Director of Finance & Business Operations​/Controller

Director Of Finance & Business Operations

Metal Solutions Holdings is an entrepreneurial industrial holding company focused on acquiring and growing specialized manufacturing businesses. Its operating company, Pen Manufacturing, combines several established Southern California metal-fabrication businesses, including ASM, Pendarvis Manufacturing and Ashworth Metal Products.

Pen provides sheet-metal fabrication, welding, machining and engineering services to customers across data centers, infrastructure, aerospace, defense, construction and other industrial markets. The company is AS9100 certified and ITAR registered and is investing in new equipment, automation, people and systems to expand capacity.

We are seeking a senior, hands-on Director of Finance & Business Operations to lead Pen's financial and administrative functions while overseeing purchasing, materials planning, inventory control and supply-chain execution.

This position combines the responsibilities of a manufacturing Controller with broader business-operations leadership. The Director will report directly to the President and serve as a key partner in improving profitability, cash flow, working capital and operational discipline.

Accounting, purchasing and supply-chain personnel will report to this position.

This is a player-coach role. The successful candidate must be willing to personally close the books, build cash forecasts, resolve accounting problems, analyze inventory and margins and drive critical projects through completion. We are not looking for someone who only delegates ordinary responsibilities to staff or outside consultants.

• Personally own and complete the monthly financial close
• Prepare and review financial statements, journal entries, accruals, reconciliations and supporting schedules
• Maintain an accurate general ledger and reliable balance-sheet accounts
• Oversee manufacturing accounting, including inventory, WIP, job costing, labor, overhead and margin analysis
• Build and maintain the weekly cash-flow forecast
• Own AR reporting, customer collections and cash-receipt forecasting
• Maintain visibility into AP, payroll, taxes and upcoming cash requirements
• Prepare weekly reporting for the President covering cash, collections, margins, tax liabilities and upcoming obligations
• Complete or review bank, payroll, credit-card and balance-sheet reconciliations
• Administer Ramp, including cards, spending limits, receipts, coding, approvals and expense compliance
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, audits, lender reporting and accounting-cleanup projects
• Identify discrepancies, cash risks, margin problems and control failures and drive them to resolution

• Lead purchasing, materials planning, inventory control and vendor management
• Manage and develop purchasing and supply-chain personnel
• Ensure materials are ordered in time to support production schedules and customer delivery requirements
• Work closely with operations, planning, engineering and sales to align purchasing with production priorities
• Monitor material shortages, overdue purchase orders, supplier performance and critical delivery risks
• Improve purchase-order controls, approval processes and purchasing accountability
• Negotiate vendor pricing, payment terms, credit limits and supply arrangements
• Establish clear reporting for open purchase orders, shortages, vendor commitments and inventory exposure
• Improve inventory accuracy, cycle-count procedures, material controls and working-capital efficiency
• Develop alternative sources for critical materials and reduce dependence on weak vendors
• Balance production requirements against cash constraints and payment priorities
• Hold the supply-chain team accountable for cost, availability, accuracy and follow-through

• Personally maintain the company's tax and compliance calendar
• Track federal, state, local, payroll, sales-and-use, property and other tax liabilities
• Prepare the schedules, reconciliations and supporting records required for tax filings
• Coordinate technical filings and tax positions with the company's outside CPA
• Track tax notices, filings, payment plans, deadlines and payment confirmations through completion
• Provide the President with clear reporting on current and upcoming tax obligations
• Maintain licenses, permits, registrations, insurance certificates and renewal requirements

• Oversee Rippling and ensure employee information remains accurate
• Manage…