Manufacturing Controller

Job Summary

The Manufacturing Controller will lead accounting, financial reporting, inventory and cost accounting, and internal controls for two manufacturing locations. Reporting to the Corporate Controller, this position is responsible for ensuring accurate and timely financial closes, balance sheet integrity, compliant inventory and cost accounting, and consistent execution of company policies and SOX controls.

This role will lead the plant accounting team and partner closely with Operations, Supply Chain, FP&A, Operations Finance, and Corporate Accounting.

Key Responsibilities

Accounting & Financial Reporting

• Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual financial closes for both manufacturing locations.

• Prepare and review journal entries, accruals, reserves, account reconciliations, and supporting schedules.

• Maintain balance sheet integrity and ensure proper transaction cutoffs for inventory, AP, payroll, fixed assets, receiving, and intercompany activity.

• Analyze significant balance sheet and income statement fluctuations and coordinate accounting matters with Corporate Accounting.

Inventory & Cost Accounting

• Oversee inventory accounting, reconciliations, and related controls across both facilities.

• Manage cycle counts and physical inventories, including adjustments, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions.

• Ensure accurate standard costs, bills of material, routings, labor and overhead rates, reserves, and inventory master data.

• Analyze manufacturing variances and partner with Operations and Supply Chain to resolve accounting, process, and master-data issues.

SOX, Internal Controls & Audit

• Implement and maintain plant-level SOX and internal controls.

• Ensure controls are completed accurately and on schedule with appropriate supporting documentation.

• Identify control gaps and recurring issues and coordinate corrective actions.

• Serve as the primary plant accounting contact for internal and external audits, walkthroughs, and control testing.

Team Leadership & Multi-Site Support

• Establish accounting processes, controls, system configurations, and close procedures for new or expanding locations.

• Ensure both facilities are incorporated into reporting calendars, reconciliations, approval workflows, and control processes.

• Lead, develop, and cross-train the plant accounting team.

• Establish clear responsibilities, review standards, escalation procedures, and backup coverage.

• Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, and automate accounting and reconciliation processes.

Key Business Partnerships

• Corporate Accounting: Implement accounting policies, technical guidance, SOX requirements, audit procedures, and compliance standards at the plant level.

• FP&A: Provide accurate actual results and accounting inputs to support budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning.

• Operations Finance: Support margin, productivity, working capital, KPI, and performance-improvement initiatives with reliable financial data.

• Operations & Supply Chain: Provide accounting oversight and identify the financial and internal-control impact of operational activities.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field; Accounting degree preferred.

• 6+ years of progressive accounting experience, including manufacturing and cost accounting.

• Experience leading complex financial closes and reviewing journal entries and account reconciliations.

• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, inventory accounting, standard costing, reserves, and manufacturing variances.

• Experience with internal controls; public-company and/or SOX experience strongly preferred.

• Demonstrated experience leading and developing accounting teams.

• Strong analytical, communication, organizational, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

• Proficiency with ERP and financial reporting systems.

• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.

Preferred

• CPA, CMA, or MBA.

• Previous Plant Controller, Assistant Controller, or manufacturing accounting leadership experience.

• Multi-site manufacturing, new facility launch, plant expansion, or ERP implementation experience.

• Experience with Infor/SyteLine, Planful, or similar systems.

Measures of Success

• Accurate and timely financial closes with complete balance sheet reconciliations.

• Consistent execution of SOX and internal controls with proper documentation.

• Reliable inventory accounting, standard costing, physical inventory controls, and manufacturing variance analysis.

• Timely audit support and effective remediation of accounting or control issues.

• Strong accounting and control processes across both manufacturing locations.

• A well-developed accounting team with clear responsibilities and appropriate backup coverage.

Pay Details: $125,000.00 to $150,000.00 per year

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