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 play a critical role in overseeing financial reporting, audit leadership, global consolidations, compliance, and continuous improvement initiatives across the organization.

This is a unique opportunity to step into a highly visible role, work directly with executive leadership, collaborate with global finance teams, and help shape the future of finance at an employee-owned company. You'll partner with our CFO, divisional finance leaders, and international teams to ensure financial integrity while helping drive process improvements and business results.

Why Finance Professionals Choose 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, make decisions like owners, and continuously improve the business because they directly benefit from its success.
• Work Alongside Executive Leadership: This role works directly with the CFO, divisional finance leaders, and international controllers. You'll have visibility into key business decisions and opportunities to influence how finance supports the organization.
• Help Lead Transformation: We're continually investing in systems, technology, and process improvements, including ERP initiatives designed to help the business scale and operate more effectively. You'll play an important role in these efforts.
• Join a Strong Team: At Innotec, you'll join a finance team with deep organizational knowledge, strong business partnerships, and a shared commitment to continuous improvement. Our team combines institutional experience with a forward-looking mindset, creating an environment where collaboration, learning, and innovation thrive.
• Gain Global Experience: Collaborate with finance professionals across multiple international operations and help ensure consistent reporting, controls, and financial visibility throughout the organization.

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 looking 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).
• 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.