Corporate Controller

Job Description

Job Description

Corporate Controller

The Opportunity
Our client is a rapidly growing, technology-driven advanced manufacturing organization serving highly engineered and mission-critical end markets. With expanding U.S. and international operations, the company is investing in the financial infrastructure, systems, processes, and leadership needed to support its next phase of growth.

This is a true build-and-transform leadership role not a maintenance role. The Corporate Controller will establish the accounting infrastructure, team, controls, systems, and reporting processes required to support a growing, multi-entity organization.

The role will initially be hands-on while quickly evolving into broader leadership as the internal accounting organization is built.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and lead a scalable accounting organization, including hiring, developing, and mentoring the internal team.
• Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close process and consolidated financial reporting under U.S. GAAP.
• Establish accounting policies, procedures, reconciliations, reporting standards, and a disciplined internal control environment.
• Partner with existing external accounting resources while strategically transitioning responsibilities in-house.
• Lead multi-entity and multi-currency consolidation, including international operations, intercompany activity, eliminations, and foreign currency translation.
• Serve as a key accounting leader in the selection and implementation of a new ERP, including accounting design, reporting structure, data conversion, testing, and cutover.
• Lead external audit activities and strengthen processes and controls to support continued organizational maturity and potential future SOX readiness.
• Provide technical accounting leadership across revenue recognition, business combinations, leases, equity compensation, and other complex accounting matters.
• Support M&A activity, including financial diligence, purchase accounting, opening balance sheets, and post-acquisition accounting and systems integration.
• Oversee core accounting operations including treasury, cash management, AP, AR, payroll accounting, collections, and revenue accounting.
• Partner closely with FP&A, executive leadership, auditors, and operational teams to provide accurate and timely financial information.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive accounting experience, including public accounting and senior accounting leadership experience.
• CPA required; active license strongly preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• Demonstrated experience building or significantly transforming an accounting function, including close processes, controls, policies, and teams.
• Strong U.S. GAAP and technical accounting expertise.
• Required experience with multi-entity, multi-currency and international consolidation.
• ERP selection, implementation, or major finance transformation experience strongly preferred.
• M&A, purchase accounting, and post-acquisition integration experience highly desirable.
• Strong internal controls experience; public company, SOX, SEC reporting, or IPO-readiness exposure strongly preferred.
• Experience managing external audits and complex technical accounting matters.
• Experience within manufacturing, industrial, aerospace, engineered products, or advanced materials preferred.
• Experience within a high-growth, venture-backed, private equity-backed, or similarly dynamic environment is highly desirable.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience with modern ERP, consolidation, and financial reporting systems.
• Strong executive-level communication skills with the ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, evolving environment.