The opportunity timeline

• Overview

  Public Affairs Institute is hiring a Bookkeeper in Rockford, IL.

• Role description

  For 4 years you have lived in SOX Compliance; Public Affairs Institute thinks that makes you the Bookkeeper to lead its next chapter. This IL role reads like an upgrade — $60,000 - $86,000, contract hours, 3 years valued, and a path that does not dead-end.

  Key Responsibilities

  • Field the feedback-driven ad-hoc analysis the CFO needs before Monday
  • Forecast headcount cost as Public Affairs Institute scales through Rockford, IL
  • Build and maintain budgets, forecasts, and variance analyses for Public Affairs Institute
  • Own the accounts-payable cycle from invoice intake through final disbursement
  • Forecast working capital tight enough to avoid a warm-yet-rigorous cash crunch

  What You'll Bring

  • Experience at the mid-level inside a contract role
  • Demonstrated wins in finance work somewhere near Rockford, IL
  • Familiarity with the rhythms of a hands-dirty contract team
  • A bias toward asking the dumb question before the expensive mistake
  • A teammate's instinct to unblock others before yourself
  • Curiosity that outpaces your current job description

  What began as two engineers and a whiteboard in Rockford is now Public Affairs Institute, a craft-obsessed team obsessed with getting Initiative right. The oddball-friendly pace here is real, but so is the permission to log off and recover.

  Earn $60,000 - $86,000, sharpen your Bank Reconciliation beside a mentor, enjoy the benefits, and never apologize for needing a flexible Tuesday.

  Open today, open right now, and waiting for the right Bookkeeper.

  We can't hire the resume you didn't send, so send it and let's start in Rockford.

• Required skills

  • Management Reporting
  • Excel
  • SOX Compliance
  • ACCA
  • Valuation
  • SQL
  • Bank Reconciliation
  • Accruals
  • Initiative
  • Attention to Detail
  • Team Leadership

• Benefits & perks

  • Oil Changes
  • Life Insurance
  • Internet and phone reimbursement
  • Mental health days
  • Paid sick leave
  • Health Insurance
  • Recognition Programs

• Apply before 2026-08-20

  Submit your application for this Contract finance position.