Controller

Position Summary:

The Controller leads the company’s accounting operations, internal controls, and financial reporting to ensure accuracy, transparency, and audit readiness. This role oversees month-end close, cost accounting, margin analysis, inventory valuation, cash forecasting, and working-capital processes. The Controller provides financial insights that support leadership decision-making and maintains a finance environment capable of meeting lender, regulatory, and customer requirements.

Essential Functions:

Accounting Operations & Close Execution

• Lead daily accounting activities including AP, AR, payroll coordination, general ledger maintenance, and reconciliation processes.

• Own the month-end close calendar, deliverables, and review disciplines for inventory, WIP, accruals, PPV, variances, and reserves.

• Deliver monthly financial statements and financial review packages with drivers, trends, and corrective-action insights for leadership.

Internal Controls, Policies & Compliance

• Maintain and enforce internal control standards, approval matrices, segregation of duties, and audit-ready documentation.

• Maintain finance SOPs and ensure compliance with accounting standards and regulatory requirements.

• Coordinate external audit, tax, and compliance support as needed and help remediate findings.

Cost Accounting & Margin Visibility

• Own cost accounting practices including standard/actual costing, margin analysis, labor and overhead absorption logic, and cost modeling.

• Provide routine reporting on margin performance, PPV trends, inventory valuation, and financial risk indicators.

Cash Management & Working Capital

• Manage cash flow routines, banking relationships, liquidity reviews, and working-capital governance.

• Maintain rolling cash forecasts and communicate risks or required mitigations.

• Oversee AR/collections cadence, AP discipline, and inventory valuation integrity.

Financial Planning & Business Support

• Support annual budgeting, forecasting, and strategic financial planning.

• Partner with Operations, Supply Chain, and Program Management to align assumptions, drivers, and financial expectations.

• Support cost recovery and customer chargeback documentation when contractually appropriate.

Team Leadership & Development

• Develop and coach accounting and finance personnel; reinforce accuracy, timeliness, confidentiality, and standard-work expectations.
  

Job Requirements & Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of GAAP, cost accounting principles, and financial reporting standards, including inventory valuation, WIP accounting, PPV analysis, and margin performance.

• Ability to lead accurate and timely month-end close processes, including reconciliations, journal entries, variance analysis, and financial package preparation.

• Skilled in developing and enforcing internal controls, accounting policies, approval workflows, and audit-ready documentation.

• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to interpret financial trends, identify risks, and communicate insights clearly to leadership.

• Proficiency with ERP systems and financial software, including the ability to troubleshoot data integrity issues and partner with operations on master-data accuracy.

• Strong working knowledge of cash flow management, working-capital drivers, AR/AP governance, and forecasting.

• Ability to collaborate effectively with Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, and Leadership to align financial assumptions with production, cost, and business realities.

• High attention to detail and accuracy, with the ability to manage multiple deadlines without compromising quality.

• Strong communication skills, including the ability to explain complex financial information to non-finance stakeholders.

• Leadership and coaching capability, including the ability to develop staff, set expectations, and reinforce accuracy, timeliness, and confidentiality.

• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality regarding financial, personnel, and company-sensitive information.

• Strong organizational skills, including ability to maintain structured processes, documentation standards, and clear file management.

• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, adapting to changing priorities, operational constraints, and evolving financial requirements.

Education, Experience, or Formal Training

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field (or equivalent work experience).

• Progressive accounting/finance experience with strong background in manufacturing cost accounting preferred.

• Demonstrated experience leading financial reporting, month-end close, and internal controls.

• CPA/CMA preferred but not required.

• Strong proficiency with ERP systems, financial tools, and advanced spreadsheet modeling.