Controller, Accounting, Financial Compliance

Description We are looking for an accomplished Controller to join a food and food processing organization in Charlotte, North Carolina. This Long-term Contract opportunity is ideal for a finance leader who can strengthen reporting, enhance internal controls, and bring structure to a fast-moving environment. The selected candidate will partner with senior finance stakeholders to assess current practices, improve financial accuracy, and support business continuity during a period of elevated demand.

Responsibilities:

- Partner with finance leadership to provide hands-on controllership support across reporting, governance, and day-to-day accounting activities.

- Review the existing control framework, determine where compliance or documentation gaps exist, and recommend practical corrective actions.

- Examine balance sheet accounts in detail, validate supporting reconciliations, and resolve areas of financial risk or inconsistency.

- Assess consolidation and financial reporting workflows to improve reliability, transparency, and timeliness of deliverables.

- Lead initiatives that strengthen data quality from transactional inputs through executive-level reporting outputs.

- Identify process inefficiencies across sites and central finance functions, then implement standardized approaches that reduce operational dependency on individual team members.

- Drive improvements in accounts payable reporting consistency and help establish clearer performance visibility across the organization.

- Increase purchase order discipline and reporting accuracy to support stronger KPI performance and reduce manual intervention.

- Contribute finance expertise during organizational transition activities, including alignment with related reporting and control expectations. Requirements - 10+ years of progressive experience in controllership, corporate accounting, audit, or a related finance leadership function.

- Strong background in accounting controls, financial audit, and evaluating the effectiveness of internal control environments.

- Demonstrated experience with balance sheet account reconciliation, issue identification, and remediation planning.

- Solid knowledge of consolidated financial statements and enterprise-level financial reporting processes.

- Proven ability to lead process improvement efforts and challenge legacy practices with sound financial judgment.

- Experience working effectively with senior finance leaders, including controllers, FP& A teams, and site-based accounting partners.

- Background in complex business environments such as food manufacturing, consumer products, industrial operations, or similar sectors is preferred.

- Familiarity with M& A-related finance considerations and integration support is a plus.

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