Controller

Job Title: Controller

Location: On Site - City of Industry, California

About The Opportunity:

Join a well-established global manufacturing organization with a diverse portfolio of engineered products and production solutions serving a range of industrial and technology-driven markets. With operations spanning multiple sites the company offers a high-impact opportunity for a finance leader to oversee complex accounting operations, strengthen financial controls, and partner closely with executive and operational leadership to drive profitability, efficiency, and continued growth.

Responsibilities:

• Lead accounting and financial reporting activities across a multi-site, global manufacturing organization and multiple legal entities.
• Oversee month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting.
• Manage general ledger accounting, reconciliations, accruals, journal entries, fixed assets, intercompany transactions, and financial statement preparation.
• Oversee manufacturing and cost accounting, including standard costing, job costing, inventory valuation, work in process, overhead absorption, and variance analysis.
• Analyze material, labor, overhead, purchase price, freight, scrap, and other manufacturing variances, partnering with Operations on corrective actions.
• Oversee inventory controls, physical inventories, cycle counts, excess and obsolete inventory, adjustments, and manufacturing account reconciliations.
• Serve as the finance subject-matter expert for Epicor Kinetic, ensuring the accuracy and integrity of financial and operational data.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, KPI development, external audits, internal controls, process improvement, and team development.

Must-Have Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Active CPA license required.
• Eight or more years of progressive accounting and finance experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Prior experience as a Controller, Assistant Controller, or equivalent senior accounting leader.
• Hands-on Epicor experience required.
• Experience overseeing accounting operations across multiple manufacturing sites and/or legal entities.
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing accounting, including standard costing, job costing, inventory, work in process, overhead absorption, and variance analysis.
• Strong understanding of U.S. GAAP, financial reporting, internal controls, month-end close, intercompany accounting, and consolidations.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills with experience analyzing large data sets and financial reports.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, leadership, and cross-functional communication skills.

Nice-to-Have Skills:

• Experience with international manufacturing operations, foreign entities, and global consolidations.
• Experience with Power BI, SQL, or other business intelligence tools.
• Background in engineered products, electronics, industrial manufacturing, contract manufacturing, or aerospace and defense.
• Experience improving ERP functionality, accounting automation, reporting processes, and operational efficiency.
• Demonstrated success partnering with Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, and executive leadership.