Director of Finance & Accounting

Company Description Midwest Star Group is a multi-company transportation services organization supporting towing, recovery, automotive, truck equipment, and fleet service industries across the Midwest. The group delivers end-to-end solutions for commercial and municipal transportation needs, drawing on decades of operational experience. As the parent organization of several specialized businesses, Midwest Star Group combines the strength and efficiency of a larger enterprise with the responsiveness of locally operated teams. Team members benefit from a collaborative environment focused on reliability, service quality, and long-term customer relationships. Role Description Midwest Star Group is seeking a highly capable, operationally minded Director of Accounting and Finance to lead and strengthen the company’s accounting and finance function. This role is ideal for a professional with strong accounting depth, financial analysis capability, and a proven track record of making accounting systems more efficient, streamlined, accurate, and useful to the business. The Director of Accounting and Finance will be responsible for overseeing day-to-day accounting operations while also delivering meaningful financial insight to support leadership decision-making. This individual must be process-driven, detail-oriented, and able to build structure, improve workflows, and connect accounting outputs to operational realities across the business. Strong QuickBooks Online experience is required, along with demonstrated skill in budgeting, GAAP-based accounting, flux analysis, cash flow analysis, problem solving, and continuous process improvement. Responsibilities Lead and oversee the accounting and finance function, including general ledger accuracy, month-end close, financial reporting, account reconciliations, and maintenance of sound internal processes. Manage and improve accounting systems, workflows, and reporting structures to create a more efficient, streamlined, and operationally effective finance function. Own and maintain accounting records in accordance with GAAP and ensure timely, accurate, and decision-useful financial information. Drive budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning processes, including development of annual budgets, periodic reforecasts, variance analysis, and departmental financial support. Perform and present monthly flux and variance analysis, identifying operational drivers, accounting issues, emerging trends, and areas requiring management attention. Prepare and analyze cash flow forecasts, working capital needs, and liquidity trends, and provide practical recommendations to support financial stability and growth. Partner with operations and leadership to improve reporting visibility, strengthen accountability, and connect financial data to business performance. Identify accounting process breakdowns, inefficiencies, and reporting gaps, and implement solutions that improve timeliness, consistency, and reliability. Support audit readiness, lender reporting, tax support coordination, and other financial compliance or external reporting needs as required. Oversee balance sheet integrity, revenue and expense classification, accruals, fixed asset treatment, and other key accounting judgments. Develop, refine, and document accounting policies, procedures, controls, and best practices to support scalability and consistency. Lead problem solving around accounting discrepancies, system issues, process failures, data inconsistencies, and cross-functional reporting challenges. Provide leadership in transitioning accounting from a transactional function to a more disciplined, analytical, and operationally aligned business partner. Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field required. CPA or advanced accounting/finance credentials preferred. Strong accounting and financial analysis background, with progressive responsibility in accounting leadership, controllership, finance leadership, or similar roles. Demonstrated experience with QuickBooks Online required. Strong knowledge of GAAP and financial statement presentation. Proven experience with budgeting, forecasting, flux analysis, cash flow analysis, and operational financial reporting. Strong process improvement mindset, with a track record of making accounting systems and workflows more efficient, streamlined, and effective. Ability to identify root causes, solve problems, and implement practical solutions in a fast-moving business environment. Strong attention to detail, organizational ability, and follow-through. Ability to communicate financial information clearly and effectively to both financial and non-financial stakeholders. Experience working in operationally complex, multi-entity, service-based, automotive, towing, repair, transportation, fleet, equipment, or related environments is a plus. Operationally driven and hands-on. Strong systems thinker who can improve both process and output. Comfortable working in the details while also seeing the bigger financial picture. Accountable, practical, and solution-oriented. Able to build trust with leadership and operating teams through accuracy, responsiveness, and sound judgment. Success in This Role Success in this role will be measured by improved accuracy and timeliness of financial reporting, stronger budgeting and forecasting discipline, better cash flow visibility, cleaner accounting processes, more reliable financial data, and a demonstrated ability to turn accounting information into actionable business insight. Why Midwest Star Group Midwest Star Group offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in a growing and operationally dynamic business by helping build a finance function that is disciplined, useful, and aligned with the needs of the organization. #J-18808-Ljbffr Midwest Star Group