Controller

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Position Overview

We are seeking a hands-on Manufacturing Controller to lead accounting and financial oversight for our manufacturing operations, with a strong focus on cost of goods sold (COGS), inventory, standard costing, and operational finance . This role is ideal for a finance leader who enjoys working closely with operations, supply chain, and leadership to improve visibility into product costs, inventory accuracy, gross margin, and overall financial performance.

This is not a Plant Controller role . Rather than serving as the financial lead for a single facility, this position provides broader accounting and financial control across manufacturing-related processes, inventory, costing, and reporting.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the accounting and financial reporting related to inventory, COGS, cost accounting, and manufacturing operations
• Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual close activities for manufacturing-related accounts
• Analyze and reconcile raw materials, work-in-process, finished goods, reserves, variances, and inventory movement
• Oversee and improve standard costing , product costing, BOM accuracy, labor and overhead allocations, and variance analysis
• Review and explain purchase price variance, production variance, labor variance, overhead variance, scrap, and obsolescence
• Partner with operations and supply chain teams to ensure accurate inventory transactions and strong cost controls
• Monitor inventory valuation and reserves, including excess and obsolete inventory analysis
• Support physical inventory counts, cycle counts, and inventory audit readiness
• Ensure accurate financial treatment of manufacturing transactions, including absorption accounting and inventory capitalization
• Prepare margin, profitability, and cost trend analyses to support decision-making
• Help develop and maintain internal controls over inventory and manufacturing accounting processes
• Partner with FP&A, operations, procurement, and leadership on budgeting, forecasting, and operational improvement initiatives
• Drive process improvements in ERP usage, reporting, and month-end close efficiency
• Support external audit requests and compliance with accounting policies and standards

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
• 5+ years of progressive accounting or finance experience, with significant exposure to manufacturing accounting, inventory, and cost accounting
• Strong knowledge of COGS, inventory valuation, standard costing, variances, and GAAP
• Experience in a manufacturing environment required
• Strong understanding of ERP systems, inventory modules, and reporting tools
• Advanced Excel skills and strong analytical capabilities
• Ability to work cross-functionally with operations, supply chain, and executive leadership
• Strong attention to detail, accountability, and process-improvement mindset
• CPA, CMA, or MBA is a plus

Preferred Background

• Experience with standard cost systems , BOMs, routings, and overhead absorption
• Background in inventory-intensive or multi-product manufacturing environments
• Experience improving controls and visibility around inventory accuracy and gross margin
• Comfortable operating in a role that blends technical accounting, operational finance, and business partnership

What Success Looks Like

• Inventory balances are accurate, well-supported, and tightly controlled
• COGS and margin reporting are timely, reliable, and actionable
• Variances are clearly analyzed and communicated to leadership
• Manufacturing accounting processes are efficient, disciplined, and audit-ready
• Operations leaders have stronger visibility into cost drivers and profitability

Ideal Candidate

You are a hands-on, detail-oriented manufacturing accounting leader who knows how to dig into inventory, costing, and margin performance. You are just as comfortable reviewing reconciliations and journal entries as you are partnering with operations to understand what is driving variances. xhyhwjd You bring strong technical accounting skills, but you also think like a business partner focused on improving performance.

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