Controller/Accountant Part Time - Lansing Area
Nienhuis Financial Group • Lansing, Michigan • Part Time
Posted on Thu, Sep 24, 2026
Are you an experienced accounting professional looking for part-time work? Join our team as a controller/accountant and put your financial expertise to work across a variety of client projects; doing meaningful work with the ability make a difference for small businesses – without the demands of a full-time role.
- Support financial management, including cash flow tracking and financial reporting
- Provide controller-level services like book closure and oversight of accounting processes
- Review and reconcile records, catch and correct errors
- Recommend ways to improve accounting procedures and systems
- Evaluate and help implement accounting software tools
- Prepare and review financial statement and management reports
- Offer clear, actionable insights that help clients understand and use their financial data
Qualification Requirements
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Highly proficient with accounting software, implementation, troubleshooting
- Fully proficient in Microsoft Office with advanced computer skills and software savvy
- Strong business acumen
- Extensive knowledge of general financial accounting and cost accounting
- Strong technical and inter-personal leadership
- Understanding of, ability to adhere to, and ability to hold others responsible to generally accepted accounting principles
- Excellent organizational skills, high degree of accuracy, and attention to detail
- Exceptional project and time management skills
- Ability to balance multiple priorities, projects, and clients
- Able to work independently
- Customer service orientation and negotiation skills
Education and/or Experience
- BA in accounting, business administration, business management, or other related field
- 10+ years accounting experience
- 2+ years supervisory or project lead experience
Preferred Education and/or Experience
- MBA or master’s in accounting, or other related field
- 2+ years client management experience
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: CPA preferred
Supervisory Responsibilities: May or may not supervise a small team
AuditFriendly salary estimate
The employer did not post a salary for this role. Based on AuditFriendly's salary intelligence model (comparable live postings, role, seniority, and location), we estimate base pay of $111,000–$172,000 per year (median ~$138,000). This is an AuditFriendly estimate, not an employer-provided figure.
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What the data says about this job
- Advertised pay for Controller: a median of $129,000 across 5,890 priced postings. Explore the market
- Nienhuis Financial Group's roles typically close in 9 days; the market median is 14 days. Time to close
- 6% of Nienhuis Financial Group's 16 tracked postings are more than six months old. Posting hygiene
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