Need To Hire

Exclusively serving the Montana and Idaho markets, we provide top talent for established family firms to industry innovators and publicly traded powerhouses. We understand that you’re successful because you never settle for less than the best—in business and in the people you hire. Our clients come to us time and again because we have established ourselves as a trusted ally, consistently bringing talent and exceptional levels of service. We do this for every position we fill be it temporary or permanent, Staff Accountant or Accounting Manager, Associate or Controller, all the way to CFO.

Northwestern Top Talent

Controller

  • Bachelors in Accounting
  • 10 years experience in logistics and agriculture
  • Spent their career at one company for a decade
  • Started as a Staff Accountant and worked up to Controller
  • Prepares and consolidates financial statements
  • Supervised AR, AR, and GL teams
  • Experienced in Great Plains, QuickBooks and Excel
  • Target Compensation: $120K
  • Target Location: Idaho Falls

Accounting Manager

  • Bachelors in Accounting
  • 5 years in public accounting, including Big 4 firm experience
  • Currently oversees a team that is responsible for all aspects of accounting operations (AP, AR, payroll, reconciliations, and adjusting journal entries
  • Proactively identify areas of automation, delegation, and process improvements
  • Skilled in financial reporting including BS, P&L, and Cash Flow statements
  • Experienced in NetSuite, QuickBooks, and Excel
  • Target Compensation: $90K
  • Target Location: Idaho Falls

Senior Accountant

  • Bachelors in Accounting
  • 10+ years of accounting and auditing experience with 3+ years in public
  • Assisted in building out a new accounting team for startup with ERP implementations, building out internal controls, reducing month-end, and other ad hoc projects.
  • Strong background with inventory and FP&A
  • Experience training and mentoring interns
  • Experienced in SAP, JD Edwards, Hyperion, and advanced Excel
  • Target Compensation: $95K - $100K
  • Target Location: Idaho Falls

Senior Accountant

  • Masters in Accounting
  • 4+ years of Public Accounting with 2 years of tax experience
  • Managing client's monthly and quarterly close
  • Educating clients on all financial reporting and assisting them with any strategic planning
  • Experience with individual, partnerships, S Corps, and Estate tax returns
  • Experienced in QuickBooks, Gusto, Karbon, and advanced Excel
  • Target Compensation: $80K - $90K
  • Target Location: Idaho Falls

Controller

  • MBA and CPA (Expired)
  • 20 years of experience in manufacturing, banking, and construction
  • Responsible for month-end close, treasury, payroll, and budgeting
  • Assisted with an implementation of NetSuite
  • Worked his way up from Plant Controller to CFO at a previous company
  • Experienced in NetSuite, QuickBooks, and Advanced Excel
  • Target Compensation: $120K and open to interim or contract roles
  • Target Location: Billings

Controller

  • Masters in Accounting
  • 7+ years of accounting experience in banking/credit unions
  • Experience managing large to mid-sized teams
  • Oversees all accounting and financial operations like creating budgets, call reports, audits, and presentations to the board
  • Works directly with CEO and CFO to make decisions that improve the financial well-being of the bank
  • Experienced in Scimitar, PowerBi, and advanced Excel
  • Target Compensation: $120K
  • Target Location: Helena

Accounting Manager

  • Masters in Accounting & CPA
  • 4 years of public accounting experience
  • Responsible for running audits including planning, risk assessment procedures, audit program development, and implementation of new accounting standards
  • Led and managed a small team
  • Prepared financial statements for clients
  • Experienced in QuickBooks and Excel
  • Target Compensation: $100K
  • Target Locations: Bozeman or Billings

Controller

  • Builds and restructures accounting departments
  • Produced monthly financial reports and data analysis to strategically increase company performance
  • Experienced in mentoring and training junior accounting staff to become high-level performers
  • Oversees FP&A to ensure revenues and expenses stay in balance
  • Experienced in managing banking relationships and working with investors
  • Target Compensation: $145k and open to consulting projects on a contract basis
  • Target Location: Bozeman

Senior Accountant

  • Bachelors in Accounting
  • 10+ years’ experience in healthcare, oil & gas, and technology
  • Skilled in month-end close, fixed asset accounting, AP, and purchasing
  • Lead in bi-weekly union payroll process for 500+ employees
  • Assisted with budgets and allocation of expenses for several programs
  • Experienced in QuickBooks, Intacct, MS Dynamics GP, and Excel
  • Target Compensation: $75K and open to contract-to-hire
  • Target Location: Billings