Financial Controller

Summary

Controller with a private‑equity backed company in rapid growth mode.

This is a hands‑on Controller opportunity for someone excited to roll up sleeves to improve processes, implement controls, modernize systems, and elevate reporting. The Controller will play a key role in an upcoming ERP selection and implementation (targeting the next 6‑9 months).

• Own the monthly/quarterly/year‑end close, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and clarity of results.
• Lead and develop a lean accounting function (currently ~7 staff split between two locations).
• Strengthen core accounting fundamentals: reconciliations, accruals, inventory/cost accounting (as applicable), and balance sheet governance.
• Implement and enhance internal controls, policies, and scalable workflows as the business consolidates entities and matures.
• Partner with operations and leadership to improve end‑to‑end processes (Order‑to‑Cash, Procure‑to‑Pay, inventory, etc.).
• Leverage automation initiatives already underway (e.g., AP/AR automation agents) to redeploy capacity toward higher‑value activities (analytics, controls, process redesign).
• Serve as a key finance workstream leader for ERP selection and implementation for a mid‑sized enterprise environment.
• Translate requirements into workflows, reporting needs, controls, and data structures.
• Support change management, testing, training, and go‑live stabilization.
• Coordinate with outsourced providers for tax and audit; ensure the company is prepared for external requests and PE‑level reporting expectations.

• 8+ years of progressive accounting experience, with prior controllership experience a plus.
• Experience in an amid‑size, fast‑growing environment where processes and controls needed to be built or rebuilt.
• ERP implementation experience (selection through go‑live) strongly preferred, especially in a mid‑market company.
• Strong working knowledge of GAAP, close processes, and internal controls.
• Prior experience in a PE‑backed environment or working directly with PE stakeholders is a plus.
• Manufacturing/plant, multi‑entity, or operationally complex business experience is helpful.