Controller, Accounting, Financial Compliance

Controller

Location:

Burr Ridge, Illinois (IL), US

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How you will make an impact (Job Summary): SPX is a diverse team of unique individuals who all make an impact. As the Controller, you will serve as a senior financial leader for the Hydronics business, providing accounting leadership, financial governance, operational insight, and strategic decision support across manufacturing, commercial, and functional organizations. You will be responsible for the integrity and timely delivery of financial statements, forecasts, budgets, internal controls, working capital management, and accounting operations in accordance with U.S. GAAP, Sarbanes-Oxley requirements, and SPX policies.

The Controller is the senior accounting and controllership leader for the Hydronics portfolio, with responsibility across Weil-McLain, Patterson-Kelley, Sigma-Omega, and related manufacturing locations. The role owns accurate and timely reporting, accounting operations, U.S. GAAP and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, and the control environment; provides disciplined oversight of manufacturing and commercial accounting, including rebates, sales commissions, warranty, inventory, standard costs, and manufacturing variances;

partners closely with the Director of Finance, Director of Manufacturing Operations, FP&A leader, and business leadership; develops organizational capability through coaching, talent development, and succession planning within the accounting team; and supports acquisitions from diligence through integration.

What you can expect in this role (Job Responsibilities):
While each day brings new opportunities at SPX, your core responsibilities will be:

• Enterprise Controllership & Reporting:
  Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close and consolidation across Weil-McLain, Patterson-Kelley, Sigma-Omega, and related entities and locations; deliver complete, accurate, and timely financial reporting. Ensure financial statements, general ledger activity, account reconciliations, reserves, accruals, fixed assets, inventory, and other accounting records comply with U.S. GAAP, SPX policies, reporting calendars, and internal controls. Review complex and highly judgmental accounting matters, maintain strong balance-sheet discipline, and drive timely root cause resolution of discrepancies and control issues.
  
  Maintain financial governance over working capital and cash conversion, including receivables, inventory, payables, credit, excess and obsolete reserves, physical inventories, and cycle counts.
• Manufacturing & Commercial Accounting:
  Own the financial integrity of standard costing, inventory valuation, absorption, and manufacturing variances, including material, labor, overhead, purchase price, scrap and yield, productivity, and capacity variances. Partner closely with the Director of Manufacturing Operations to explain performance, challenge assumptions, validate productivity benefits, strengthen plant controls, and improve cost visibility and decision-making. Establish and maintain robust end-to-end accounting and controls for customer rebates, sales commissions, and warranty programs, including accrual methodologies, approvals, reconciliations, claims, true-ups, and payment validation.
  
  Ensure accurate gross-margin reporting by business unit, product, and site, and support operational, commercial, and strategic business decisions with fact-based accounting and cost insights.
• Controls, Compliance & Systems:
  Maintain a robust internal control environment that supports compliance with U.S. GAAP, Sarbanes-Oxley requirements, SPX policies, and financial reporting standards. Lead Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, internal controls, Delegation of Authority governance, audit readiness and remediation, internal and external audits, tax information packages, and record-retention requirements. Govern JDE, One Stream, and related financial processes and data; drive simplification, standardization, automation, and sustainable process improvement across the Hydronics portfolio.
  
  Support inorganic growth through financial due diligence, accounting assessments,…