Corporate Controller

Pay: $160000.00 - $175000.00 per year

Why This Is a Great Opportunity

• Step into a high-impact finance leadership role with direct visibility to the CFO and executive team.
• Help build and scale the finance function during an exciting growth chapter.
• Lead accounting operations FP&A reporting controls and process improvement across a multi-site business.
• Gain meaningful exposure to private equity M&A integrations lender reporting and value creation work.
• Join a company that is investing in technology automation AI and better systems to make finance more strategic.
• Lead and develop an accounting team while creating stronger processes clearer reporting and better business insight.
• Competitive bonus opportunity available.

Location: This is a hybrid role based in Burton Michigan with on-site presence needed to partner closely with leadership accounting operations and branch teams.

Note: Candidates must have 5 years of progressive finance and accounting experience including senior accounting leadership. A bachelors degree in Accounting is required. Experience in a private equity backed multi-site manufacturing distribution or industrial services environment is strongly preferred.

About Us

Confidential Employer. We are a long-established industrial distribution company with a strong reputation for service reliability and operational excellence. Our team supports manufacturers OEMs and industrial partners through customized supply programs inventory solutions sourcing support and hands-on customer service. As we continue to grow we are strengthening our finance function to support smarter decisions scalable processes and continued expansion.

Job Description

• Lead the day-to-day accounting function and oversee the accounting team.
• Own the month-end close process balance sheet integrity reconciliations and financial statement quality.
• Serve as the finance quality control point before financials are finalized with the CFO.
• Maintain and improve internal controls appropriate for a growing private equity backed business.
• Manage day-to-day cash management short-term liquidity forecasting working capital visibility and lender reporting.
• Drive budgeting rolling forecasts variance analysis KPI reporting and recurring performance reporting.
• Build clear useful reporting for branch leaders operations sourcing executive leadership and the board.
• Identify and lead automation opportunities across close tasks reconciliations reporting and recurring analysis.
• Use finance technology BI tools data warehouse resources automation and AI to reduce manual work and improve decision-making.
• Support M&A due diligence quality of earnings coordination opening balance sheet work purchase accounting and integration workstreams.
• Help standardize acquired entities into the companys accounting close and reporting processes.
• Partner with branch managers sourcing IT and operations to translate financial results into practical business insight.
• Raise financial literacy across the organization through clear narratives useful metrics and strong business partnership.

Qualifications

• 5 years of progressive finance and accounting experience.
• Senior accounting leadership experience required.
• Bachelors degree in Accounting required.
• MBA strongly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP close processes balance sheet discipline internal controls and lender reporting.
• Real FP&A experience including budgeting forecasting variance analysis and KPI reporting.
• Experience leading developing delegating to and holding accounting teams accountable.
• Experience in private equity backed multi-site growth-oriented manufacturing distribution or industrial services environments strongly preferred.
• M&A purchase accounting opening balance sheet and integration experience strongly preferred.
• Epicor Prophet 21 and Power BI experience strongly preferred.
• Comfortable using automation AI BI tools and finance systems to improve workflows.
• Able to operate at both a strategic and hands-on execution level.

Why You Will Love Working Here

This is a rare opportunity for a Controller who wants more than routine accounting ownership. You will have a trusted seat next to the CFO real authority to improve the finance function exposure to M&A and private equity backed growth and the ability to build scalable systems the right way. You will be joining a company with a long-standing reputation a practical and team-oriented culture and a leadership group that values accountability innovation and real business partnership.

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Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Paid time off
• Relocation assistance
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Requirements: Must haves: 5 yrs progressive finance/accounting experience 3 yrs senior accounting leadership exp bachelors degree in Accounting

• Nice to haves: Preferred private equity backed multi-site manufacturing distribution industrial services M&A integration purchase accounting Epicor Prophet 21 Power BI automation AI and finance transformation experience.

• Additional context: Relocation- yes. Packages - yes

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Quick Recruiter Reference

Mid-States Bolt & Screw is a long-standing industrial distribution company supporting manufacturers OEMs and industrial customers with fasteners VMI crib management vending sourcing logistics and technical support. The Corporate Controller will own accounting operations FP&A controls reporting cash visibility automation and M&A integration support. This is a senior finance leadership role reporting to the CFO in a PE-backed multi-site growth environment.

Recruiters Submission: To submit cancel - Corporate Controller - Mid-States Bolt & Screw - JPC 1127 - Source

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• Client job title: Corporate Controller

• Location: Burton MI

• On-site hybrid remote: Hybrid

• Experience: 5

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• # of hires needed: 1

• Open or not to recruiters on TE: Yes. 25%. 90 day replacement

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