Director of Finance | Richland County, Ohio | Up to $170K
The Professional Division of Spherion Mid Ohio is partnered with a strong and scaling organization in Richland County, Ohio seeking an experienced Director of Finance to lead financial strategy, accounting operations, reporting, and finance team development.This is a high visibility leadership opportunity for a finance professional who has successfully supported complex business operations, ideally across multiple companies, multiple locations, or multiple revenue streams. The ideal candidate will bring the confidence, structure, and executive presence needed to partner closely with ownership and senior leadership while helping guide continued growth.
This position offers compensation up to $170K, based on experience, along with bonus opportunity, comprehensive benefits, and relocation assistance available for the right candidate.
What Makes This Opportunity Stand Out
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This is not a maintenance level finance role. This is an opportunity to step into a scaling organization where your financial leadership, process improvement mindset, and ability to provide clear business insight will directly influence the company's next stage of success.
The Director of Finance will oversee financial operations across a sizable and expanding business, including leadership over two Controllers. This person will be expected to bring strong financial discipline, accurate reporting, strategic recommendations, and a forward-thinking approach to systems, processes, controls, and scalability.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead overall financial strategy, accounting operations, reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis.
- Partner with ownership and executive leadership to provide financial insight that supports business planning, profitability, growth, and long term decision making.
- Oversee, support, and develop two Controllers while helping strengthen accountability, consistency, and performance across the finance function.
- Manage financial activity across a multi entity organization with significant revenue volume and operational complexity.
- Provide leadership over accounting functions including general ledger, AP, AR, month end close, reconciliations, cash flow, financial reporting, and internal controls.
- Evaluate current processes, reporting structures, and systems to identify opportunities for improvement, automation, efficiency, and stronger financial visibility.
- Support budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, KPI tracking, and executive level reporting.
- Ensure accuracy, compliance, and consistency in financial practices across the organization.
- Serve as a trusted financial partner to leadership, bringing both strategic vision and hands on follow through.
What We're Looking For
- Approximately seven plus years of progressive finance, accounting, or financial management experience.
- Prior experience supporting an organization with approximately $80M to $100M in revenue.
- Experience overseeing finance or accounting teams, ideally including Controller level leadership.
- Experience working within a multi company, multi location, retail, distribution, manufacturing, service, or operationally complex business environment is strongly preferred.
- Strong understanding of AP, AR, general ledger, financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, cash flow, and internal controls.
- ERP experience required.
- CPA certification is a plus, but not required.
- Strong executive communication skills with the ability to translate financial data into meaningful business guidance.
- Process improvement mindset with the ability to bring structure, clarity, and scalable financial practices.
- Ability to balance strategic leadership with practical, hands on involvement when needed.
Ideal Candidate Profile
The strongest candidate will be a finance leader who has worked beyond basic accounting oversight and has served as a true business partner to ownership or executive leadership. This person should be comfortable leading through growth, improving processes, developing financial visibility, and managing the financial complexity that comes with multiple business lines, entities, locations, or operational channels.
We are looking for someone who can bring polish, accountability, and strong financial direction while also fitting into a collaborative, entrepreneurial, and growing company culture.
Compensation and Benefits
- Compensation up to $170K, based on experience.
- Bonus opportunity.
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
- 401(k) program.
- Paid time off.
- Relocation assistance available for the right candidate.
- Direct hire opportunity with long term growth potential.
Why This Role
This is a unique opportunity for a proven finance leader to join a growing organization at a meaningful stage of expansion. The right person will have the ability to make an immediate impact, strengthen financial operations, support executive decision making, and help shape the next chapter of the business.
Interested candidates may apply directly or email a resume to Jessica Johnson at JJohnson@spherionohio.com to learn more.
This is a direct hire opportunity. Day one, you are this company's employee. Never go through a temp to hire process.