Director, Gigafactory Finance & Controls

Successfactors; Greenville (SC); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous Time Off

Comprehensive Benefits

Financial & Career Growth

401(k) Matching

Innovative Culture

Job summary

EnerSys Advanced Systems (EAS) seeks a Director Controller to lead the full finance function for the Gigafactory project, evolving into the Gigafactory Controller role as operations scale. The position requires hands-on leadership across FP&A, accounting, and inventory, partnering with site leadership and corporate finance.

The role demands a strong background in manufacturing finance, standard costing, and complex capital projects, with on-site work in Greenville, SC and travel as required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• Minimum 10 years of progressive accounting and finance experience.
• 5+ years in manufacturing finance or accounting, including standard costing and inventory valuation.
• Experience in a SOX-compliant public-company environment with strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP.
• Experience with major capital projects and ERP implementations (prefer SAP).
• Ability to work on-site in Greenville, SC and travel as required.

Responsibilities

• Lead as the finance business partner for the Gigafactory development, construction, equipment installation, commissioning, and operational-readiness program.
• Develop and maintain integrated project forecasts covering capital expenditures, operating expenditures, purchase commitments, accruals, cash requirements, funding sources, and contingencies.
• Monitor actual and committed spending against approved plans; identify forecast changes, risks, opportunities, and required corrective actions.
• Establish project financial governance, reporting, decision support, and escalation processes for project, PPS, and executive leadership.
• Provide financial oversight of capital authorizations, contracts, purchase commitments, vendor invoices, change orders, contingency usage, claims, and project-closeout activities.
• Oversee construction-in-progress accounting, capitalization assessments, placed-in-service readiness, fixed-asset records, and alignment between project records and the general ledger.
• Lead finance execution for DOE, state, and local funding programs, including reimbursement, cost-share, incentive, reporting, audit, and documentation requirements.
• Partner with legal, tax, Corporate Finance, the PPS Controller, external advisors, and program leadership to interpret obligations and maintain audit readiness.
• Act as the local finance process owner and business requirements lead for ERP, project accounting, fixed assets, inventory, cost accounting, reporting, planning, and related finance systems.
• Support PPS leadership in determining allocation of activities among local entity, PPS, corporate functions, and shared services.
• Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes and ensure GAAP-compliant results.
• Implement and operate applicable SOX controls and evidence requirements; support control testing and remediate gaps.
• Lead the annual budget, forecasts, long-range plan, cash flow outlook, and supporting financial narrative.

Skills

Financial analysis

Budgeting

Forecasting

SOX compliance

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field

Tools

SAP ERP

Microsoft Excel

Job description

EnerSys Advanced Systems (EAS) seeks a Director Controller to lead the full finance function for the Gigafactory project, evolving into the Gigafactory Controller role as operations scale. The position requires hands-on leadership across FP&A, accounting, and inventory, partnering with site leadership and corporate finance.

The role demands a strong background in manufacturing finance, standard costing, and complex capital projects, with on-site work in Greenville, SC and travel as required.