What are the responsibilities and job description for the Controller position at Gables Search Group?
Manufacturing Controller
Key Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
- Financial Oversight & Reporting: Direct all monthly, quarterly, and year-end closing processes. Generate comprehensive financial statements and performance reports for executive leadership.
- Corporate Accounting: Oversee general accounting, cost accounting, and cash flow management. Coordinate external audits and manage banking relationships.
- Multi-Entity & Cost Management: Maintain general ledgers across multiple corporate entities. Supervise complex inventory and cost accounting systems common to production environments.
- Operational Analysis: Monitor departmental performance, analyze productivity metrics, and identify cost-saving opportunities across operations and purchasing.
- Administrative Management: Provide oversight for standard corporate risk management, including commercial insurance and standard corporate benefits administration.
- Team Leadership: Supervise and develop the internal accounting and purchasing staff.
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance. An advanced degree or professional certification (CPA/CMA) is an asset.
- Experience:
- A minimum of 5 years of experience in a Controller or equivalent senior financial leadership role within a manufacturing or production environment.
- A minimum of 10 years of total progressive experience in cost accounting and corporate finance.
- Technical Skills:
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and standard financial reporting tools.
- Experience utilizing standard enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, corporate payroll platforms, and fixed asset software.
- ERP system implementation or migration experience is a plus.
- Looking for COMMUTABLE candidates.