Corporate Controller

About the role

Milacron is looking for a Global Controller to join our team in Batavia, Ohio (Greater Cincinnati).

Responsibilities

• Act as a strategic business partner to the CFO and Operating Leadership Team, leveraging financial data to drive performance and decision-making.
• Transform financial results into actionable insights, including margin trends, pricing realization, cost discipline, and working capital optimization.
• Lead global monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes, ensuring accurate and timely consolidated financial reporting in accordance with US GAAP.
• Oversee global consolidations across regions, including intercompany eliminations, foreign currency translation, and purchase accounting.
• Prepare executive-level reporting packages for senior leadership, sponsors, and lenders; clearly communicate performance drivers and variances.
• Serve as the company’s technical accounting expert on complex matters such as ASC 606, ASC 842, business combinations, and impairment analyses.
• Own and manage the external audit relationship, ensuring clean and timely audits and resolution of audit findings.
• Design and enhance a robust internal control environment aligned with SOX-equivalent standards.
• Lead and develop the global controllership organization, including regional and plant controllers and shared services teams.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across accounting processes, systems, and close cycle efficiency.
• Partner with IT and Finance Systems to improve ERP and consolidation platforms through automation and standardization.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with FP&A, Tax, Treasury, Commercial Finance, and Operations Finance to maintain a unified financial perspective.
• Support strategic initiatives including M&A, capital allocation, and sponsor reporting requirements.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive accounting and controllership experience, including global manufacturing environments.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field. Active CPA certification.
• Deep expertise in US GAAP with experience in multinational, multi-entity structures.
• Demonstrated success leading global close, consolidations, and external audit processes.
• Proven leadership experience managing high-performing accounting teams across multiple geographies.
• Experience designing and operating a strong internal control environment (SOX or SOX-equivalent).
• Strong ability to partner with business leaders to drive measurable performance improvements.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to present complex financial topics to non-financial stakeholders.

Nice to have

• MBA or Master’s in Accounting (MAcc).
• Big Four (or equivalent) public accounting background.
• Experience in a private equity-backed or sponsor-owned environment.
• Prior Global Controller or Controller experience in a similarly complex organization.
• Experience supporting M&A activity, including diligence and integration.
• Familiarity with ERP and financial system transformation initiatives.