Finance Jobs in Minnesota
Finance jobs in Minnesota are in strong demand, with hiring concentrated in banking, insurance, corporate treasury, and wealth management across a market anchored by several Fortune 500 headquarters. Minneapolis and Saint Paul drive the bulk of openings, with Rochester and Bloomington adding steady volume from healthcare finance and suburban corporate campuses. Major employers with deep Minnesota roots include U.S. Bancorp, Ameriprise Financial, and Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America. Financial analysts, accounting professionals, and compliance specialists are among the most consistently sought specialties in the state. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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ST. CLOUD AREA FAMILY YMCA MISSION:
At the St. Cloud Area Family YMCA, we are united in a sincere desire to live out our great Mission. To put Christian principles into practice through programs that build a healthy spirit, mind, and body for all. Together, we pledge to do this daily, in our actions and interactions, with staff, members and guests of the YMCA, by serving, caring, and loving. To serve is to meet physical needs through our facility, programs, and responsive actions to questions or requests. To care is to meet emotional needs by engaging in genuine conversation, listening with intention, and developing relationships. To love is to provide opportunities for connection and service by keeping the Y a safe and welcoming place for all.
POSITION SUMMARY:
We are seeking an individual who values integrity, accountability, collaboration and responsible stewardship to protect the financial health, strengthen financial decision-making, develop capable staff, and ensure resources are used effectively to advance the YMCA's mission. The Director of Finance is a key member of the leadership team, providing strategic leadership and oversight of finance, IT and business operations. This position oversees budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and business office operations while providing the Executive Director, Finance Committee, and Board of Directors with financial insight to support sound decisions.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
1. Strategic Planning & Financial Leadership: Translate organizational goals into actionable financial and operational plans, establishing priorities, performance indicators, and accountability measures to support the YMCA’s strategic objectives.
2. Financial Management & Accounting Operations: Oversee all accounting and financial operations, ensuring accurate financial records, efficient business practices, regulatory compliance, and timely completion of month-end and year-end financial closings.
3. Budget Development & Oversight: Lead the annual budgeting process, including establishing guidelines, training staff, reviewing departmental budgets, monitoring financial performance, and providing ongoing budget analysis and recommendations.
4. Financial Reporting, Audit & Compliance: Oversee the preparation of financial statements, annual independent audits, IRS Form 990, and required financial reports and filings, ensuring compliance with applicable accounting standards, legal requirements, and grant obligations.
5. Financial Analysis & Strategy: Responsible for financial performance analysis, forecasting, cash flow management, and capital planning.
6. Internal Controls & Risk Management: Develop, implement, and monitor financial policies, procedures, and internal controls to safeguard organizational assets, ensure accurate reporting, and oversee business insurance and financial risk management practices.
7. Treasury, Investment & Financial Relationships: Manage banking, financing, and investment activities; maintain relationships with financial institutions and professional advisors; and provide financial analysis and recommendations to the Finance and Investment Committees.
8. Payroll & Administrative Oversight: Oversee payroll administration, compensation-related processes, insurance, information systems, and related vendor relationships to ensure accurate, compliant, and efficient administrative operations.
9. Staff Leadership & Development: Recruit, hire, train, supervise, and evaluate assigned finance, accounting, and administrative staff, fostering accountability, professional development, and alignment with YMCA values and organizational goals.
10. Organizational Collaboration & Community Engagement: Serve as a financial resource and strategic partner to executive leadership, staff, and board committees; represent the YMCA with community partners and professional organizations; and perform other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience. CPA, CMA, or MBA preferred but not required.
2. Five or more years of progressively responsible experience in accounting or financial management, with demonstrated success in financial planning, reporting, budgeting, and organizational financial stewardship.
3. Strong knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, cash flow management, internal controls, audit preparation, and financial risk management.
4. Demonstrated ability to serve as a strategic financial partner to executive leadership, providing financial analysis, actionable insights, and recommendations that support sound business decisions
5. Proven ability to lead, coach, and develop staff, establish clear expectations and promote accountability. Experience building financial knowledge and decision-making capabilities among managers and emerging leaders.
6. Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, financial analysis, and accounting systems. Demonstrated ability to leverage technology, strengthen financial processes, improve reporting efficiency, and support system implementation or optimization. Experience with Paylocity and/or Daxko preferred but not required.
7. Oversees the organization’s information technology (IT) assets, systems, and service providers, ensuring reliable, secure, and cost-effective technology operations. Manages technology inventory, maintenance, upgrades, vendor relationships, and technical support to meet operational needs and support organizational efficiency.
8. Understanding of nonprofit financial management principles, including fund accounting, restricted contributions, grant reporting, nonprofit financial statements, and regulatory compliance, preferred. Prior nonprofit experience is desirable but not required.
9. Ability to collaborate effectively with external financial advisors, auditors, banking partners, and other professional service providers.
10. Demonstrated commitment to ethical leadership, financial transparency, confidentiality, accountability, and responsible stewardship of organizational resources.
Pay: $90,000.00 - $120,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Health insurance
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
ST. CLOUD AREA FAMILY YMCA MISSION:
At the St. Cloud Area Family YMCA, we are united in a sincere desire to live out our great Mission. To put Christian principles into practice through programs that build a healthy spirit, mind, and body for all. Together, we pledge to do this daily, in our actions and interactions, with staff, members and guests of the YMCA, by serving, caring, and loving. To serve is to meet physical needs through our facility, programs, and responsive actions to questions or requests. To care is to meet emotional needs by engaging in genuine conversation, listening with intention, and developing relationships. To love is to provide opportunities for connection and service by keeping the Y a safe and welcoming place for all.
POSITION SUMMARY:
We are seeking an individual who values integrity, accountability, collaboration and responsible stewardship to protect the financial health, strengthen financial decision-making, develop capable staff, and ensure resources are used effectively to advance the YMCA's mission. The Director of Finance is a key member of the leadership team, providing strategic leadership and oversight of finance, IT and business operations. This position oversees budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and business office operations while providing the Executive Director, Finance Committee, and Board of Directors with financial insight to support sound decisions.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
1. Strategic Planning & Financial Leadership: Translate organizational goals into actionable financial and operational plans, establishing priorities, performance indicators, and accountability measures to support the YMCA’s strategic objectives.
2. Financial Management & Accounting Operations: Oversee all accounting and financial operations, ensuring accurate financial records, efficient business practices, regulatory compliance, and timely completion of month-end and year-end financial closings.
3. Budget Development & Oversight: Lead the annual budgeting process, including establishing guidelines, training staff, reviewing departmental budgets, monitoring financial performance, and providing ongoing budget analysis and recommendations.
4. Financial Reporting, Audit & Compliance: Oversee the preparation of financial statements, annual independent audits, IRS Form 990, and required financial reports and filings, ensuring compliance with applicable accounting standards, legal requirements, and grant obligations.
5. Financial Analysis & Strategy: Responsible for financial performance analysis, forecasting, cash flow management, and capital planning.
6. Internal Controls & Risk Management: Develop, implement, and monitor financial policies, procedures, and internal controls to safeguard organizational assets, ensure accurate reporting, and oversee business insurance and financial risk management practices.
7. Treasury, Investment & Financial Relationships: Manage banking, financing, and investment activities; maintain relationships with financial institutions and professional advisors; and provide financial analysis and recommendations to the Finance and Investment Committees.
8. Payroll & Administrative Oversight: Oversee payroll administration, compensation-related processes, insurance, information systems, and related vendor relationships to ensure accurate, compliant, and efficient administrative operations.
9. Staff Leadership & Development: Recruit, hire, train, supervise, and evaluate assigned finance, accounting, and administrative staff, fostering accountability, professional development, and alignment with YMCA values and organizational goals.
10. Organizational Collaboration & Community Engagement: Serve as a financial resource and strategic partner to executive leadership, staff, and board committees; represent the YMCA with community partners and professional organizations; and perform other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience. CPA, CMA, or MBA preferred but not required.
2. Five or more years of progressively responsible experience in accounting or financial management, with demonstrated success in financial planning, reporting, budgeting, and organizational financial stewardship.
3. Strong knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, cash flow management, internal controls, audit preparation, and financial risk management.
4. Demonstrated ability to serve as a strategic financial partner to executive leadership, providing financial analysis, actionable insights, and recommendations that support sound business decisions
5. Proven ability to lead, coach, and develop staff, establish clear expectations and promote accountability. Experience building financial knowledge and decision-making capabilities among managers and emerging leaders.
6. Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, financial analysis, and accounting systems. Demonstrated ability to leverage technology, strengthen financial processes, improve reporting efficiency, and support system implementation or optimization. Experience with Paylocity and/or Daxko preferred but not required.
7. Oversees the organization’s information technology (IT) assets, systems, and service providers, ensuring reliable, secure, and cost-effective technology operations. Manages technology inventory, maintenance, upgrades, vendor relationships, and technical support to meet operational needs and support organizational efficiency.
8. Understanding of nonprofit financial management principles, including fund accounting, restricted contributions, grant reporting, nonprofit financial statements, and regulatory compliance, preferred. Prior nonprofit experience is desirable but not required.
9. Ability to collaborate effectively with external financial advisors, auditors, banking partners, and other professional service providers.
10. Demonstrated commitment to ethical leadership, financial transparency, confidentiality, accountability, and responsible stewardship of organizational resources.
Pay: $90,000.00 - $120,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Health insurance
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
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What Minnesota Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in finance jobs across Minnesota.
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics, or a related business field
- CPA, CFA, or CFP credential preferred for senior or client-facing roles
- Proficiency in financial modeling, Excel, and enterprise ERP systems such as SAP or Oracle
- Two or more years of experience in financial analysis, reporting, or corporate accounting
- Familiarity with regulatory compliance standards relevant to banking or insurance in Minnesota
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for presenting financial data to stakeholders
Finance Jobs in Minnesota: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a finance professional in Minnesota?
Most finance roles in Minnesota require at minimum a bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics, or business administration. For public accounting, candidates must fulfill Minnesota Board of Accountancy requirements to sit for the CPA exam, including the required credit hours and experience. Investment advisers must register with the Minnesota Department of Commerce. Many employers also expect progress toward credentials such as the CFA or CFP for analytical and advisory positions.
Which companies hire finance professionals in Minnesota?
Minnesota finance roles are posted by Target, Robert Half, and Huntington Bank and others right now, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Minnesota's dense concentration of financial services headquarters, regional bank branches, and large healthcare and retail corporations makes it one of the more active finance hiring markets in the Upper Midwest.
Which Minnesota cities have the most finance jobs?
Minneapolis, Minnetonka, and Bloomington account for the most finance openings in Minnesota. Minneapolis is the clear center of gravity, home to major bank headquarters, insurance carriers, and asset managers, while Saint Paul adds public sector and nonprofit finance roles and Rochester's openings reflect the financial operations tied to its dominant healthcare and medical research economy.
Are there remote finance jobs in Minnesota?
Yes, and more than many fields. About 79% of finance openings tied to Minnesota are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting the desk-based and analytical nature of much of the work. Roles in financial analysis, FP&A, accounting, and compliance are most commonly offered with remote or hybrid flexibility, while positions requiring in-person client advising or physical audit work tend to stay on-site.
How can I get hired as a finance professional in Minnesota with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is targeting rotational or analyst development programs at Minnesota's large financial institutions, where U.S. Bancorp, Ameriprise Financial, and Allianz Life regularly recruit recent graduates into structured multi-year programs. Community and regional banks across the Twin Cities metro hire junior credit analysts and teller-to-analyst pipeline roles. A completed bachelor's degree in finance or accounting plus progress toward a CPA or CFA, even at the exam-eligible stage, gives candidates a meaningful edge in competitive entry-level pools.
Where can I find and apply to finance jobs in Minnesota?
You can find and apply to finance jobs in Minnesota on Migrate Mate, which lists current Minnesota openings across industries, seniority levels, and metro areas. Search the listings for roles that match your background and apply directly to the ones that fit.
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