Assistant Controller

The Assistant Controller supports the Controller and local business unit leadership by delivering accurate reporting actionable analysis inventory controls and cost management insight that improve financial performance and operational decision-making.

This role serves as a key analytical partner to finance operations supply chain and site leadership helping translate manufacturing activity into clear financial understanding. The Assistant Controller will support budgeting forecasting monthly close variance analysis inventory reporting standard cost maintenance margin analysis and business performance reviews.

The ideal candidate is highly analytical detail-oriented curious and comfortable working closely with both financial and operational data. This role is well-suited for someone who enjoys building reports identifying trends improving processes and helping business leaders understand not just what happened but why it happened and what actions should come next.

• Prepare and analyze daily weekly and monthly financial and operational reports that support business unit performance management.
• Support the monthly close process through journal entry preparation account reconciliations variance analysis accrual support and financial reporting.
• Analyze manufacturing costs including material labor overhead freight scrap rework yield productivity and absorption variances.
• Support standard cost development cost roll-ups item cost maintenance and ERP cost updates under the direction of the Controller.
• Monitor inventory balances cycle count results inventory adjustments obsolete and slow-moving inventory reserve requirements and inventory valuation.
• Partner with operations and supply chain to strengthen inventory controls improve transaction accuracy and identify root causes of inventory variances.
• Prepare margin analysis by customer product product family channel or business segment to support pricing mix and profitability decisions.
• Develop dashboards and reporting tools that provide timely insight into sales gross margin operating expenses inventory working capital and operational KPIs.
• Support budgeting and forecasting processes by gathering inputs analyzing trends preparing schedules and developing financial models.
• Assist with capital spending analysis including project tracking ROI calculations payback analysis and post-completion reviews.
• Research and explain key financial variances to budget forecast prior year and prior period results.
• Support cash flow and working capital analysis including inventory receivables payables and operational drivers.
• Partner with shared services as needed to research AR AP payroll cash application and transactional issues impacting business unit reporting or performance.
• Assist with internal and external audit requests including documentation account support inventory testing and control-related analysis.
• Identify reporting gaps process inefficiencies and data integrity issues and recommend improvements to enhance accuracy speed and usefulness of financial information.
• Become a strong user of Epicor and other reporting systems with the ability to retrieve validate analyze and present data without heavy reliance on IT.
• Prepare ad hoc analysis special projects and business case support for the Controller General Manager and local leadership team.
• Support a culture of safety accountability continuous improvement and financial discipline.

Qualifications :

• Strong financial analysis business analytics reporting and problem-solving skills.
• Solid understanding of manufacturing finance cost accounting inventory accounting standard costing and variance analysis.
• Ability to analyze large data sets identify trends explain variances and turn data into practical business recommendations.
• Strong Excel skills including formulas pivot tables lookups data modeling and report automation.
• Experience developing dashboards reports financial models and KPI tracking tools.
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to balance accuracy deadlines and changing business priorities.
• Effective communication skills with the ability to explain financial results clearly to both finance and non-finance audiences.
• Ability to collaborate with operations supply chain shared services and local leadership teams.
• Strong systems aptitude with the ability to retrieve and validate data from ERP and reporting systems.
• Continuous improvement mindset with a desire to simplify processes improve controls and make reporting more useful.
• High level of ownership curiosity and accountability.

Education & Experience Preferred

• Bachelors degree in Accounting Finance Business Administration Economics or related field required.
• Minimum of 3-5 years of progressive financial analysis cost accounting manufacturing finance or related experience preferred.
• Manufacturing experience strongly preferred.
• Experience with inventory controls standard costing cost management and variance analysis preferred.
• Experience with Epicor or similar ERP system a plus.
• Advanced Excel skills required.
• Experience with Power BI Tableau SQL or other business intelligence tools a plus.
• CPA CMA MBA or other relevant certification a plus.

Additional Information :

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin economic status disability age or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics where we celebrate support and embrace diversity.

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time