<p>We are looking for a hands-on Controller to help build and stabilize a growing manufacturing operation, playing a key role in establishing strong financial oversight for a newly launched division. The company offers a fast-moving, improvement-focused environment backed by an established manufacturing organization with specialized expertise in high-pressure die casting, automation, and tooling.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Lead the monthly close process and ensure financial results are completed accurately and on schedule for the Jackson, Tennessee operation.</p><p>• Oversee cost accounting activities, including product costing, inventory valuation, variance analysis, and manufacturing performance reporting.</p><p>• Prepare and review financial statements, management reports, and operational analyses that support plant and corporate decision-making.</p><p>• Build and maintain effective controllership practices, internal controls, and reporting procedures for a newly established division.</p><p>• Partner with plant leadership and corporate finance to develop budgets, forecasts, and action plans that improve financial performance.</p><p>• Monitor inventory, labor, overhead, and production metrics to identify risks, trends, and opportunities within the manufacturing environment.</p><p>• Support the financial setup and ongoing alignment of the division as the operation is established under new ownership.</p><p>• Travel as needed to the corporate office during the ramp-up period to coordinate reporting expectations, financial processes, and operational integration.</p>

• Demonstrated experience managing month-end close within a manufacturing environment.<br>• Strong background in cost accounting, including standard costing, inventory analysis, and variance review.<br>• Proven ability to produce clear, accurate financial reporting for operational and executive audiences.<br>• Prior controllership or senior-level accounting leadership experience in an industrial or manufacturing setting.<br>• Knowledge of internal controls, financial processes, and accounting practices that support plant operations.<br>• Comfortable working onsite in Jackson, Tennessee and traveling regularly during the initial startup phase.<br>• Experience supporting aerospace, defense, metal manufacturing, or similarly complex production environments is preferred.

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