Controller

Job Description Summary

This role is responsible for leading the organization’s financial operations with a strong focus on accuracy, transparency, and operational partnership. The Controller ensures financial integrity, drives data-informed decision-making, and builds scalable processes that support sustainable growth. This position operates as both a strategic partner and hands-on leader, aligning financial performance with company goals, and collaborates closely with the executive team, department heads, and external auditors to provide accurate and timely financial information for decision-making and strategic planning.

Accountabilities

• Own and lead the monthly, quarterly, and annual close process to ensure accuracy and timeliness

• Deliver clear, reliable financial statements (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow)

• Ensure compliance with GAAP and applicable regulatory standards

• Review journal entries, reconciliations, and accruals with a high standard of accuracy and accountability

• Lead standard costing, variance analysis, and cost roll-ups across operations

• Monitor and analyze labor efficiency, material usage, scrap, and overhead absorption

• Ensure accurate inventory valuation, controls, and cycle count processes

• Partner with plant and operations leaders to improve profitability, cost discipline, and performance visibility

• Design, implement, and continuously improve internal control frameworks

• Lead internal and external audit processes with a focus on zero material weaknesses or significant deficiencies

• Promote a culture of accountability, integrity, and financial discipline

• Actively manage and optimize cash flow, AR/AP, inventory, and fixed assets

• Drive working capital improvements (DSO, DPO, inventory turns)

• Ensure liquidity supports both daily operations and long-term growth initiatives

• Lead, coach, and develop the accounting team (AP, AR, GL, payroll, etc.)

• Oversee all accounting activities

• Establish clear expectations, performance standards, and accountability

• Build a scalable team structure aligned with company growth

• Foster a culture of ownership, continuous improvement, and collaboration

• Own and optimize ERP systems (Dynamics SL and future platforms)

• Drive automation, process standardization, and data integrity

• Improve visibility into financial and operational performance across plants, products, and customers

• Support system implementations and integrations to enable scale and efficiency

Key Success Metrics

• Improved close cycle (3–6 business days)

• Accuracy and reliability of financial reporting

• EBITDA performance vs. plan

• Working capital improvements (DSO, DPO, inventory turns)

• Audit outcomes (no material weaknesses)

• Forecast accuracy and quality of insights

• ERP and process efficiency gains

Attributes

• Safety First: Promotes a financially disciplined and risk-aware culture, ensuring strong internal controls, compliance, and decision-making that protect the organization’s long-term stability and integrity.

• Human-Centered: Leads with respect and empathy, developing team members, supporting cross-functional partners, and fostering trust through approachable and collaborative leadership.

• Transparent: Clearly communicates financial performance, risks, and opportunities to leadership and stakeholders, enabling informed decisions and organizational alignment.

• Innovative: Drives continuous improvement through automation, system enhancements, and streamlined processes to increase efficiency, accuracy, and data visibility.

• Resilient: Maintains composure and effectiveness under tight deadlines, audits, and changing business conditions, ensuring continuity and reliability of financial operations.

• Reliable: Delivers accurate, timely financial reporting and consistently upholds strong controls, compliance, and accountability across all financial processes.

• Grit & Ownership: Takes full ownership of financial outcomes, proactively solves problems, drives improvements, and follows through on commitments to achieve business results.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field required

• Master’s degree preferred

• CPA strongly preferred

• 7 years of progressive accounting/finance experience

• Minimum 3 years in a supervisory role

• Public accounting experience, with prior audit experience strongly preferred

• Experience with manufacturing and percentage of completion revenue recognition preferred

• Advanced experience with MS Office (i.e., Excel)

• Private equity–backed environment preferred

• Experience with multi-entity or multi-site operations

• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and SOX compliance

• Proven ability to produce accurate financial statements

• Proven ability to lead and develop teams (5–15+ employees)

• Strong cross-functional leadership with operations, supply chain, and executive teams

• Deep understanding of manufacturing operations and cost drivers

• Exceptional analytical skills and attention to detail

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex financial and non-financial information to stakeholders