Controller/Accountant Part-Time
Nienhuis Financial Group • Kalamazoo, Michigan • Part Time
Posted on Sat, Oct 17, 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 $110,000–$170,000 per year (median ~$137,000). This is an AuditFriendly estimate, not an employer-provided figure.
More live controller roles
- Senior Business Controller at Berenschot Groep — Den Haag, Netherlands
- Controller at AmaWaterways (Remote)
- Controller at Insight Pest Solutions — Rexburg, Idaho, United States
- Corporate Controller at EOS — New York, New York, United States
- Controller - Clean Energy & Renewable Energy at AlphaHire — Santa Cruz, California, United States
- Plant Controller at Green Thumb — Abingdon, Virginia, United States
- Controller at ATS Traffic — Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Sr. Plant Controller — Little Rock, AR, United States
- Plant Controller at Innio — Waukesha, WI, US
- Financial Controller - IFS Finance at Sterk in Matches — Almere, Netherlands
- Controller at Retif Oil & Fuel — Harvey, Louisiana, United States
- Junior Controller (Operations) at GWS Tool Group — Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, United States
- Controller at Finlink Group — Sarnia, Canada
- Corporate Controller at Hanline Group — Shelby, Ohio, United States
- Financial Controller at IMMA — Kilmainham, Dublin, Ireland
- Controller at Boundless Learning — Orlando, Arizona, United States
- Financial Controller at Talnt — Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States
- Multi Site Controller at Cabinetworks Group — Woodrow, New York, United States
- Controller at The Ward Law Group — Miami, Florida, United States
- Junior Controller (Operations) at Sandvik — Menomonee Falls, Illinois, United States
- Controller/Accountant Part Time at Nienhuis Financial Group — Lansing, Michigan, United States
- Senior Internal Controller at swan.io — Paris, France
- Associate Controller at Greater Lawrence Family Health Center — Methuen, Massachusetts, United States
- Capital Projects Controller at ArcelorMittal — Portland, Texas, United States
- Global Markets & Credit Finance Business Unit Controller, Managing Director at State Street — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Financial Controller at Association for New Canadians — St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
- Plant Controller at CSP — Lenoir, North Carolina, United States
- Controller at Croix Gear — Hudson, Wisconsin, United States
- Business Controller at GEA — Netherlands
- Controller at Meow — New York City, New York, United States
- Automotive Accounting Controller at DARCARS Automotive Group — Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
- Junior Business Controller (part-time) at De Tussenvoorziening — Utrecht, Netherlands
- Divisional Controller at Style Crest Enterprises — Fremont, Ohio, United States
- Controller at Red Bull — Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
- Controller at Enhancing Abilities... Enriching Lives — Sioux City, Iowa, United States
- Controller/Accountant Part Time - Grandville Area at Nienhuis Financial Group — Grandville, Michigan, United States
- Asst Controller, Cost & Capital Accounting at AmaWaterways — Calabasas, California, United States
- Controller - Business Unit at Covestro (Remote)
- Financial Controller at Bell Laboratories Office & Supervisory — Windsor, Wisconsin, United States
- Corporate Controller at United Sports Brands — Costa Mesa, California, United States
- Controller at Your Part-Time Controller — Denver, Colorado, United States
- Plant Controller at STERIS — California, United States
- Assistant Inventory and Requisition Controller at Babcock International — Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- Business Controller - DPM US DU at Novo Nordisk — Durham, North Carolina, United States
- Financial Controller at Optiver — Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Manager/Controller - Outsourced Accounting Services (Nonprofit) at EisnerAmper (Remote)
- Corporate Controller at Mother Parkers Tea & Coffee — Mississauga, ON, Canada
- Controller at De Beyart — Maastricht, Netherlands
- Controller/Business Manager at St. Martin's Episcopal School — Metairie, Louisiana, United States
- Corporate Controller at CR&Rorporated — Stanton, California, United States
- Manager, Controller Consultant at VMG Health — Dallas, TX, United States
- Controller at Parkson — Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
- Financial Controller at Talis Group — Louisville, Kentucky, United States
- Public Service Executive II - Deputy State Controller at State of Maine — Augusta, Maine, United States
- Product Controller – Associate CoBrand Card Program at JPMorganChase — Wilmington, Delaware, United States
- Plant Controller at International Automotive Components — Alma, Michigan, United States
- Electric Power Controller at Federal Emergency Management Agency — Maynard, Massachusetts, United States
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
Measured from employers' own postings and public filings. How we measure