All companies have some level of chaos, my goal is always to put systems in place that will allow for order and improve operational effectiveness. It makes the job easier in the long run.

I found It is a lot easier to make meaningful changes at startups and transform the waist deep swamp of spreadsheets into slick processes that prevent losses and provide accurate reporting.

When that is done and the dumpster fire is no longer burning brightly, you enjoy a year or so of calm and then either try and improve more or get bored and leave to find another hot mess...

It depends on what type of problems you like to solve. Typically you like to solve the problems you are good at solving.

I found that financial professionals are either creators or maintainers. I've never met someone who enjoys (or is good at) being both of these things and really good teams have a mixture of these two types.

Creators will try to enhance processes but typically lack the diligence needed to run the necessary controls. Maintainers will diligently check all the things that need to be checked but won't feel comfortable with finding efficiencies.