Controller

Stanley Black & Decker; Dover (DE); On-site; USD 87,000 - 128,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible scheduling

Growth budget

Benefits program

Job summary

Stanley Black & Decker in Dover, DE seeks a Controller who can read financial stories aloud to leadership. The role offers $87,000 - $128,000 with significant finance autonomy and a strong focus on accuracy and controls in a fast-moving environment.

The Controller will maintain accounts, forecast taxes, manage payroll processing end-to-end, and tighten revenue recognition policy while delivering clear dashboards for non-finance stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Must demonstrate leadership in finance with a track record of delivering results.
• Able to partner with diverse teams and align stakeholders across functions.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguous briefs and deriving clear actions.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the chart of accounts and ensure consistent coding.
• Forecast tax payments precisely to avoid penalties.
• Carry the freelance payroll run from gross calculation to filed tax deposit.
• Tighten the revenue-recognition policy as deals become complex.
• Translate raw numbers into clear dashboards for non-finance stakeholders.
• Streamline month-end close to reduce reporting turnaround time.
• Ensure GAAP compliance, internal controls, and DE tax regulations.
• Build cash-flow models that hold up under stress tests.

Skills

Finance leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder alignment

Ambiguity navigation

End-to-end project management

Attention to detail

Job description

Numbers tell a story, and Stanley Black & Decker wants a Controller who can read it aloud to Dover leadership. Few Dover employers pair $87,000 - $128,000 with this much finance autonomy, and fewer still ask only 6 years to earn it.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain the chart of accounts and ensure consistent coding
• Forecast tax payments precisely enough to avoid an underpayment penalty
• Carry the freelance payroll run from gross calc to filed tax deposit
• Tighten the revenue-recognition policy as new finance deals get complex
• Translate raw numbers into clear dashboards for non-finance stakeholders
• Streamline month-end close to reduce reporting turnaround time
• Ensure compliance with GAAP, internal controls, and DE tax regulations
• Build cash-flow models that hold up under a quick-to-ship stress test

What You'll Bring

• A portfolio that speaks louder than any line on your resume
• Reliable, accountable, and committed to following through
• Hands-on finance experience that holds up to follow-up questions
• Experience supporting cross-functional teams in a senior capacity
• The diplomacy to align stakeholders who don't agree yet
• Comfort navigating ambiguity when the brief arrives half-written
• 5 or more years steering finance projects end to end

The outcome-focused minds at Stanley Black & Decker have made Dover, DE an unlikely hub for serious Account Reconciliation and Attention to Detail work. Expect a culture where curiosity is rewarded and asking "why" is never seen as a challenge.

Start at $87,000 - $128,000 and watch the benefits, growth budget, and flexible scheduling do the heavy lifting on your work-life balance.

We bumped this posting hours ago because the role is still very much open.