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Vice President / ControllerPosition SummaryWe are seeking an experienced Vice President / Controller to provide strategic financial leadership and oversee all accounting, financial reporting, internal controls, budgeting, forecasting, and compliance functions across a multi-site organization. This executive leadership role serves as a key business partner to senior leadership, providing financial insight that supports operational performance, long-term planning, and business growth.The ideal candidate is a hands-on finance leader with extensive experience in manufacturing or industrial environments, strong leadership capabilities, and a proven ability to build high-performing teams while maintaining sound financial controls and reporting practices.Key ResponsibilitiesFinancial Leadership &amp; Strategy<ul style="margin:0px;padding-left:40px;">
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Serve as a strategic financial advisor to executive leadership on business performance, growth initiatives, and operational decisions.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Lead the organization's accounting, financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning activities.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Provide financial analysis and recommendations to support strategic decision-making.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Develop and monitor financial forecasts, ensuring the accuracy and integrity of financial assumptions and projections.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Lead annual budgeting, long-range planning, and operational review processes.</li>
</ul>Accounting &amp; Financial Reporting<ul style="margin:0px;padding-left:40px;">
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Oversee the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Ensure timely, accurate, and compliant financial reporting in accordance with applicable accounting standards.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Monitor financial performance, identify trends, and recommend corrective actions where necessary.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Maintain the integrity of the general ledger and financial reporting processes.</li>
</ul>Internal Controls, Compliance &amp; Risk Management<ul style="margin:0px;padding-left:40px;">
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Establish and maintain strong internal controls across all business operations.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Ensure compliance with corporate policies, accounting standards, regulatory requirements, and internal control frameworks, including SOX where applicable.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Coordinate internal and external audits and ensure timely resolution of audit findings.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Oversee financial governance, risk management, and compliance initiatives.</li>
</ul>Operational &amp; Business Partnership<ul style="margin:0px;padding-left:40px;">
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Partner closely with operational leaders to improve financial performance and support business objectives.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Evaluate operational performance, profitability, and cost drivers while recommending opportunities for improvement.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Support process improvements that enhance efficiency, reporting accuracy, and financial controls.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Collaborate across departments to improve financial visibility and operational decision-making.</li>
</ul>Leadership &amp; Team Development<ul style="margin:0px;padding-left:40px;">
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Lead, mentor, and develop accounting and finance teams across multiple locations.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Establish performance goals, provide coaching, and support employee development.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Foster a collaborative, accountable, and continuous improvement-focused culture.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Build organizational capabilities by identifying, developing, and retaining top talent.</li>
</ul>Process Improvement &amp; Business Growth<ul style="margin:0px;padding-left:40px;">
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Drive continuous improvement initiatives across finance and accounting processes.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Improve reporting efficiency through automation and process optimization.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Support mergers, acquisitions, due diligence activities, and financial integration efforts when applicable.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Develop financial models, trend analysis, and business case evaluations to support strategic initiatives.</li>
</ul>Qualifications<ul style="margin:0px;padding-left:40px;">
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">CPA designation preferred; MBA or other advanced business degree is a plus.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">10+ years of progressive accounting and finance leadership experience, including controllership responsibilities.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Experience leading finance operations within a manufacturing, industrial, or product-based environment.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Strong knowledge of financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, internal controls, and regulatory compliance.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Experience managing multi-site or multi-entity financial operations.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Demonstrated leadership experience managing and developing accounting and finance teams.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Experience supporting internal and external audits.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Proficiency with ERP systems, financial reporting tools, and Microsoft Excel.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Ability to leverage technology and AI-powered tools to improve productivity, reporting accuracy, and decision-making.</li>
</ul>Preferred Qualifications<ul style="margin:0px;padding-left:40px;">
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Public accounting experience is a plus.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Experience with SOX compliance and internal control frameworks.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Experience with Lean, Six Sigma, or continuous improvement methodologies.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Experience supporting acquisition due diligence and financial integration activities.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Familiarity with contract manufacturing, subscription-based revenue models, or complex operational accounting environments.</li>
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Vice President / Controller

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced Vice President / Controller to
provide strategic financial leadership and oversee all
accounting, financial reporting, internal controls, budgeting,
forecasting, and compliance functions across a multi-site
organization. This executive leadership role serves as a key
business partner to senior leadership, providing financial
insight that supports operational performance, long-term
planning, and business growth.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on finance leader with extensive
experience in manufacturing or industrial environments, strong
leadership capabilities, and a proven ability to build
high-performing teams while maintaining sound financial controls
and reporting practices.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Leadership & Strategy

* Serve as a strategic financial advisor to executive leadership
on business performance, growth initiatives, and operational
decisions.
* Lead the organization's accounting, financial reporting,
budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning activities.
* Provide financial analysis and recommendations to support
strategic decision-making.
* Develop and monitor financial forecasts, ensuring the accuracy
and integrity of financial assumptions and projections.
* Lead annual budgeting, long-range planning, and operational
review processes.
Accounting & Financial Reporting

* Oversee the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual
financial statements.
* Ensure timely, accurate, and compliant financial reporting in
accordance with applicable accounting standards.
* Monitor financial performance, identify trends, and recommend
corrective actions where necessary.
* Maintain the integrity of the general ledger and financial
reporting processes.
Internal Controls, Compliance & Risk Management

* Establish and maintain strong internal controls across all
business operations.
* Ensure compliance with corporate policies, accounting
standards, regulatory requirements, and internal control
frameworks, including SOX where applicable.
* Coordinate internal and external audits and ensure timely
resolution of audit findings.
* Oversee financial governance, risk management, and compliance
initiatives.
Operational & Business Partnership

* Partner closely with operational leaders to improve financial
performance and support business objectives.
* Evaluate operational performance, profitability, and cost
drivers while recommending opportunities for improvement.
* Support process improvements that enhance efficiency, reporting
accuracy, and financial controls.
* Collaborate across departments to improve financial visibility
and operational decision-making.
Leadership & Team Development

* Lead, mentor, and develop accounting and finance teams across
multiple locations.
* Establish performance goals, provide coaching, and support
employee development.
* Foster a collaborative, accountable, and continuous
improvement-focused culture.
* Build organizational capabilities by identifying, developing,
and retaining top talent.
Process Improvement & Business Growth

* Drive continuous improvement initiatives across finance and
accounting processes.
* Improve reporting efficiency through automation and process
optimization.
* Support mergers, acquisitions, due diligence activities, and
financial integration efforts when applicable.
* Develop financial models, trend analysis, and business case
evaluations to support strategic initiatives.
Qualifications

* Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
* CPA designation preferred; MBA or other advanced business
degree is a plus.
* 10+ years of progressive accounting and finance leadership
experience, including controllership responsibilities.
* Experience leading finance operations within a manufacturing,
industrial, or product-based environment.
* Strong knowledge of financial reporting, budgeting,
forecasting, internal controls, and regulatory compliance.
* Experience managing multi-site or multi-entity financial
operations.
* Demonstrated leadership experience managing and developing
accounting and finance teams.
* Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and
problem-solving skills.
* Experience supporting internal and external audits.
* Proficiency with ERP systems, financial reporting tools, and
Microsoft Excel.
* Ability to leverage technology and AI-powered tools to improve
productivity, reporting accuracy, and decision-making.
Preferred Qualifications

* Public accounting experience is a plus.
* Experience with SOX compliance and internal control frameworks.
* Experience with Lean, Six Sigma, or continuous improvement
methodologies.
* Experience supporting acquisition due diligence and financial
integration activities.
* Familiarity with contract manufacturing, subscription-based
revenue models, or complex operational accounting environments.

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