Controller, Accounting, Financial Controller

This opportunity is located within our Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company business, a global leader of mission-critical hardware and systems solutions including precision energetics systems and innovative explosive solutions.

EBAD seeks an accomplished professional for the position of Controller, reporting to the VP of Finance. This leader will oversee the core accounting function, ensure strong financial controls and close discipline, develop talent, and help build a scalable accounting organization to support the continued growth of the business. The Controller will lead day-to-day accounting operations while also driving continuous improvement in processes, systems, and team capability.

This role aligns with the future-state accounting organization in which the Controller serves as the senior accounting leader in 2026, with longer-term role growth tied to business scale and complexity.

• Creating a safe, inclusive environment where people can do their best work
• Hiring, developing, and retaining strong talent, and addressing performance issues directly
• Coaching through regular 1:1s and clear feedback
• Setting expectations, aligning goals, and delivering strong performance management

• Operating with a Kaizen mindset and a bias for action
• Driving a consistent operating cadence with clear accountability
• Using data, visual management, and problem solving to close gaps (SAGS: Standard, Actual, Gap, Scope)
• Leading and sustaining continuous improvement that delivers measurable results

• Lead the accounting function across general accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, cash application, payroll accounting, fixed assets, leases, inventory accounting support, and other controlled balances.
• Own the monthly close process to ensure accurate, complete, and timely financial results.
• Review and approve journal entries, account reconciliations, balance sheet reviews, and close deliverables with strong attention to quality, evidence, and control.
• Provide clear accounting guidance on complex or judgmental items, including revenue recognition, reserves, accruals, capitalization, intercompany activity, and other US GAAP matters.
• Partner with the VP of Finance, segment finance leaders, and business leaders to ensure accounting results are understood, issues are escalated quickly, and corrective actions are closed.

• Maintain and strengthen accounting controls, policies, procedures, and standard work across the function.
• Identify control gaps and process risks, and implement practical countermeasures to improve compliance, accuracy, and efficiency.
• Lead external audit support, including schedules, PBC coordination, issue resolution, management responses, and follow-up actions.
• Ensure taxes, filings, and other compliance‑related accounting activities are completed accurately and on time, as applicable.
• Maintain disciplined controls over cash, banking, fixed assets, inventory-related accounting, and other high‑risk balance sheet areas.

• Support potential acquisitions by partnering with Finance, Corporate, Legal, Tax, Treasury, HR, IT, and operating leaders on accounting due diligence, quality of earnings inputs, working capital review, opening balance sheet readiness, and integration planning.
• Lead or coordinate post‑close accounting integration activities, including close calendar alignment, chart of accounts mapping, accounting policy harmonization, control implementation, reporting requirements, bank and cash controls, and audit support.
• Coordinate technical accounting support for purchase accounting, including working with external advisors where needed on opening balance sheet, valuation, intangible assets, goodwill, inventory step‑up, deferred taxes, and related documentation.
• Build scalable acquisition integration playbooks and standard work so acquired businesses can be brought into EBAD accounting cadence without sacrificing control, speed, or financial statement quality.