Controller

Overview

This role oversees the integrity, timeliness, and usefulness of the organization’s financial reporting. Reporting to the Director of Finance and Accounting, the Controller leads accounting, close, cost accounting, and controls across a multi-site government-contracting and commercial hardware business. The position partners with Program Management, Contracts, Operations, and Engineering to ensure project costs, inventory, and margins are reliable.

This is a hands-on, builder role in a scaling manufacturer. The Controller will perform individual contributor tasks, coach the accounting team, and tighten processes as volume, sites, and contract complexity grow.

The role can be onsite or remote. Remote candidates must reside and work from one of the following states: Colorado, Florida, North Carolina, Washington, Utah, Texas and Oklahoma.

Responsibilities

• Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual close and deliver accurate GAAP financial statements, consolidations, and management reporting on a predictable calendar.
• Own accounting operations including AR, AP, and payroll; general ledger; account reconciliations; fixed assets; and lease accounting (ASC 842).
• Apply technical accounting judgments.
• Run cost accounting for manufacturing and test operations, including inventory valuation, WIP, variances, scrap, and burden; ensure project and product margins are trustworthy.
• Oversee project accounting in Deltek Costpoint to keep contract structure, funding, indirect rates, and billings aligned with FAR, DFARS, and CAS requirements.
• Prepare internal accounting and financial reports for management and directors.
• Assist with annual budget preparation.
• Review, maintain, and improve accounting procedures and policies.
• Partner with Contracts and Program Management on incurred-cost submissions, provisional and final rates, and DCAA, DCMA, or customer audits and contract briefings.
• Build and maintain internal controls in preparation for larger audits, customer reviews, and possible financing events.
• Prepare and manage company financial and 401(k) audits.
• Coordinate corporate tax compliance, including sales and use tax, state registrations, annual tax filings, 1099 reporting, 3921 reporting, and other regulatory filings in partnership with external tax advisors.
• Manage preparation and timely filing of accounting and financial reports for third parties (investors, auditors, governmental and regulatory agencies).
• Hire, manage, and develop a high-performing accounting team (AP/AR, general ledger, and payroll), including performance evaluations and salary reviews.
• Improve close cycle time, Deltek Costpoint configuration, and reporting so finance scales with production throughput rather than headcount.
• Annually develop departmental objectives and recommend short-term and long-term plans to improve the effectiveness of assigned functions.
• Support FP&A and leadership with accurate, timely actuals.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field or equivalent practical experience.
• 10-12 years of progressive accounting experience, including at least 3 years as a Controller, Assistant Controller, or Accounting Manager; at least 4 years in a supervisory capacity.
• Experience owning an enterprise resource planning system.
• Experience with revenue recognition (ASC 606) accounting.
• Manufacturing cost accounting experience, including inventory, job or project costing, and margin analysis.
• Working knowledge of FAR, DFARS, CAS, incurred cost, provisional billing rates, and DCAA audit expectations.
• Proven ability to close the books timely, manage an audit, and lead a team.
• Excellent attention to detail, organizational skills, and ability to work independently in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA license or CMA certificate.
• Relevant experience in manufacturing or aerospace and defense.
• Deltek Costpoint administration (project setup, indirect rates, billing, cost reporting).
• Experience in a smaller or earlier-stage operation with a track record of building teams, processes, and controls in a high-growth or scaling company.
• Comfort operating amid ambiguity, competing priorities, and a build-it-yourself mindset.

Compensation & Benefits

• Employment Type: Exempt
• Work Schedule: Full Time
• Salary: $128,000-$160,000 annually
  • Final compensation will be based on factors such as experience, skills, and internal equity, and is typically made within the midrange, rather than the upper end.
• Benefits include:
  • Generous health coverage, dental and vision plans
  • Flexible Time Off
  • Parental leave
  • 401(k) with 100% company match up to 4%

Location

• Remote (strong preference for candidates in or willing to be based near Durango, Colorado or Tulsa, Oklahoma)
• Candidates MUST live and work from Colorado, Florida, North Carolina, Washington, Utah, Texas or Oklahoma to work remotely.

Other Notes

• Physical Requirements: Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.