Controller

Confidential Jobs; Alpharetta (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential Jobs is seeking an experienced Controller to lead accounting and financial operations for a growing manufacturing organization in Alpharetta, GA. This highly visible role partners with executive leadership and plant operations to translate plant activity into actionable financial insight.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in manufacturing finance, CPA, and SAP experience, with a proven ability to drive controls, reporting, budgeting, and strategic decision making at both plant and

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience in manufacturing.
• CPA certification is required and SAP experience is essential.
• Strong GAAP knowledge, budgeting, forecasting, and financial modeling.

Responsibilities

• Partner with plant managers to analyze and improve financial performance.
• Oversee plant accounting functions including inventory, costing, and variances.
• Lead month-end and year-end closes and ensure accurate reporting.
• Provide guidance on production, pricing, procurement, and inventory decisions.
• Develop KPIs linking operations to financial results and drive process improvements.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning with the CFO and leadership.

Skills

Operational finance

Financial analysis

Leadership

Communication

Education

CPA certification

Tools

SAP

Job description

A growing manufacturing organization is seeking an experienced, hands-on Controller to lead its accounting and financial operations. This highly visible leadership position will serve as a critical business partner to executive leadership and plant operations, combining strong technical accounting expertise with a deep understanding of manufacturing finance, cost accounting, operational performance, and financial reporting.

The ideal candidate will bring 10+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience, preferably within a manufacturing environment, and will be equally comfortable working alongside plant leadership on day-to-day operational performance as they are partnering with the CFO and executive team on corporate reporting, planning, controls, and strategic decision-making. This individual will play a key role in translating plant-level activity into actionable financial insight, strengthening processes and controls, and supporting the organization’s continued growth.

Key Responsibilities:

• Partner with plant managers and operations leadership to analyze, improve, and communicate financial performance.
• Oversee plant accounting activities, including inventory, standard costing, labor, overhead allocation, manufacturing variances, and cost of goods sold.
• Analyze production performance, margins, scrap, labor efficiency, material usage, capacity, and other key operational metrics.
• Provide financial guidance to support decisions involving production, pricing, procurement, inventory, capacity planning, and cost management.
• Establish, enhance, and maintain effective financial controls and processes at the plant level.
• Ensure timely, accurate plant financial reporting and meaningful performance analysis.
• Lead the month-end and year-end close processes, ensuring the accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of financial reporting.
• Oversee core accounting functions, including the general ledger, account reconciliations, accounts payable, accounts receivable, fixed assets, inventory, and cash management.
• Prepare and review monthly financial statements, management reports, and financial analyses for leadership.
• Consolidate plant-level financial results into corporate reporting and provide clear explanations of financial performance.
• Partner with the CFO on annual budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, and long-range planning.
• Deliver insightful variance analysis and communicate results, risks, and opportunities to executive leadership.
• Support accounting policies, internal controls, compliance requirements, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Serve as a trusted financial partner to the CFO, CEO, plant leadership, and senior management team.
• Develop, monitor, and refine KPIs that connect operational activity with financial performance.
• Identify opportunities to improve profitability, working capital, cost structure, financial discipline, and overall business performance.
• Lead initiatives that improve the accuracy, efficiency, scalability, and effectiveness of the accounting and finance function.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience, ideally within a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Proven ability to operate effectively in both plant-level/operational finance and corporate accounting environments.
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing accounting, cost accounting, inventory, standard costing, overhead, labor, variances, and operational finance.
• Active CPA required.
• SAP experience is required.
• Strong command of GAAP, financial statement preparation, consolidations, and financial reporting.
• Demonstrated experience with budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, variance analysis, and performance reporting.
• Strong understanding of internal controls, accounting processes, and scalable finance operations.
• Experience partnering with plant managers, operations leaders, CFOs, and executive stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and leadership skills.
• Ability to balance detailed, hands-on accounting responsibilities with strategic business partnership.
• Experience supporting a multi-site or otherwise complex manufacturing environment is highly preferred.

Ideal Profile

This opportunity is well suited for a manufacturing finance leader who enjoys being close to operations while contributing to broader corporate strategy. The successful candidate will be a proactive, detail-oriented leader who can move seamlessly between the plant floor and the executive table - improving visibility, strengthening financial controls, enhancing decision-making, and helping position the organization for continued growth.