Assistant Controller

Position Summary:

We are looking for a highly motivated Assistant Controller to join our finance team at a leading steel rack manufacturing company. This role supports the Controller in overseeing financial operations, with a focus on financial reporting, cost accounting, inventory management, and process improvement within a manufacturing setting. The ideal candidate will be hands-on, detail-oriented, and capable of providing strategic insights to support production efficiency and profitability.

- Assist in managing the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close process in accordance with GAAP

- Prepare internal financial reports and support external financial audits

- Analyze and reconcile balance sheet for reasonableness and ensure proper financial controls are in place to mitigate deficiencies

- Review customer contracts and determine appropriate credit terms

- Partner with operations and plant leadership at all facilities to provide financial insights on production performance and margin analysis

- Provide financial oversight to wholly owned subsidiary

- Improve financial controls and ensure compliance with company policies.

- Manage capital asset tracking and depreciation schedules

- Participate in process improvements within the department

Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field (CPA or CMA preferred)

- Minimum 5 years of accounting experience in a manufacturing environment; experience in the steel or heavy industrial sector preferred

- Understanding of standard costing, inventory accounting, and variance analysis

- Proficiency with ERP systems (e.g., Infor XA, Epicor, SAP, Oracle) and advanced Excel skills

- Exposure to ASC842 Leasing

- Excellent problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills

- Ability to work cross-functionally with operations, supply chain, and engineering

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use hands and fingers, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms, stand, walk, climb, balance, stoop, or kneel. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.