Controller - Aftermarket

Location: Milwaukee,WI(relocationassistanceprovided, if needed)

Jobs Supervised :

Financial Analyst

Basic Function:

Thisroleprovides accounting and financial support and leadership for the $100M+revenue

Aftermarket division of Cleaver-Brooks. This includes understanding and managing the general ledger, accounting issues, costing, external audit process, internal reporting, detail analysis and presentation of financial data, preparation and recording of journal entries, preparation and review of monthly account reconciliations, and other similar activities or ad hoc requests.

This role goes beyond traditional accounting– it requires an analytical partner who can interpret trends in mix, volume and margin, translate data into insight for the business and proactivelyidentifyopportunities to improve performance. This individual must beaself-driven,experienced leader and manager,as well asa strong accountant who is detail orientedwithsolid analytical skills andis continually seeking growthand learning opportunities.

• Take ownership of the general ledger and ensure accuracyandconsistencywith Company policy, and compliance withUSGAAP.
• Analyze financial performance and act asbusinesspartner with management to provide recommendations to improve profitability.
• Manage team to provide proper level of customer service to the rest of the organization.
• Maintain a robust internal control environment consistent with Company policy and JSOX principles.
• Establish and build effective and productive relationships withsales,finance and other departments.
• Perform month,quarter and year end close processes, meeting deadlines.
  
  Record journal entries and provide appropriate detail level review and analysis. Develop andmaintaintracking tools and accounting checklists.
  
  Ensure appropriate reporting is correct and accurate.
• Prepare and review monthly account reconciliations as assigned. Track and ensure completion of reconciliations.
• Directs,consolidates, and analyzes all cost accounting procedures together with other internal records.
• Perform monthly financial varianceanalysisincludinginvestigations intowhy results deviated from expectation, what the change means for thebusinessandclearly communicating the findings.
• Work closely with business leaders todevelop forecast and budget models for a high-volume, multi-categorypartsbusiness.
  
  This includes partnering withthe sales team to structure forecasts around part categories and demand drivers rather than distribution geography alone.
• Ensure duties and company projects are accomplished in efficient and cost-effective manners.
• Effectively manage team. This includes, but is not limited to, execution of meaningful performance reviews, providing appropriate direction and coaching to ensure positive development of subordinates as well as ensuring subordinates adhere to and follow the Company’s policies and procedures.
• Developandmaintaina monthly KPI and business-review packagehighlightingthe proactive analysis ofsales mix,volumeand product margin trendstoidentifyrisks and opportunities andproviderecommendations to the pricing teamto protect and improve profitability.
• Identify and automate manual reporting workflows – including daily reporting and PSI reporting toeliminateredundant data entry.
• Review all existing reporting toensure it reflects current business needs.
• Oversee inventory accounting for thepartsbusiness, including valuation, excess and obsolete reserve analysis and support for physical inventory and cycle count programs.
• Other costing,analysisandprojectsassignedby members of management.
• Other duties as directed.

Education Required :

Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting is required.

CPA/CMA is preferred.

Experience Required :10+ years of progressive accounting experience preferred.

Previous experience with performing account reconciliations and booking journal entries required, andpreviousexperiencesuccessfully managing an accounting team preferred.

Experience using ERP systems,One Stream financial reportingandsupporting ahigh transaction volume business is a plus.

Experience with Pythonor a similarscriptingtoolfor automating reporting workflows is also aplus.

• Proficient in MS Word, Excel,IFSand other software programs.
• Proficie…