Controller

Aerostar; Sioux Falls (SD); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Aerostar is seeking a senior accounting leader to oversee the integrity of financial statements and drive key reporting processes. You will lead audits, manage cost accounting, and support budgeting and forecasting across divisions.

The role requires strong GAAP knowledge, data-driven analysis, and excellent collaboration with leadership. Expect ownership of month-end close, variance analysis, and staff development in a dynamic manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• Ability to pull data from multiple sources, provide analysis and recommendations to support business decisions.
• Strong knowledge of GAAP and accounting principles.
• Experience with budget planning, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Excel-based reporting.

Responsibilities

• Assume responsibility for the integrity of financial statements for the company.
• Ensure consistent application of accounting guidance to policies and procedures.
• Lead planning and management of independent audits.
• Prepare month-end financial packets for senior leadership.
• Develop cost reporting and profitability analysis for divisions.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis processes.
• Perform cost accounting for materials, labor, overhead, and inventory.
• Reconcile accounts and manage month-end close activities.
• Coach and develop team members; conduct performance reviews and salary planning.

Skills

Data analysis

Excel proficiency

Leadership

Communication with leadership

GAAP knowledge

Confidential information handling

Problem solving

Education

CPA or MPA preferred

7+ years experience in related position

Job description

Responsibilities:

• Assume overall responsibility for the integrity of financial statements for the company.
• Ensure technical accounting and reporting guidance is evaluated and applied consistently and appropriately to policies and procedures.
• Provide leadership in planning, coordinating, and management of independent audits.
• Provide leadership on company programs, initiatives, or projects. Keep appropriate staff involved. Design, plan, and/or implement programs or policies.
• Assist in the preparation of month financial packets for the Aerostar Senior Leadership team.
• Prepare and present reports and recommendations on programs or projects as needed.
• Perform technical research and conclusions on accounting and reporting issues.
• Support in facilitating company’s budget planning and forecasting processes.
• Develop reporting of costs and cost variances to support division’s profitability analysis.
• Provide manufacturing support through analysis of costs and variances (labor, indirect labor, overhead, production, scrap).
• Perform general cost accounting such as raw materials cost, work-in-process, and finished goods inventories.
• Work with division leadership to facilitate resolution of identified manufacturing variances.
• Verify, compile, and classify material price information.
• Prepare entries into accounts and document business transactions.
• Assist in the verification and analysis process for physical inventory counts and variances (cycle counting).
• Perform account reconciliations.
• Assure staffing requirements are met.
• Encourage team member growth and development.
• Administer annual team member performance reviews, goal setting, and participate in salary planning.
• May be called upon to perform comparable duties of a similar or related nature and/or assist in other areas as needed.

Education and Experience:

• Assure staffing requirements are met.
• Encourage team member growth and development.
• Administer annual team member performance reviews, goal setting, and participate in salary planning.
• May be called upon to perform comparable duties of a similar or related nature and/or assist in other areas as needed.
• 7+ years' experience in a related position, or experience in lieu of education

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to work with confidential information and documentation with discretion.
• CPA or MPA preferred
• Demonstrated leadership abilities.
• In-depth knowledge of accounting principles and GAAP.
• Understanding of corporate taxes and financial investments.
• Knowledge of trends and regulations pertaining to finance and operational analytics.
• Knowledge of cost accounting theory and procedures is beneficial.
• Ability to pull data from multiple sources, provide analysis, and recommendations to support business decisions.
• Proficiency with a computer, including Microsoft Office (specifically Excel).
• Ability to coach, mentor, and empower team members to succeed.
• Strong organizational and problem-solving abilities.
• High level of patience and service.
• Ability to be flexible and multitask
• Ability to communicate effectively with team members and leadership staff
• Limited travel may be required

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

• Physical Requirements: Required to sit, stand, walk, bend, and reach. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Working Requirements: Exposure to a normal office environment. Position may occasionally require entering a production environment, including exposure to noise, fumes, moving machinery, and varied temperatures.

Equal Opportunity Employer. We comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and consider reasonable accommodation measures that may be necessary for eligible applicants/employees to perform essential functions. Please contact Human Resources to request assistance or accommodation.

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