Controller

Pine Tree Staffing, LLC; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Pine Tree Staffing, LLC is seeking a seasoned Controller to partner with leadership, owning the general ledger, AR/AP, payroll, and consolidated reporting across multiple manufacturing plants. This is a hands-on, remote-friendly role with core teams based in North Carolina.

You will drive rigorous close processes, establish strong financial structures, and ensure SOX-ready controls while preparing workflows for IFRS readiness as the organization evolves toward global integration.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive accounting experience with hands-on Controller roles.
• Background in manufacturing, heavy industrials, or field-service operations.
• Experience with US GAAP and IFRS readiness.

Responsibilities

• Direct, oversee, and personally execute workflows for the corporate accounting function; own full-cycle general ledger operations, AR/collections, AP, payroll, and consolidated reporting across multiple plants and locations.
• Build and maintain robust internal controls and SOPs to replace gap-filled documentation.
• Oversee inventory valuation, standard costing architectures, and manufacturing variances with plant management.
• Ensure accurate financial reporting (income statements, balance sheets, cash flows) and compliance with US GAAP; plan for IFRS readiness as the company scales.
• Partner with CFO on rolling forecasts, cash flow budgeting, and margin analyses to deliver executive-ready insights.
• Lead and mentor a geographically dispersed accounting team centered in North Carolina; maintain close timelines for month-end close.

Skills

Leadership

Accounting

GAAP knowledge

SOX controls

Team management

Financial analysis

IFRS awareness

ERP integrations

Sage

SAP

Tools

Sage

SAP

Job description

Location

Remote Available (Core accounting teams are located in Charlotte and

Position Overview

The Controller serves as a critical business partner to leadership, providing real-time financial insight, driving operational excellence, and leading a geographically dispersed team of accounting professionals. This role offers excellent remote flexibility, allowing you to work from home while maintaining an active, collaborative presence with our core teams based in North Carolina.

This is not a high-altitude administrative position. We are seeking a true doer, a hands-on selfstarter who thrives in ambiguous environments and loves to roll up their sleeves to build clean financial structures. This position offers a phenomenal career step for an accounting leader ready to anchor a standalone mid-market business today and guide its corporate evolution as it eventually integrates into a complex, global parent-company matrix down the road.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Hands-on Accounting Function Leadership: Direct, oversee, and personally execute workflows

for the corporate accounting function. Own full-cycle general ledger operations, AR/collections,

AP, payroll, and consolidated financial reporting across multiple manufacturing plants and

corporate locations.

Building Structure out of Ambiguity: Step into changing environments to audit legacy entries,

clean up balance sheets, and institutionalize rigorous standard operating procedures where

documentation might be light or outdated.

Cost & Inventory Accounting Precision: Drive extreme financial discipline on the production

floor. Directly oversee inventory valuations, establish standard costing architectures, and analyze

manufacturing variances (labor, burden, scrap, and material usage) alongside plant managers.

Financial Reporting & Global Compliance: Oversee the meticulous preparation and analysis of

accurate financial reports (income statements, balance sheets, cash flows). Ensure pristine

compliance with US GAAP, while preparing reporting workflows to scale seamlessly into

international IFRS standards.

Controls & Auditing Ownership: Formulate, implement, and test robust internal control

frameworks (SOX-ready). Act as the primary liaison and clear-cut owner for the annual external

Strategic Financial Partnership: Collaborate closely with the CFO on rolling forecasting (e.g.,

6+6 and 9+3 models), cash flow/liquidity budgeting, and operational margin analyses to deliver

executive-ready insights on key business drivers.

Team Management & Mentorship: Lead, mentor, and actively cultivate a geographically

dispersed team of accounting professionals primarily centered in North Carolina. Provide visible,

proactive leadership to keep a remote team aligned on performance goals and strict close

timelines.

Systems Architecture Runway: Manage current day-to-day enterprise accounting applications

(e.g., Sage) and proactively build out clean data mappings to act as a key technical user for future large-scale ERP integrations (such as SAP) down the road.

Required Skills and Knowledge

Experience: 10+ years of progressive accounting experience, with a heavy emphasis as a

hands-on Controller, Assistant Controller, or strong Accounting Manager.

Industry Background: Strict requirement for deep roots in manufacturing, heavy industrials,

or field-service operations. Must demonstrate direct familiarity with complex revenue

recognition, including percentage-of-completion accounting.