Assistant Controller

About the role

At Innotec, finance is more than reporting numbers. Our finance team helps drive business decisions, improve operations, strengthen financial performance, and support the long-term success of a global manufacturing organization. We're looking for an Assistant Controller, Global Finance to oversee financial reporting, audit leadership, global consolidations, compliance, and continuous improvement initiatives across the organization. This is a highly visible role where you'll work directly with executive leadership, collaborate with global finance teams, and help shape the future of finance at an employee-owned company.

As a key member of the finance organization, you'll partner with our CFO, divisional finance leaders, and international teams to ensure financial integrity while driving process improvements and business results.

Why join Innotec?

• Own Your Impact: As an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) company, every employee has a stake in our success. We expect our team members to think like owners and benefit directly from the company's success.
• Work Alongside Executive Leadership: This role works directly with the CFO, divisional finance leaders, and international controllers, offering visibility into key business decisions.
• Help Lead Transformation: We're investing in systems, technology, and process improvements, including ERP initiatives to help the business scale and operate more effectively.
• Join a Strong Team: You'll collaborate with a finance team that combines institutional experience with a forward-looking mindset, fostering innovation and learning.
• Gain Global Experience: Collaborate with finance professionals across multiple international operations to ensure consistent reporting, controls, and financial visibility.

Responsibilities

• Lead the annual external audit process and serve as the primary liaison with external auditors.
• Manage quarterly financial consolidations and support global financial reporting activities.
• Ensure accurate and timely monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
• Maintain balance sheet integrity through account analysis, reconciliation, and review.
• Prepare required financial reporting for lenders and other external stakeholders.
• Support federal, state, local, sales tax, and property tax compliance activities.
• Help strengthen internal controls, compliance processes, and financial governance.
• Partner with divisional finance leaders and operational stakeholders to support informed business decisions.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives that improve efficiency, scalability, accuracy, and effectiveness.
• Support ERP implementation and finance transformation initiatives.
• Collaborate with international finance teams to improve consistency, communication, and reporting processes.
• Mentor and support accounting team members while helping build organizational capability.

Requirements

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• 7+ years of progressive accounting, finance, controlling, or corporate accounting experience.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated experience leading or heavily supporting external audits.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and financial reporting requirements.
• Experience working with ERP systems and financial processes.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to work effectively across functions, departments, and global teams.
• Ability to work onsite at our Zeeland, Michigan location.
• Authorization to work in the United States without current or future visa sponsorship.

Preferred Qualifications:

• CPA or CMA certification.
• Experience with financial consolidations and multi-entity reporting.
• International accounting or foreign currency reporting experience.
• ERP implementation or business transformation experience.
• Experience leading projects, initiatives, or team members.

Skills

You'll thrive here if you:

• Think like an owner and take accountability for outcomes.
• Enjoy solving problems and improving processes.
• Build strong collaborative relationships across teams.
• Communicate effectively with leadership, auditors, and business partners.
• Are naturally curious and continuously look for better ways to work.
• Can balance attention to detail with big-picture thinking.
• Prefer environments where initiative, ownership, and results matter.
• Want an opportunity to grow toward future finance leadership roles.

Benefits

• Employee-owned (ESOP) company.
• High visibility to executive leadership.
• Collaborative, team-oriented culture.
• Flexible and trust-based work environment.
• Opportunity for professional growth and leadership development.
• Direct impact on business success.