Controller

Garage Enterprises; Kimberly (ID); On-site; USD 95,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Garage Enterprises in Kimberly, Idaho, seeks a Controller to manage plant-level accounting, reporting, forecasting, and cost control, coordinating with offsite accounting support to drive accurate financial performance.

The role emphasizes process improvements, production cost visibility, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to support growth and strategic decision-making in a manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• Oversee plant-level accounting activities and ensure accurate and timely financial reporting.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, and monitor performance against targets.
• Analyze manufacturing costs, margins, labor, overhead, and materials.
• Maintain standard costing processes including labor, material, and overhead.
• Support month-end and year-end close, including journals and reconciliations.
• Ensure internal controls and compliance with accounting standards.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly financial statements and management reports.
• Analyze cost drivers and investigate variances with operations.
• Coordinate with production, purchasing, engineering, and quality for cost control.
• Assist with audits and financial documentation.
• Maintain inventory accounting and reconciliations.
• Support capital expenditure analyses and decision-making.
• Ensure confidentiality of financial and business information.
• Aid in improving financial processes and controls.

Skills

Financial analysis

Budgeting

Forecasting

Cost control

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

Tools

Microsoft Excel

ERP systems

Job description

• Location 473 Hankins Rd S,Suite 2,Kimberly, ID, 83341,United States
• Base Pay $95,000.00 - $120,000.00 / Year
• Job Category Contoller, Accounting
• Employee Type FT Exempt
• Manage Others Yes

Description

The Controller plays a key role in financial management , operational oversight, and strategic support for the CEO. This individual will coordinate closely with an offsite accounting support team that handles day-to-day accounting functions, while focusing on higher-level reporting, forecasting, performance insights, and process improvement within the manufacturing entity. This role is ideal for someone who excels in fast-paced environments, enjoys improving systems and processes, and thrives in a growth-oriented, entrepreneurial setting.

Requirements

• Oversee plant-level accounting activities and ensure accurate and timely financial reporting.
• Prepare, review, and analyze monthly financial statements, operating results, and management reports.
• Lead plant budgeting and forecasting processes and monitor performance against established financial targets.
• Analyze manufacturing costs, margins, labor, overhead, material usage, scrap, rework, and other key cost drivers.
• Maintain and improve standard costing processes, including labor, material, overhead, and product cost standards.
• Review production variances and work with operational leaders to identify causes, trends, and corrective actions.
• Oversee inventory accounting and support accurate cycle counts, physical inventories, inventory valuation, and reconciliation.
• Monitor work-in-process and finished- goods activity and investigate significant inventory or costing discrepancies.
• Partner with Production, Purchasing , Engineering, Quality, and other departments to improve cost control and operational performance.
• Provide financial analysis for capital expenditures, equipment purchases, process improvements, product changes, and other business decisions.
• Develop and maintain financial controls, accounting procedures, and documentation to safeguard company assets and support accurate reporting.
• Ensure transactions are recorded consistently and in accordance with company accounting policies and applicable accounting standards.
• Support month-end and year-end close processes, including journal entries, account reconciliations, accruals, and financial review.
• Prepare schedules, reports, and supporting documentation for internal and external audits as required .
• Monitor key performance indicators and provide plant leadership with clear financial insight into productivity, cost, profitability, and operational trends.
• Identify opportunities to improve financial processes, reporting accuracy, internal controls, and manufacturing cost visibility.
• Support accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, purchasing , or other accounting functions as needed to ensure accurate plant financial information.
• Maintain confidentiality of company financial, employee, customer, and business information.
• Perform other accounting, finance, and operational support duties as assigned based on business needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting , Finance, Business Administration, or a related field preferred.
• Progressive accounting or finance experience, preferably within a manufacturing, fabrication, automotive, or industrial environment.
• Experience with manufacturing cost accounting, inventory accounting, budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of generally accepted accounting principles and internal financial controls.
• Ability to analyze complex financial and operational information and communicate findings clearly to management.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Excel and experience working with ERP, accounting, or manufacturing systems.
• Strong attention to detail, accuracy, organization, and financial accountability.
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines and priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise sound professional judgment.
• Previous leadership or supervisory experience within accounting or finance preferred.

Physical and Work Environment

This position works primarily in an office environment but regularly requires interaction with manufacturing and production operations. Time spent in production areas may involve exposure to noise, dust, welding operations, moving equipment, temperature changes, and other typical industrial conditions.

The employee must be able to:

• Sit and work at a computer for extended periods.
• Stand and walk through manufacturing and production areas as needed.
• Frequently use a computer, keyboard, calculator, and other standard office equipment.
• Review financial reports, spreadsheets, inventory records, and production information for accuracy.
• Occasionally lift and carry files, supplies, or equipment weighing up to 25 pounds.
• Wear required PPE while working in manufacturing and production areas.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.