Controller, Accounting, Cost Accountant

Job Description

The Controller owns the integrity of the company's financial reporting and, critically, the job costing system that drives how we quote, price, and evaluate margin. This is a hands-on manufacturing accounting role in a high-mix, low-volume custom environment.

The company uses actual job costing. The Controller owns job cost accuracy and WIP integrity, maintains the labor and burden rates through which overhead is applied to jobs, and owns the feedback loop between quoted cost and actual cost, critical to estimating discipline and margin improvement over time. The Controller runs a clean and timely close, manages working capital, and as needed builds capital investment justifications and evaluates financing alternatives as they pursue organic growth through capacity and automation investment.

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Demonstrated ownership of a job costing system in a custom, make-to-order, or high-mix/low-volume manufacturing environment - not exposure to one, ownership of one.

Direct experience setting and maintaining labor and burden rates and validating overhead absorption.

WIP and inventory accounting and cost control experience in a job shop or custom manufacturing setting.

Experience closing the loop between quoted or estimated cost and actual job cost, and using it to improve estimating accuracy.

Full-cycle close ownership and GAAP-compliant financial statement preparation.

Working capital management: AR, AP, and cash forecasting.

Advanced ERP proficiency, including job costing, work order, and inventory modules.

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance. Plant Controller or Assistant Controller experience at a larger custom or contract manufacturer, seeking whole-company scope.

Capital investment analysis and equipment financing evaluation.

CPA or CMA.

Experience in plastics, polymers, or a comparable custom component manufacturing environment - job shop, custom molding, or contract manufacturing.

Infor Visual or comparable mid-market manufacturing ERP.