Financial Controller – Manufacturing/Robotics

Career Staffing Talent; Oklahoma; Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full benefits

Job summary

Career Staffing Talent partners with a high-growth aerospace & defense manufacturer in Oklahoma City seeking a Controller. Hybrid, full-time/direct hire, with a base of $135,000—$150,000 plus benefits. You will own the close, financials, and finance function as the senior accounting voice in a scaling manufacturing environment.

The role requires GAAP depth, CPA-eligible status, and strong ERP/Excel skills, with collaboration across operations and engineering for true job costing.

Qualifications

• Must have GAAP depth and comfort documenting conclusions.
• Active CPA or CPA-eligible preferred.
• Strong ERP and Excel capability; prior system implementation a plus.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end monthly, quarterly, and annual close with defendable accuracy.
• Prepare GAAP-compliant financial statements for leadership decisions.
• Own inventory, WIP, and cost accounting in a build-and-deploy environment.
• Establish internal controls and scalable processes.
• Coordinate AP, AR, payroll and cash reporting.
• Support external audits and tax activities.
• Perform budget-to-actual variance analyses with explanations.
• Partner with operations and engineering for accurate job costing.

Skills

GAAP depth

ERP systems

Excel proficiency

Education

Bachelor's in Accounting or Finance

Tools

ERP system experience

Excel

Job description

Controller — Aerospace & Defense Manufacturing

Oklahoma City, OK

Hybrid

Full-Time, Direct Hire

$135,000 — $150,000 benefits

Career Staffing Talent (CST) has partnered with a high-growth advanced manufacturing company serving commercial and defense aerospace customers. Backed by multi-year government program funding and a growing commercial base, they are expanding across multiple U.S. sites — and building a finance function to match.

This is not a maintenance seat. We are hiring the person who owns the numbers.

Why this role is different

Most Controller openings are backfills. This one is a step up. We are deliberately targeting a strong Accounting Manager or Assistant Controller or existing Controller ready to take full ownership of the close, the financials, and eventually the finance function itself. You will be the senior accounting voice in the building, reporting to executive leadership with direct visibility into how a scaling manufacturer actually makes money.

If you want a title you grow into rather than one you’ve already outgrown, read on.

What you’ll own

• End-to-end monthly, quarterly, and annual close — calendar, cutoffs, accruals, reconciliations, and a close you can defend line by line
• Accurate, timely, GAAP-compliant financial statements leadership can make decisions from
• Inventory, WIP, and cost accounting in a build-and-deploy environment
• Internal controls and documented processes that scale past spreadsheets
• AP, AR, payroll coordination, and cash reporting
• Audit and tax support as the external liaison
• Budget-to-actual variance analysis with real explanations, not just deltas
• Partnering with operations and engineering so job costing reflects what’s actually happening on the floor

What we’re looking for

• Bachelor’s in Accounting or Finance
• Big Four (or large national firm) audit foundation — 2 years
• 3 years of industry accounting after public, including hands-on ownership of the monthly close
• Manufacturing or industrial experience strongly preferred (inventory, WIP, standard costing, job costing)
• Active CPA or CPA-eligible
• Demonstrated GAAP depth and comfort documenting your own conclusions
• Strong ERP and Excel capability; experience through a system implementation or migration is a plus
• Someone who catches the error before the CFO does

Pluses

• Multi-entity consolidations and intercompany work
• Government contract accounting exposure (DCAA, incurred cost submissions)
• Experience in a company under 250 employees where you built rather than inherited the process

Ideal profile

You left public accounting for industry and discovered you like owning the outcome more than reviewing it. You’re technically sharp, unbothered by close week, and tired of being three layers from the decision. You’d rather work somewhere the product is physical, the customers are named, and the revenue is contracted.

Details

Hybrid — Oklahoma City, OK (onsite presence required; this is a manufacturing environment)

$135,000 — $150,000 base, commensurate with experience, plus full benefits

Immediate need — interviews moving now

Must be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident (customer requirements)

Our client is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.