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Business Controller

Atlas Copco
Santa Maria, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 11/20/2025 CLOSED ON 1/7/2026

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Business Controller position at Atlas Copco?

Your role

Summary

You will play a key role in the control and guidance of Atlas Copco Mafi-Trench Company LLC’s financial results, including reporting, forecasting and analysis. You will be responsible for complying with Atlas Copco policies as set forth in “The Way We Do Things,” and support and develop the organization and its resources in accordance with our growth plan. You will be an officer of the company and be a part of the senior management. You are a collaborator who finds it easy to work with the other Department Heads to gather required information for reporting and control of the company results. You are naturally curious and seek out new information to support forecasting and analysis of results. You are timely and detail oriented in all your work. The Business Controller reports to the General Manager and leads the Finance Department.

Compensation Statement

The compensation range for this position is $150,000.00 to $200,000.00 USD annually depending on skills. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of a discretionary annual bonus. Atlas Copco provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation, sick time, parental leave, tuition assistance, referral bonus and an employee assistance program. Eligibility requirements apply.

To succeed, you will need

What You Already Know

  • Fundamentals of Atlas Copco business controlling including monthly, quarterly and annual reporting and forecasting.
  • The finance section of “The Way We Do Things.”
  • How to be a great team member and build strong teams that freely exchanges necessary information for strong forecasting of results.
  • IFRS and GAAP accounting rules.
  • Fluency in English (a must)
  • University degree in Economics, Business Administration, Accounting or similar academic background

How Success Is Measured

  • Timely reporting within Atlas Copco report deadlines.
  • Clear concise explanations of financial results and the reasons behind them.
  • Accurate financial planning and explanations of deviations from plan.
  • Internal controls to ensure compliance with “The Way We Do Things.”

Physical Requirements/Essential Functions

  • Working Conditions: Typical office environment, normal automobile / airline travel
  • Equipment Used: Laptop computer, Copy Machine, Printer, Scanner, Telephone
  • Essential Physical Tasks: Ability to lift/carry approximately 30 lbs to carry airline luggage when on travel.

In return, we offer

What You Will Own/improve

  • Financial results reporting.
  • Annual and three-year financial plans.
  • Company asset tracking and periodic inventory reconciliation.
  • Labor rates and variance analysis.
  • Job cost (Percent of Completion) analysis and risk contingency assignment.
  • Support for the pre-post analysis process and lifecycle profitability analysis by job/Customer.
  • Bank guarantees and letters of credit required by Customers.
  • Support for overdue analysis and collections. Support for payables and vendor credit terms.
  • Control of company credit cards.
  • Control of stock/inventory levels/destruction/write-offs.

What you will learn (if you don’t know already):

  • GPS
  • SAP S4 Hana and Enovia to gather data for process analysis.
  • Custom and standard turbomachinery manufacturing flow.
  • Best practices in accounting used at other Gas and Process (GAP) manufacturing sites.

About The Team & Reporting

This role reports to the GEeneral Manager and will work and collaborate as an integral part of a tight-knit and dynamic team helping to drive the results and growth of Atlas Copco Mafi-Trench Company LLC. Atlas Copco Mafi-Trench Company LLC is located on the beautiful Central Coast of California. We manufacture a wide range of Turbo Expanders and equipment that support sustainable resources. Locally our facility is a California Certified Green Business. Our Think GREEN Initiative has reduced our landfill impact significantly by implementing ambitious recycling programs and reducing our carbon footprint. These are just some ways we make a difference to our clients, people, and planet. Attracting talented people who are lifelong learners and natural problem solvers are the heart of Atlas Copco Mafi-Trench Company!

Job location

On-Site

This role requires you to work on-site at our office in Santa Maria, CA , USA. You will be part of a dynamic team and enjoy the benefits of face-to-face collaboration. Occaisional WFH per company policy

Uniting curious minds

Behind every innovative solution, there are people working together to transform the future. With careers sparked by initiative and lifelong learning, we unite curious minds, and you could be one of them.

Atlas Copco Mafi-Trench Company provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Atlas Copco Mafi-Trench Company is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation, contact Human Resources at acmtc.recruiter@us.atlascopco.com

Unsolicited resumes

ACMTC does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third party recruiting agencies in response to job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers or HR team.

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