Controller
Robert Half · Mukilteo, WA · 5 days ago
On-siteAccountingFull-time
Responsibilities
- Direct full-site financial oversight, including profit and loss performance, balance sheet accuracy, and the monthly close cycle.
- Deliver regular financial reports and meaningful analysis to local leadership, business unit finance, and corporate accounting teams.
- Evaluate key operating trends affecting sales, margins, staffing costs, overhead, inventory levels, and working capital, and communicate findings to stakeholders.
- Maintain disciplined reconciliations, effective internal controls, and adherence to organizational policies and accounting standards.
- Guide site finance and accounting staff while reinforcing consistency, accuracy, and accountability across day-to-day transactions and general ledger activity.
- Work closely with the Plant Manager and cross-functional leaders in operations, supply chain, engineering, quality, customer service, and sales to connect business activity with financial outcomes.
- Contribute to budgeting, forecasting, and monthly outlook processes, and support decisions related to pricing, quoting, labor planning, and profitability improvement.
- Oversee standard costing, variance review, inventory valuation, reserves, capital spending, and cycle count-related financial accuracy.
- Absorb oversight of audit preparation, required reporting, cash flow forecasting, and initiatives to improve reporting tools, workflow effectiveness, and future system implementation readiness.
Qualifications
- Proven experience in a Controller or senior finance leadership role within a manufacturing environment.
- Strong knowledge of inventory accounting, standard costing, variance analysis, and valuation practices.
- Demonstrated ability to manage financial close activities, account reconciliations, internal controls, and financial reporting.
- Experience partnering with operational leaders to translate plant performance into financial insight and business decisions.
- Familiarity with budgeting, forecasting, cash flow planning, and working capital management.
- Working knowledge of accounting and ERP platforms such as QuickBooks and Epicor.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate across finance, operations, and other functional teams.
- Experience supporting software implementation, testing, or process improvement initiatives is preferred.
Pay
The salary range for this position is $150,000 to $170,000 + 10% bonus.
Benefits
- Basic Life and AD&d insurance
- STD/LTD
- 401k with company match
- 2 weeks PTO
- 7 paid holidays + 3 floating holidays