Controller
Job Description
Responsibilities
- Directs and has functional responsibility for accounting activities; provides technical guidance, leadership, and direction to direct reports and management staff regarding the financial management of the business.
- Oversees communication, implementation, and administration of accounting policies and procedures essential to the maintenance of adequate internal control of operations; implements internal systems to improve efficiency of operations.
- Prepares and administers department budget; exercises general direction over the preparation of the annual budgets and capital expenditure plans; monitors performance against budgeted targets; formulates and recommends specific courses of action to resolve problems areas.
- Conducts studies and analyses of internal financial data; interprets and reports to management significant events and practices having an impact on business operations.
- Participates in the formulation of short term and long-range financial goals and objectives; analyzes financial aspects of strategies and plans and makes specific recommendations which will result in cost reductions and profit improvement.
- Supervises maintenance of ledgers, inventory records of raw materials, packaging, and finished goods and related accounting reports, files and documents; ensures all accounting functions are performed accurately and on a timely basis.
- Represents the Company in dealings with vendors and/ or government agencies, as assigned.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting, or related field. MBA preferred.
- Five (5) to eight (8) or more years related experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience in a high-paced manufacturing environment.
- Broad business experience, preferred experience in cost accounting. Mastery of balance sheets, profit & loss statement, and cash flow.
- Ability to build relationships with others, to lead and direct the work of others and themselves.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, with Expert level skills in Excel and Power Point.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to effectively present information to management, public groups, and /or boards of directors.
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, and make sound recommendations.
- Must be self-motivated, results oriented, possess a high degree of initiative and work well under pressure.
- Ability to select, lead, coach, influence, motivate, develop, engage and retain a team of employees.
Meet Your Recruiter
CHRIS EDDY
Vice President & Co-Founding Partner
Chris, a proud graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, spearheads executive search and talent-acquisition strategies across finance, accounting, human resources, and corporate administration. As the firm’s front-line leader, he oversees daily operations, optimizes processes, and remains a dedicated, hands-on partner to every client. He began his recruiting career at Kforce in 1999, mastering both recruiting and client-acquisition disciplines. Chris drove substantial new-client growth and expanded the firm’s staffing expertise across multiple industries attributing to his rapidly advancing to regional Director of Business Development. Earlier in his career, he served as Senior Financial Analyst at Entergy/ADT Security, where he honed his analytical skills and gained deep insight into corporate finance operations. With more than 25 years of experience and a sterling reputation for aligning top-tier talent with high-growth organizations through a consultative, relationship-driven approach, Chris combines financial acumen, recruiting expertise, and operational leadership to deliver tailored talent solutions and consistently exceed client expectations.