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Are You a Growth Pro in the Making?
At Growth Operators, we’re building something special – a team of elite professionals who love what they do and who thrive on making an impact. From our fractional and interim executive leadership to advisory support across Strategy, Finance, HR, Transaction Advisory, IT, and Decision Intelligence, we partner with growing companies to provide hands-on expertise that drives results. If you’re looking for a dynamic, collaborative environment where your work truly makes a difference, Growth Operators might be the perfect place for you.
Here’s a little bit of what you can expect when joining our talented team:
W2 Employment Model
Enjoy the stability of steady pay, benefits, and performance-based bonuses while working on challenging projects in strategy and execution, finance, HR, Transaction Advisory, and technology.
Challenging & Meaningful Work
Partner with private equity-backed and privately held lower-middle market companies to help them navigate their most complex challenges.
Flexibility & Autonomy
Work in a high-trust environment where you can take ownership of your projects while receiving support from an experienced, dedicated team.
A Culture of Continuous Learning
We believe in "Always Learning, Always Teaching," ensuring every team member is growing professionally while helping our clients' businesses do the same.
Comprehensive Benefits
Health insurance, 401(k) match, paid time off, professional development opportunities, and more.
Team Connection
Regular social events, team meetups, and an engaging work environment where people genuinely enjoy working together.
WHAT DO GROWTH PROS DO?
A Day in the Life
We work with clients who aren’t just looking for ideas. They’re looking for results. Our people are experts who approach our work with their sleeves rolled up, ready to dig deep, solve problems, and empower growth for our clients from day one.
As a Growth Pro, your role might include:
- Serving as a fractional or interim executive leader for advisory support across strategy, finance, HR, transaction advisory, IT, and decision intelligence for growing companies.
- Partnering with executive teams to provide strategic guidance and hands-on execution.
- Leading process improvements, financial reporting, budgeting, HR strategy, IT solutions, and AI advisory.
- Supporting companies through mergers, acquisitions, and periods of rapid growth.
- Leveraging your expertise to drive real results, not just recommendations.
Are You the Right Fit?
If this sounds like it’s in your wheelhouse, we may be getting somewhere. Ultimately, we’re looking to hire experienced professionals in finance, HR, strategy and execution, transaction advisory, and technology — spanning strategic IT, decision intelligence, and AI — who are passionate about making a difference.
Our ideal team members:
- Thrive in a fast-paced, client-facing environment and enjoy working on a variety of projects.
- Have experience with multiple industries, M&A transactions, or private equity-backed businesses.
- Are problem-solvers who love tackling complex challenges with a hands-on approach.
- Bring deep finance and accounting expertise, from financial reporting and analysis to budgeting, controls, and the numbers that drive sound decision-making.
- Know how to turn strategy into execution by bringing structure, ownership, and momentum to critical business priorities.
- Understand how technology, systems, cybersecurity, data, and governance influence operational performance and enterprise value.
- Can help clients move beyond AI hype by connecting data, decision intelligence, and practical execution to measurable business outcomes.
- Bring insight into leadership readiness, talent strategy, employee engagement, and the people-related risks that shape business performance.
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Value teamwork, continuous learning, and making a real impact.
Our Guiding Principles
We CARE — And We Live It In 24 Behaviors
Growth happens through people. We serve clients, partners, and each other by elevating the way work gets done across finance, accounting, HR, transaction advisory, strategy and execution, IT, decision intelligence, and AI. We believe consistency beats intensity: small, disciplined behaviors practiced together create extraordinary results. That’s why every Growth Pro is both a practitioner and a teacher. The 24 Fundamentals capture the habits that shape our culture and fuel our impact.
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Collaboration
We work together to get things done. That's how great results happen.
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Always Learning, Always Teaching
Knowledge is always a work-in-process. We all have different experience to share from our professional and personal lives. Sharing them makes all of us smarter than any of us.
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Roll Up Your Sleeves
Ideas don't create value. Execution does. We roll up our sleeves and turn great ideas into great results.
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Embrace the Suck
Business transformation is hard work. And some problems just plain suck. We believe in the old saying, ’It ain’t gonna fix itself.’ We’re problem solvers who love a challenge. We embrace the suck and dig right in.
The Growth Operators Way™
A common language of 24 behaviors, grouped by how we work.
Our Attitude
Our Attitude
Lead from everywhere.
Clear obstacles, elevate others, and take ownership from any seat. Leadership isn’t a title; it’s service, guidance, and steady hands that help the team climb higher.
Be a genuine human.
Bring conviction and self-awareness. Be consistent in every room: honest about what you know, quick to admit what you don’t, and respectful of others’ truths. Show up positive and real.
Open ears, open minds, open doors.
Invite voices, especially the different ones. Listen first, ask clarifying questions, and create space for productive disagreement. Stay curious and update your view when new facts appear.
Be all in; the Growth Operators way.
Commit to our way of working and the power of our network. Stretch yourself, share what you learn, and treat misses as fuel for improvement. Say “you do not know yet,” then get better together.
Assume the best, give the most.
Lead with positive intent and attention. Offer time, context, and help before you’re asked. Give without keeping score.
Make moments matter — reputations are built on them.
Show up prepared, meet commitments, and follow through. Choose the right tone and confidentiality for the moment. Consistency builds your reputation — own every interaction.
RECOGNIZED FOR IT
We’d Rather Earn It Than Announce It
We don’t do the work for the awards. But when you put your clients and your people first, recognition tends to follow. Here’s some of what we’re proud of.
We’d Rather Earn It Than Announce It
Awarded one of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies
2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025
2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025
Recognized as a Top 200 Workplace by the Star Tribune
2024, 2025, 2026
2024, 2025, 2026
Recognized as a Culture of Excellence by the Star Tribune
2026
2026
What is our secret sauce?
Our people we call Growth Pros.
At Growth Operators, the Founders Award is the highest honor we give to our remarkable team members. It’s awarded annually to those who embody and exemplify our guiding principles, behaviors, and activator mindset every single day—those who Collaborate, are Always Learning and Teaching, Roll Up Their Sleeves, and Embrace the Suck.
In short, they CARE.
What our Growth Pros are saying
A Note from Our Founder
OUR FOUNDERS
Two Founders. One Operator Mindset.
Growth Operators was built on a simple conviction: you can build a good company without strong finance and HR — but you’ll never build a great one. Co-Founders Rick Nordvold and Molly Hiller started Growth Operators to be the partner they wished they’d had in the executive chair — experienced operators, never career consultants, ready to roll up their sleeves and own the outcome alongside your team.
That conviction still drives us, but the platform has grown well beyond where it started. What began as finance, accounting, and HR transformation is now a full value-creation engine — adding Strategy & Execution, Strategic IT, Decision Intelligence powered by AI, and Talent Intelligence to help middle-market and private equity-backed companies turn their back office into a competitive advantage.
Today, nearly 100 Growth Pros serve clients across the United States, bringing the same calm, confidence, and clarity to every engagement — whether that’s a rapid scale-up, a complex transaction, or a turnaround that’s just plain messy.
We don’t apply band-aids. We lead breakthroughs.
WE PROVIDE THE TOOLS, SKILLS, AND A CLEAR PATH TO ALLOW YOU TO TAP INTO YOUR SUPERPOWERS
INDIGO Training Platform
Launched in 2022, the INDIGO training platform supports career growth and development for our employees. It offers three growth paths: Growth Spurts, Grow U, and Rings.
Growth Spurts
- Welcome to the team! Get up to speed with guided training on our unique processes and proprietary tools.
Grow U
- Always learning. Always teaching. It’s a core value that we deliver on. Our customized classes for Growth Pros provide invaluable lessons and skills that help you grow both personally and professionally.
Rings
- We’ve outlined the tools, processes, and clear advancement path to help Growth Pros master their roles and help clients thrive.
A Great Place to Work & Grow
GOSocial & GOGather Events
Belonging at Growth Operators
We embrace and value experiences that can create an addictive culture of collaboration and belonging. Our monthly GoSocial events and twice-a-year GoGather events bring the team together in the form of immersive experiences, building teams as well as individuals.
Careers FAQs
What is flexTALENT®?
flexTALENT® is built for experienced professionals seeking flexible, high-impact consulting opportunities. This on-demand talent platform specializes in connecting businesses with experienced professionals for flexible roles. We connect talent with opportunities that match your expertise, offer the freedom to work on your terms, and provide access to a broad range of clients and industries.
How does flexTALENT differ from our current team model?
Who will we include in the flexTALENT™ program?
What types of clients will I be working with?
Is this a full-time role or contract work?
Will I work remotely or on-site?
How is Growth Operators different from a traditional accounting or consulting firm?
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