Business Unit Controller

Addison Group SoCal is partnering with a high-growth, publicly traded technology manufacturer that powers next-generation AI and hyperscale infrastructure. This organization is at the center of a critical tech buildout, experiencing double-digit year-over-year growth.

About the role

You will lead the full spectrum of plant-level financial management, shaping the rollout of a new manufacturing operation in an SAP environment. Responsibilities include cost accounting, inventory control, financial reporting, forecasting, and strategic business partnership. You'll report to the Senior Controller and collaborate with Operations, Engineering, FP&A, and Supply Chain leaders to drive margin, efficiency, and growth.

Responsibilities

• Act as financial business partner to the BU General Manager and plant leadership, providing on-the-floor visibility into labor, materials, and overhead.
• Assist in presenting financial results, variance explanations, and forward-looking analyses to senior management and corporate stakeholders.
• Execute and maintain the standard costing system, including material, labor, subcontractor fees, and overhead cost structures; reconcile inventory to balance sheet and ledger accounts.
• Lead analysis of gross margin, cost of sales, inventory trends, turnover ratios, and production yield data.
• Support COGS and manufacturing variance analysis, as well as P&L forecasting in Adaptive Planning.
• Maintain and strengthen SOX internal controls.
• Plan, execute, and reconcile physical inventories and monitor inventory movement trends and their impact on the P&L.
• Analyze variances from production and purchasing activities, including production order variances and purchase price variance (PPV).
• Perform product and customer margin analysis; review and reconcile SAP transactions driving BU P&L reporting.
• Validate GAAP and non-GAAP P&L results through detailed cost of sales analysis.
• Maintain operational reporting and KPI tracking.
• Ensure timely monthly close process and support standard cost and overhead rate updates, including annual cost roll.
• Drive process improvements, automation, and system enhancements; apply ERP best practices and identify opportunities for improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree; CPA, CMA, or MBA highly preferred.
• 6+ years of progressive experience in manufacturing finance, ideally in high-growth plant operations (computer/electronics manufacturing experience is a major advantage).
• Expertise in SAP and deep understanding of standard costing, manufacturing cost structures, and inventory accounting.
• Working knowledge of SOX/internal controls.
• Strong executive communication skills—ability to translate complexity into clarity and liaise effectively with engineers and manufacturing operations leaders.
• Exposure to forecasting/planning tools (Adaptive or similar).

Benefits

• Top-tier corporate benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Matching 401(K) plan.

Pay

Competitive base salary range: $165,000–$180,000, plus 20% bonus and equity.

Schedule

Onsite daily.