Junior Controller

medmix; Flowery Branch (GA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

medmix is seeking a Junior Controller / Finance Associate to support financial planning, reporting, and manufacturing finance activities in Flowery Branch, GA. The role emphasizes analysis, reporting, and cost-control tasks to build future controller capabilities.

You'll assist with month-end close, variance analysis, standard costing, and KPI monitoring, collaborating with Operations and Supply Chain to drive process improvements and accurate financial insights.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business or related field.
• 1–3 years of experience in finance, accounting, cost accounting or manufacturing finance.
• Knowledge of budgeting, forecasting and financial analysis.
• Exposure to manufacturing processes, inventory accounting and standard costing preferred.
• Core competencies: analytical thinking, attention to detail, business partnering, problem solving, continuous improvement mindset, ability to manage multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Support monthly, quarterly and annual close processes.
• Prepare journal entries, accruals, reconciliations and management reports.
• Perform variance analysis against budget, forecast and prior year results.
• Support budgeting, forecasting and strategic planning activities.
• Develop KPI dashboards and reporting packages.
• Support internal and external audit requests.
• Analyze profitability, gross margin and operating expenses.
• Maintain standard cost data and support annual cost roll processes.
• Analyze labor, material, overhead, scrap and efficiency variances.
• Support inventory reconciliations, cycle counts and physical inventories.
• Monitor slow moving and obsolete inventory.
• Track capital expenditures and support investment analyses.
• Partner with Operations, Supply Chain and Production teams on cost improvement initiatives.
• Support SAP master data maintenance related to cost centers, work centers and reporting structures.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, controls and reporting automation.

Skills

Financial analysis

Budgeting

Management reporting

Variance analysis

Cost accounting

Manufacturing finance

KPI monitoring

Cross-functional partnering

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SAP

Excel

Job description

The Junior Controller / Finance Associate supports financial planning, reporting, accounting, budgeting, forecasting and manufacturing finance activities. This developmental role is designed to build future controller capabilities while providing meaningful support to finance and operations. The position is weighted toward financial analysis and reporting, with responsibility for selected manufacturing controlling activities including inventory analysis, standard costing support, variance reporting, and operational KPI monitoring.

Key Responsibilities

• Support monthly, quarterly and annual close processes.
• Prepare journal entries, accruals, reconciliations and management reports.
• Perform variance analysis against budget, forecast and prior year results.
• Support budgeting, forecasting and strategic planning activities.
• Develop KPI dashboards and reporting packages.
• Support internal and external audit requests.
• Analyze profitability, gross margin and operating expenses.
• Maintain standard cost data and support annual cost roll processes.
• Analyze labor, material, overhead, scrap and efficiency variances.
• Support inventory reconciliations, cycle counts and physical inventories.
• Monitor slow moving and obsolete inventory.
• Track capital expenditures and support investment analyses.
• Partner with Operations, Supply Chain and Production teams on cost improvement initiatives.
• Support SAP master data maintenance related to cost centers, work centers and reporting structures.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, controls and reporting automation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business or related field.
• 1-3 years of experience in finance, accounting, cost accounting or manufacturing finance.
• Knowledge of budgeting, forecasting and financial analysis.
• Exposure to manufacturing processes, inventory accounting and standard costing preferred.
• Core Competencies
• Analytical thinking
• Attention to detail
• Business partnering
• Problem solving
• Continuous improvement mindset
• Ability to manage multiple priorities

Success Measures

• Accurate and timely month-end reporting
• Completion of reconciliations and analyses
• Improved visibility of manufacturing performance
• Support of inventory accuracy and working capital objectives
• Contribution to cost reduction and process improvement initiatives

This position serves as a development role for progression into Manufacturing Controller or Site Controller.