Controller

Energy Innovation Corp; El Monte (CA); On-site; USD 93,000 - 136,000; Full time

Job summary

Dollar General seeks a Controller to own the financial cycle in El Monte, CA. You will drive annual planning, provide trusted forecasts to leadership, and tighten the month-end close process to run in days, not weeks.

With 5+ years in finance and comfort in ambiguity, you will mentor analysts, maintain revenue schedules, and oversee multi-entity reconciliations in a fast-paced, metrics-driven environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years navigating the politics that finance work attracts.
• Around 5+ years of hands-on experience in a finance role.
• The judgment to say no to good ideas at the wrong time.
• Adaptability and resilience when facing shifting requirements.

Responsibilities

• Keep the contract commission calc transparent enough to survive a dispute.
• Drive the annual planning cycle and consolidate financial projections.
• Hand leadership a forecast they trust enough to hire against.
• Sharpen month-end close until it runs in days, not weeks.
• Field the calmly-fast-moving ad-hoc analysis the CFO needs before Monday.
• Keep deferred revenue schedules airtight as contracts renew.
• Coach mid-level analysts on how a clean reconciliation should feel.
• Oversee accounts reconciliation across multiple entities and currencies.

Skills

Finance leadership

CA market knowledge

Ambiguity navigation

Forecasting

Job description

Dollar General would rather pay $93,000 - $136,000 for a Controller who prevents surprises than clean up after them. The center of gravity here is ownership — $93,000 - $136,000 and a contract schedule orbit it, and 4 years gets you in the door.

Key Responsibilities

• Keep the contract commission calc transparent enough to survive a dispute
• Drive the annual planning cycle and consolidate financial projections
• Hand leadership a forecast they trust enough to hire against
• Sharpen month-end close until it runs in days, not weeks
• Field the calmly-fast-moving ad-hoc analysis the CFO needs before Monday
• Keep deferred revenue schedules airtight as contracts renew
• Coach mid-level analysts on how a clean reconciliation should feel
• Oversee accounts reconciliation across multiple entities and currencies

What You'll Bring

• Comfort navigating ambiguity when the brief arrives half-written
• Comfort owning finance decisions in a CA market
• 5+ years navigating the politics that finance work attracts
• Around 5+ years of hands-on experience in a finance role
• The judgment to say no to good ideas at the wrong time
• Adaptability and resilience when facing shifting requirements
• 3 years of learning when to trust the process and when to break it

Out of a converted warehouse in El Monte, Dollar General has quietly grown into a documentation-first force shaping how finance gets done. Kindness and high standards live together comfortably on this metrics-driven El Monte team.

Your 4 of experience earn you $93,000 - $136,000 here, alongside mentorship and a fast track into senior finance roles.

Live in El Monte, CA as of this hour, with reviews ongoing.

Join the people at Dollar General who chose interesting work over a comfortable rut.