Controller – PCBA Manufacturing

The Controller will lead accounting, financial reporting, internal controls, treasury, cost accounting, and operational finance for a privately held, multi‑site PCBA manufacturing organization with facilities in California and Nevada. This role supports a fast‑paced Electronic Manufacturing Services environment serving high‑technology customers, with annual revenue in excess of $400 million, international sales activity, and large customer programs that may include reimbursement agreements, customer‑funded materials, consigned inventory, customer‑owned inventory, and complex billing structures.

This position is responsible for ensuring accurate financial reporting, strong inventory controls, reliable manufacturing cost data, disciplined cash flow management, and scalable financial processes across the organization. The Controller will work closely with executive leadership, operations, supply chain, engineering, program management, and site leadership to provide financial visibility, improve operational performance, and support continued growth.

The ideal candidate will bring deep experience in manufacturing finance, preferably within EMS, contract manufacturing, electronics manufacturing, aerospace, defense, or another complex high‑technology manufacturing environment.

• Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes across the organization.
• Prepare and review financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
• Maintain general ledger integrity, including journal entries, reconciliations, accruals, reserves, and supporting schedules.
• Manage accounting for domestic and international sales activity.
• Oversee revenue recognition and contract‑related accounting for manufacturing, engineering, logistics, and customer program activity.
• Ensure accurate accounting treatment for customer reimbursement agreements, pass‑through costs, milestone billing, deposits, and customer‑funded purchases.
• Manage fixed asset accounting, lease accounting, prepaid expenses, accruals, and other balance sheet areas.
• Coordinate external financial statement audits, lender audits, insurance audits, tax support requests, and regulatory compliance activities.

Lead cost accounting processes for a multi‑site PCBA manufacturing environment.

Oversee accounting for raw materials, WIP, finished goods, reserves, scrap, excess and obsolete inventory, and inventory valuation.

Ensure proper tracking, reconciliation, and control of customer‑owned inventory, consigned inventory, serialized inventory, and customer‑funded materials.

Partner with operations and supply chain to improve inventory accuracy, material visibility, and manufacturing reporting.

Review BOM structures, labor routing assumptions, standard costs, manufacturing overhead allocations, and cost rollups.

Monitor labor utilization, production variances, scrap, rework, inventory movements, and other manufacturing KPIs.

Support gross margin analysis by customer, program, site, and service line.

Provide financial analysis for NPI programs, production ramp activity, engineering changes, customer transitions, and supply chain constraints.

Support operations involving PCB assembly, system integration, functional test, automated test support, BGA rework, DFX support, logistics, and related manufacturing services.

Manage cash flow forecasting and working capital planning.

Oversee banking relationships, treasury activity, line of credit compliance, and borrowing base reporting.

Manage accounts receivable processes, including collections, cash application, credit exposure, and receivables factoring arrangements where applicable.

Monitor covenant compliance and lender reporting requirements.

Support liquidity planning related to growth, customer programs, inventory investment, and manufacturing capacity expansion.

Oversee payroll accounting and related reconciliations across direct labor, indirect labor, engineering, salaried staff, and temporary labor.

Ensure accurate accounting for payroll liabilities, benefits, bonuses, commissions, PTO accruals, workers’…