sync as assets retire.

You will monitor cash positioning, understand DSO and DPO together, and turn sprawling spreadsheets into controlled, auditable workbooks.