Corporate Controller

Overview

This role leads accounting and financial reporting for a manufacturing network, reporting to the Head of Finance and directly overseeing Plant Controllers. The position serves as a trusted partner to the Head of Finance, driving enterprise close, audit readiness, internal controls, and cross-functional initiatives. It also owns scalable, repeatable accounting processes across sites and brings manufacturing cost accounting and multi-entity integration expertise to support growth and consolidation efforts.

Responsibilities

Process & Controls

• Standardize accounting policies, procedures, and controls; build scalable, repeatable accounting processes across plants and corporate functions.
• Develop and maintain monthly close checklists, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and control documentation for the enterprise.
• Establish clear segregation of duties, financial controls, and process ownership across all accounting functions.

Financial Reporting & Close

• Oversee preparation of accurate, timely consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
• Drive a 5-business-day monthly close across all entities, maintaining a consistent sense of urgency.
• Coordinate quarterly and annual financial statement audit processes and lead internal control testing.
• Support lender reporting, covenant calculations, flash reporting, and acquisition accounting.
• Develop dashboards for company performance using Power BI and other data warehouse tools.

Manufacturing & Cost Accounting

• Own standard costing and variance analysis, inventory accounting and valuation, and labor and overhead absorption across all plants.
• Partner with Plant Controllers and Operations leaders to support working capital management and cost-reduction initiatives.

Multi-Entity & Integration

• Lead multi-entity consolidations, intercompany accounting and reporting.
• Support integration of acquired businesses onto common systems, charts of accounts, reporting structures, and processes.
• Work across multiple accounting/ERP systems; international/FX accounting exposure is a plus.
• Build a scalable accounting architecture capable of supporting future acquisitions and integrations.

Budgeting & Forecasting

• Develop and manage the annual budgeting process in collaboration with Plant Controllers and department heads.
• Develop and maintain consistent budgeting templates and approach across all entities.

Business Partnering & Support

• Provide analysis and insights to support informed business decisions by senior management and plant leadership.
• Identify and implement process improvements that increase accuracy, reduce close cycle time, and improve visibility into business performance.

Cash Flow Management

• Maintain accurate cash reporting and partner with the Head of Finance to improve working capital visibility and liquidity forecasting.

Tax Compliance

• Coordinate U.S. and international federal, state, and local tax compliance with outside advisors and ensure timely, accurate provision of required financial information.

Team Leadership

• Assess and redesign the accounting organization, roles, responsibilities, and reporting structure to support a scalable, high-performing function.
• Evaluate opportunities to centralize transactional accounting activities and establish shared-service capabilities where practical.
• Directly manage, coach, and develop multiple Plant Controllers, setting consistent standards for processes, controls, and reporting across all sites.
• Foster a culture of accountability, urgency, collaboration, and continuous improvement across the finance organization.

Requirements

• Demonstrated ability to close the books within 5 business days, with a natural sense of urgency in day-to-day work.
• Demonstrated success professionalizing and integrating accounting organizations within a private equity-backed, acquisition-driven manufacturing company.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex consolidations across multiple legal entities and ERP systems within a decentralized manufacturing environment.
• Manufacturing accounting expertise, including cost accounting, inventory accounting, standard costing and variance analysis, labor and overhead absorption, and working capital management.
• Experience building scalable, repeatable accounting processes, including monthly close checklists, SOPs, and control documentation.
• Clear understanding of segregation of duties, financial controls, and process ownership across accounting functions.
• Working knowledge of different accounting/ERP systems; ERP consolidation/implementation experience preferred; international/FX accounting experience a plus.
• Excellent leadership, coaching, and people management skills across a geographically distributed team.
• Effective communicator who can translate complex financial information for non-financial stakeholders.
• Proficiency in accounting/ERP software, Microsoft Excel, and BI/reporting tools (e.g., Power BI).

Preferred Qualifications

• ERP consolidation/implementation experience.
• International/FX accounting exposure.

Compensation & Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision
• Life insurance and other voluntary supplemental insurance coverages
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• 401k with match
• Holidays
• Paid time off

Location

Remote (preference for candidates near Minneapolis, Chicago, Detroit, New York/Long Island, or Raleigh).