Manufacturing Controller - Cost & Systems Leader

Carr Textile Corp; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k/Profit sharing match

Job summary

Carr Textile and RM COCO Décor Ltd. seeks a hands-on Controller to lead accounting across multiple companies and sites, report to the President & CEO, and strengthen manufacturing cost and inventory accounting.

You will own the close, improve systems, train the team, and use AI tools to expand capacity while maintaining controls and accuracy. Travel to Fenton, Cape Girardeau, Sikeston, Dallas and future locations is expected as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field; CPA, CMA, or MBA preferred.
• 7+ years of progressive accounting experience with ownership of the close, financial reporting, controls, and staff leadership.
• Strong hands-on manufacturing cost-accounting and inventory-accounting experience.
• Demonstrated success developing employees, improving accounting processes, and implementing or improving ERP systems.
• Strong Excel, budgeting, forecasting, KPI, and analytical skills, with the ability to turn transaction detail into practical operating action.

Responsibilities

• Directly manage accounting employees across multiple companies and locations, setting clear responsibilities, priorities, and performance expectations.
• Understand each employee’s workload, capabilities, and capacity; coach the team and address performance or role-fit issues.
• Document critical processes, cross-train employees, and establish dependable backup coverage.
• Remain close enough to the work to train, review, troubleshoot, and personally back up payroll, AP, reconciliations, cash receipts, and month-end responsibilities when needed.
• Own the general ledger and monthly/year-end close, including reconciliations, accruals, intercompany activity, fixed assets, consolidations, and financial statements.
• Ensure accurate and timely AP, AR, payroll accounting, credit and collections, commissions, sales/use tax, and supporting records.
• Strengthen accounting policies, approval procedures, internal controls, segregation of duties, and audit/tax support.
• Develop and maintain reliable product costs across manufacturing, converting, distribution, sewn products, extrusion, and digital printing.

Skills

People leadership

Manufacturing cost accounting

Inventory accounting

ERP systems

AI tools in accounting

Financial analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting

CPA CMA MBA preferred

Tools

ERP software

Excel

Job description

Carr Textile and RM COCO Décor Ltd. seeks a hands-on Controller to lead accounting across multiple companies and sites, report to the President & CEO, and strengthen manufacturing cost and inventory accounting.

You will own the close, improve systems, train the team, and use AI tools to expand capacity while maintaining controls and accuracy. Travel to Fenton, Cape Girardeau, Sikeston, Dallas and future locations is expected as needed.