Director of Finance, Accounting

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Own and lead the accounting function for a growing multi-site distribution platform in the Midwest. Responsible for audit readiness, close processes, and acquisition integration.

Posted 7/24/2026full-timeKansas City • Kansas, Montana • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $195,000 - $240,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in audit readiness, multi-entity close processes, and financial integration, with a strong focus on US GAAP compliance and effective team leadership in a fast-paced environment.

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Audit-Ready ControllershipMulti-Entity Close & Integration ExpertiseUS GAAP ComplianceTeam LeadershipFinancial Audit Execution

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Hard Skills

Financial AuditSegregation of DutiesControls ImplementationBalance Sheet ManagementDepreciation SchedulesInventory ReconciliationPurchase-Price AllocationM&A IntegrationConsolidated Financial StatementsCapital Raising Support

Soft Skills

Stakeholder CommunicationTeam DevelopmentHands-On LeadershipTrust BuildingActionable Insights

Tools & Technologies

ERP PlatformFinancial Reporting Systems

Industry Keywords

Audit StandardsFinancial OperationsFast-Growth EnvironmentBlue-Collar Culture

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ERP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Month-end close ownership: Architect and execute a repeatable 7-day monthly close process across approximately 10 profit centers on a consolidated ERP platform.
Audit readiness and execution: Lead the inaugural financial audit by implementing segregation of duties, controls, reconciliations, and policies to ensure clean, audit-ready financials that support capital raising and lender reporting requirements.
Balance sheet and fixed asset management: Manage accounting for a sizable fleet of assets, including depreciation schedules, inventory and accounts receivable reconciliations, and purchase-price allocations for acquisitions to maintain accurate consolidated financial statements.
M&A integration and technical accounting: Oversee purchase accounting, opening balance sheets, and integration of acquired entities, ensuring compliance with US GAAP and audit standards within a fast-moving roll-up environment.
Team leadership and stakeholder communication: Lead and develop the accounting team, collaborate closely with financial operations and executive leadership, and distill complex accounting issues into clear, actionable insights for non-finance stakeholders.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Audit-Ready Controllership: Lead the first-ever financial audit by establishing segregation of duties, controls, and reconciliations to deliver clean, trustworthy financials that enable capital raises and support exit diligence.
Multi-Entity Close & Integration Expertise: Manage complex multi-entity close processes and balance sheet integrations across nearly 25 acquisitions and 10 profit centers consolidated on a single ledger.
Builder Mentality with Blue-Collar Fit: Operate as a scrappy, hands-on leader comfortable building processes in a founder-driven, fast-growth environment, earning trust and communicating directly with operator-minded leadership and a blue-collar culture.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Career Accelerator - Opportunity to build the accounting function from the ground up in a fast-growing, acquisitive company 2x'ing EBITDA toward a strategic exit.
Ownership - First true accounting leadership role with full ownership of close process, audit readiness, and acquisition integration, backed by a supportive and accomplished CFO & CEO
Front-row M&A & Exit Exposure - Hands-on involvement in multiple acquisitions, first audit, and preparation for a PE recapitalization under a proven founder / operator with a history of successful exits.