Controller

Controller

$170000 $%-15% Bonus

Anaheim CA 92801

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Summary

A market-leading private equity-backed industrial manufacturer is looking for an analytical and strategic Controller to join their growing financial leadership team. Serving as a crucial leader this role partners directly with plant leadership and executive management to drive financial rigor operational visibility and EBITDA expansion across high-volume manufacturing facilities.

Position Bio

The Controller will act as a key financial and operational business partner dividing focus between core accounting cost accounting and financial planning & analysis (50% of the job). Based in Anaheim CA this company has enjoyed the manufacturing renaissance occurring in the United States. You will own the plant financials for the organizations highest-grossing manufacturing site managing robust data points across more than 500 SKUs. Reporting directly to the CFO with a matrix reporting relationship to the COO you will lead plant forecasting job costing inventory/SKU analysis and margin validation. This high-visibility role interacts frequently with executive leadership and private equity sponsors offering an exceptional runway to influence strategic manufacturing decisions optimize operational performance and support continued organic and M&A growth.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Oversee and produce full plant financial statements and performance packages for the highest-grossing manufacturing plant group in this conglomerate.
• Conduct in-depth P&L variance analysis to evaluate operational metrics plant profitability and EBITDA performance.
• Partner strategically with the General Manager to drive operational efficiencies cost containment and long-term strategic benchmarks.
• Audit and validate operational transaction entries across manufacturing facilities to ensure accounting accuracy and integrity.
• Perform complex job costing calculations for build-to-print prototype development and full-scale design and development production cycles.
• Lead plant-level budgeting financial modeling and ongoing rolling forecast schedules.
• Complete month-end balance sheet reconciliations and income statement reconciliations for plant operations.
• Analyze product gross margins and profitability metrics across custom defense space and aviation customer programs.

• Communicate monthly financial trends plant operational drivers and budget variances to the CFO Corporate Controller and Vice President of Finance.
• Utilize advanced Excel capabilities (Power Pivots HLOOKUPs/XLOOKUPs dynamic modeling) to aggregate clean and model complex manufacturing data points.
• Collaborate with plant operations teams to monitor work-in-progress (WIP) labor allocation overhead absorption and material usage.
• Assist corporate executive teams and PE sponsors with financial data requests plant-level performance metrics and growth integration initiatives.
• Leverage Epicor ERP and data visualization tools (Snowflake) to enhance operational reporting and visibility.
• Partner with external audit teams (Deloitte) during annual plant audit procedures and inventory counts.

Experience Needed

• 5 years of progressive financial analysis cost accounting and plant control experience within a complex manufacturing or industrial products environment.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (Power Pivots complex formulas data aggregation and financial modeling).

• Experience within a Private Equity-backed portfolio enterprise undergoing rapid organic or M&A expansion.

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