Controller - Midwest and Chicago

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 responsibilitiesCFO 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 finance, operations, products, procurement, real estate, HR, legal, and other support functions.
· Prepare financial models, investment summaries, business case support, scenario analysis, and post-review tracking.
· Monitor project milestones, financial commitments, risks, decision points, and expected benefits.
· Support station planning, facility reviews, productivity initiatives, investment discussions, and regional improvement programs.

Process Improvement and Finance Discipline
· Develop repeatable CFO office…