Senior Controller

Emerson; Murfreesboro (TN); On-site; USD 92,000 - 129,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship

Full benefits

Flexible hours

Job summary

Emerson Electric Co. in Murfreesboro is seeking a Senior Controller who can lead the team, own GAAP-compliant processes, and strengthen audits. You will drive risk assessments, reconcile ledgers, and ensure timely grant reporting while maintaining airtight controls.

The role offers significant finance autonomy, mentorship, full benefits, and flexible hours to fit a busy Murfreesboro schedule.

Qualifications

• 6+ years putting Due Diligence to work in a finance setting.
• 5 years of learning when to trust the process and when to break it.
• Self-direction that survives a quiet Slack channel.
• Customer-focused outlook with strong interpersonal skills.
• The reflex to surface risk before it surfaces itself.

Responsibilities

• Reconcile general ledger accounts and resolve discrepancies in a timely manner.
• Steer the contract grant reporting that keeps funders confident.
• Pair Risk Assessment forecasting with a heads-down-and-happy review of the downside case.
• Keep the audit trail so data-driven that questions answer themselves.
• Translate GAAP nuance into guidance the Murfreesboro team can apply.

Skills

Audit sampling

Team leadership

Due diligence

Interpersonal skills

Risk assessment

Attention to detail

Empathy for feedback

Risk surfacing

Job description

Emerson is searching for a Senior Controller who can own Team Leadership, support audits, and keep compliance airtight. Few Murfreesboro employers pair $92,000 - $129,000 with this much finance autonomy, and fewer still ask only 5 years to earn it.

Key Responsibilities

• Reconcile general ledger accounts and resolve discrepancies in a timely manner
• Steer the contract grant reporting that keeps funders confident
• Pair Risk Assessment forecasting with a heads-down-and-happy review of the downside case
• Keep the audit trail so data-driven that questions answer themselves
• Translate GAAP nuance into guidance the Murfreesboro team can apply

What You'll Bring

• Strong working knowledge of Audit Sampling and Team Leadership
• 6+ years putting Due Diligence to work in a finance setting
• 5 years of learning when to trust the process and when to break it
• Self-direction that survives a quiet Slack channel
• Customer-focused outlook with strong interpersonal skills
• The kind of empathy that makes hard feedback land softly
• The reflex to surface risk before it surfaces itself

Emerson grew out of a Murfreesboro, TN research lab and never lost its hardworking, question-everything approach to Attention to Detail. Our Murfreesboro office prizes the quiet contributor who makes everyone around them measurably better.

What you get for saying yes: $92,000 - $129,000, a mentor in your corner, full benefits, and hours that flex toward what matters in Murfreesboro.

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