Controller​/CFO Entrepreneurial Mindset; Remote - CPA, MBA, CMA

Minneapolis-Based Applicants Preferred

At Resolve Works we are passionate about helping entrepreneurial organizations succeed. With roots in entrepreneurial leadership, closely-held business, and start-up operations, our team specializes in part-time, interim and project-based accounting for growing businesses.

We are looking for a Controller/CFO with startup experience who is flexible and is comfortable wearing many hats. Our clients are ambitious small businesses and startups. They can be scrappy and hands on. We help them shape their accounting function, implement processes, and analyze their businesses. We also play a key role in helping our clients identify technology tools, integrating digital platforms, and managing data flow and integrity between systems.

This role requires both technical accounting skills as well as strategic financial thinking. When paired with a client delivery team, some technical duties may be delegated to the junior members of the team, but the Controller/CFO must be able to perform all duties if working by themselves. When paired on teams, it will be the Controller/CFO’s responsibility to identify and delegate duties based on the structure of the delivery team and the scope of the client engagement.

• Proactive.
• Adaptable.
• Solution-Oriented.
• Driven by Purpose.
• Committed to the ‘Wow.’

• Oversees the daily workflow of the client delivery team.
• Provides training and constructive feedback to the junior members of the delivery team.

• The Team Lead is the senior accounting member in each client delivery team.
• The Controller/CFO is the team lead when paired on any delivery team.

• Client Onboarding - Assessment/Action Plan
• Identify and Implement Ongoing Processes
• Lead client communication and check-in calls
• Regular check-in calls with the delivery team
• Monitor deadlines and the quality of work

• Manage the monthly, quarterly, and annual close process.
• Prepare balance sheet reconciliations, manage adjusting journal entries, and maintain supporting work papers.
• Keep financial close checklists up to date with current tasks, due dates and assigned to the proper staff member.
• Document detailed processes, using both written and video instructions.
• Present financial statements to the client’s leadership team, board, or investors with in-depth analysis of variance trends and comparison against budget.
• Identify and implement relevant KPI monitoring.

• Drive the client’s annual budgeting process.
• Coordinate with the members of the executive team and various departments to gather information and assumptions.
• Build a dynamic, driver‑based budget with key assumptions clearly identified.

• Preparation of pro‑forma financial statements and forecasts for internal or investor use.
• Support client’s capital raise by participating in investor relations and helping to create pitch‑decks.
• Support M&A activities including analyzing targets, supporting due‑diligence, and making recommendations on post‑merger integrations.

• Forecast client cash needs and cash position.
• Proactively communicate cash matters to the client leadership team.

• Maintain accurate cost and purchase details in the inventory schedule.
• Accurately code inventory purchases to the proper item in the financial system.
• Manage creating and receiving inventory against purchase orders.
• Create inventory builds/production runs in a manufacturing environment.
• Reconcile and balance physical inventory counts to the financial system.

• Process timely and accurate payroll using third‑party payroll software.
• Process payroll tax reporting and submissions, if not managed by the payroll software.
• Maintain payroll schedules that accurately reflect employee wage rates, deductions, deferrals, and garnishments.
• Maintain bonus and other supplemental payroll schedules.
• Oversee onboarding and termination of employees in the payroll system.
• Timely management of employment account registrations by state. Enroll new states and manage TPA assignments in the payroll system, as necessary.
• Monitor…