Controller and FP&A Advisor (CFO Track)

Denali • Full-time • Creve Coeur, MO, US • $90k / year • 1w ago

Compensation: Based on experience, starting at $90,000 per year
Position type: Full Time
Location: This is a remote position, however candidates must reside within the St. Louis, MO metropolitan area to support occasional in-person meetings and business needs.

A rare opportunity to fast track your path to CFO.

Are you the kind of finance professional who wants to do more than prepare reports? You want to understand the business, help guide owners, and learn how real financial leadership works. This role gives you the opportunity to work directly alongside the CFO to build financial systems, processes, and strategy for growing companies. While doing so, you will gain the full range of experience required to become a future CFO.

This is a hands-on advisory role where you help clients run their companies by the numbers, and you learn how to think and operate like a CFO every day.

What You Will Do

Work directly alongside the CFO to build financial systems and strategy for multiple clients.
Help clients create strong processes, and ensure financial data is reliable and actionable.
Build annual budgets, rolling forecasts, and cash flow projections.
Review financial statements, including P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow, and identify trends, variances, risks, and opportunities.
Create dashboards and management reporting that give clients clarity and visibility into their numbers.
Provide meaningful insights and recommendations so clients understand what the numbers really mean for decisions and strategy.
Support ad hoc planning needs, such as scenario modeling, cash flow management, and helping set up or refine accounting processes.

What This Role Is Not

This is not a traditional controller or analyst role. This is a strategic advisory position for someone who wants to grow into a CFO role by helping business owners understand their numbers and make better decisions.

Who Thrives in This Role

Accounting degree or equivalent work experience.
3+ years of experience in public accounting, FP&A, audit, corporate finance, or similar.
Strong understanding of financial statements, budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis.
Experience with month-end close processes
Comfortable working directly with business owners and explaining financial concepts in simple, clear language.
Enjoys problem solving, building structure, and helping companies grow.
Ambitious and excited about a career path that leads toward a CFO role.

Why This Role Is Special

You will see inside many different businesses and industries, and learn how to build the financial foundation of a company. You will be part of the work of creating structure, clarity, accountability, and insights for owners who rely on you to understand their performance.

This is real CFO track experience where you can grow faster than in a traditional finance role.

Pay: From $90,000.00 per year

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