<p><strong>Business Unit Controller </strong></p><p>Private Equity owned organization </p><p>Company in growth mode </p><p><br></p><p>Support multiple business units in a fast-moving environment while strengthening reporting accuracy, financial controls, and operational insight. The role works closely with both local leadership and corporate finance teams to help scale the business and support continued expansion.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Lead the full accounting cycle for three business units, ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting across each operation.</p><p>• Oversee month-end close activities, account reconciliations, and the preparation of financial statements in accordance with US GAAP.</p><p>• Partner with operational leaders to review financial performance, investigate variances, and highlight risks and opportunities that affect business results.</p><p>• Support integration efforts for newly acquired entities by aligning accounting practices, improving consistency, and establishing standardized internal controls.</p><p>• Contribute to corporate accounting initiatives, including consolidations support, audit preparation, and assistance with tax-related deliverables.</p><p>• Administer the company’s global corporate credit card program and help maintain strong oversight of related processes and controls.</p><p>• Coordinate with teams across multiple regions to address compliance, reporting, and financial matters involving different regulatory environments.</p><p>• Help strengthen financial systems, reporting processes, and documentation to support ongoing growth and organizational scalability.</p><p><br></p><p>Benefits include vacation, insurance, 401K, holiday pay and more </p>
<p><strong>Accounting Manager</strong></p><p><strong>Location:</strong> Madison, Wisconsin</p><p><strong>Schedule:</strong> Hybrid, 2 days remote/3 onsite!</p><p><br></p><p>Robert Half's Madison team is partnered on a search for a Controller to oversee day-to-day accounting operations, support financial planning, and lead core reporting and compliance activities. This role offers a strong opportunity for a hands-on accounting leader who enjoys managing team priorities, improving processes, and partnering with leadership on budgeting, audits, and financial analysis. The ideal candidate will have prior supervisory experience (overseeing a team of 5), a CPA and be comfortable presenting financials to other leaders. For more detail and to be considered, please call 608-716-5643!</p><p><br></p><p><strong><u>Key Responsibilities</u></strong></p><ul><li>Partner with finance leadership to oversee daily accounting operations, including staff accountants, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and general ledger activities.</li><li>Lead month-end close processes, review journal entries, and ensure accurate financial reporting and account analysis.</li><li>Assist with the annual business plan and lead the annual budgeting process, including forecasting and budget analysis.</li><li>Review monthly financial statements and provide financial insights and support to leadership.</li><li>Coordinate financial audits, tax reporting, and compliance with applicable accounting standards and regulatory requirements.</li><li>Supervise, mentor, and prioritize workloads for accounting staff while promoting strong performance and accountability.</li><li>Support accounting systems administration, process improvements, software updates, and internal control enhancements.</li></ul>
We are looking for a Fiscal Manager to lead accounting operations for a mission-driven non-profit organization. This role will guide day-to-day financial activity, support sound reporting practices, and help ensure funds are managed accurately across multiple sources. The ideal candidate brings strong nonprofit accounting knowledge, a hands-on leadership style, and the ability to maintain compliance while improving financial processes.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Lead the organization’s core accounting activities, including oversight of the monthly close process and accurate maintenance of the general ledger.<br>• Review reconciliations across balance sheet accounts and ensure payables, receivables, and journal activity are processed correctly and on schedule.<br>• Monitor incoming funding streams and prepare financial reporting for executive leadership and external funding partners in a timely manner.<br>• Maintain cost allocation practices and financial records in alignment with organizational standards and applicable contractual or regulatory requirements.<br>• Strengthen internal controls across accounting systems and confirm that supporting sub-ledgers remain accurate and fully reconciled.<br>• Coordinate the annual external audit, prepare supporting schedules, and manage documentation requests related to audits, monitoring reviews, and other compliance examinations.<br>• Contribute financial insight to the yearly budgeting process and work closely with program leaders and event staff on fiscal planning and questions.<br>• Oversee administrative financial obligations such as leases, contracts, insurance-related reviews, workers’ compensation audit activity, and records retention for confidential documents.<br>• Supervise accounting team members, assign priorities, support skill development, and foster dependable coverage for essential finance tasks.<br>• Identify opportunities to simplify workflows, improve efficiency, and introduce process enhancements in collaboration with organizational leadership.
<p>Our Robert Half Madison team is seeking an experienced accounting professional with construction industry expertise to lead core accounting operations, support financial reporting, and provide insight into project and cost performance for one of our newer clients. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys balancing hands-on accounting work with process improvement, team support, and cross-functional partnership. For more information and to be considered, please call Aislynn at 608-716-5643! </p><p><br></p><p><strong><u>Responsibilities</u></strong></p><ul><li>Oversee day-to-day accounting functions, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, general ledger activity, bank reconciliations, and cash transactions.</li><li>Prepare and review journal entries, accruals, reclasses, and balance sheet reconciliations to support accurate month-end and year-end close.</li><li>Assist with financial statement preparation, budgeting, audit support, and variance analysis for management review.</li><li>Manage sales and use tax processes, including taxability review, invoice accuracy, and timely state filings.</li><li>Support project and cost accounting activities, including job costing, work-in-progress review, forecasting, overhead analysis, and closeout procedures.</li><li>Oversee billing and collections activities, maintain aging accuracy, and resolve customer invoicing discrepancies in a timely manner.</li><li>Supervise vendor invoice processing, payment accuracy, expense coding, and purchasing-related accounting support.</li><li>Partner with operations and project teams to strengthen reporting, improve processes, support ERP usage, and ensure accurate financial and project coding.</li></ul>
We are looking for an Accounting Manager to lead core accounting operations and support accurate, timely financial reporting for our Wisconsin location. This role is ideal for a hands-on, detail-oriented accounting specialist who can oversee month-end activities, maintain general ledger integrity, and provide meaningful financial insight to leadership. The successful candidate will bring strong analytical ability, sound knowledge of accounting standards, and the confidence to work across departments in a fast-paced manufacturing setting.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Lead the monthly close process by preparing and reviewing journal entries, posting adjustments, and ensuring the general ledger is complete and accurate.<br>• Examine financial activity across accounts, interpret trends in assets, liabilities, and equity, and help summarize the organization’s current and expected financial position.<br>• Produce month-end reporting packages for leadership, including balance sheet support, profit and loss review, and other financial analyses needed for decision-making.<br>• Reconcile bank accounts and other key balance sheet accounts, research variances, and resolve discrepancies in a timely manner.<br>• Oversee account structure maintenance by establishing new accounts as needed and confirming transactions are recorded to the appropriate ledger categories.<br>• Monitor fixed asset records, including construction in progress, and maintain depreciation schedules to support accurate monthly expense recognition.<br>• Review supporting journals and payment activity for errors, completeness, and proper coding, including invoices, checks, electronic payments, and wire transactions.<br>• Support year-end accounting activities by closing accounts, preparing audit schedules, and assisting with tax return support and external financial statement audits.<br>• Perform analysis related to unbilled revenue, billing summaries, and other recurring monthly accounting items to improve reporting accuracy and completeness.