We are looking for an Assistant Controller to join a growing finance team in a contract-to-permanent capacity. This role is ideal for a hands-on accounting leader who can balance month-end responsibilities with process-focused project work across multiple business entities. The position will play a key part in creating more consistent accounting operations, strengthening controls, and supporting long-term improvements that help the organization scale effectively.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Oversee core month-end close activities, ensuring entries, reconciliations, and supporting schedules are completed accurately and on time.<br>• Examine balance sheet reconciliations in detail, identify gaps or inconsistencies, and recommend corrective actions to improve reliability.<br>• Partner with finance leadership to standardize accounting workflows across multiple entities, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, and inventory-related processes.<br>• Evaluate existing accounts payable procedures, uncover root causes of payment timing issues, and help design a more controlled and efficient process.<br>• Support initiatives to document accounting procedures and establish consistent practices that improve visibility, accountability, and execution across the organization.<br>• Contribute to process improvement and implementation projects, adapting priorities as new findings emerge and business needs evolve.<br>• Assist with consolidation-related accounting activities and help ensure financial information is aligned across separate operating businesses.<br>• Work through recommendations from prior advisory assessments, helping determine which improvements are practical, valuable, and ready for execution.<br>• Participate in finance technology and automation efforts, including projects related to streamlining payable workflows and supporting broader software implementation needs.
<p>Jamie Benway with Robert Half is searching for a Controller to lead plant-level financial oversight for a growing onsite operation in Portland, Oregon. This role partners closely with finance leadership and site management to deliver accurate reporting, strengthen financial controls, and support informed business decisions. The ideal candidate brings strong experience with monthly close activities and the ability to perform timely financial analysis in a fast-paced manufacturing or production environment.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Direct the monthly close process for the plant, ensuring financial results are completed accurately and within established deadlines.</p><p>• Prepare, review, and interpret financial statements and operating reports to highlight performance trends and key business drivers.</p><p>• Provide ad hoc analysis to support leadership decisions related to costs, margins, forecasting, and overall plant performance.</p><p>• Partner with operations and department leaders to monitor spending, explain variances, and improve financial visibility across the site.</p><p>• Maintain strong internal controls and support compliance with company policies, accounting standards, and audit requirements.</p><p>• Contribute to budgeting, forecasting, and ongoing financial planning activities for the facility.</p><p>• Identify opportunities to improve reporting processes and increase the accuracy and efficiency of financial workflows.</p><p>• Collaborate with finance leadership on plant accounting priorities and any business process or system-related changes affecting financial operations.</p><p><br></p><p>Please reach out to Jamie Benway with Robert Half at Jamie.Benway@Roberthalf to review this position. Job Order: 03600-0013500991</p>
<p><strong>Bridget Killen from Robert Half</strong> is recruiting for a controller in Albany, Oregon. This position oversees reporting, cost accounting, and core accounting functions while delivering analysis that supports sound business decisions. The ideal candidate brings strong financial leadership, a solid understanding of inventory and production costing, and the ability to strengthen controls and reporting accuracy.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Produce accurate monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports, including key statements that reflect the organization’s financial position and performance.</p><p>• Oversee inventory accounting and product costing across raw materials, in-process production, and completed goods to support accurate valuation and margin visibility.</p><p>• Analyze differences between actual financial results and plans or forecasts, then present findings and practical recommendations to leadership.</p><p>• Establish and track performance measures that help evaluate manufacturing efficiency, spending trends, and cost management efforts.</p><p>• Interpret financial data, identify meaningful patterns or risks, and communicate opportunities to improve profitability and operational performance.</p><p>• Direct day-to-day accounting activities, including receivables, payables, budgeting, forecasting, and related financial administration.</p><p>• Manage banking activity and purchasing-related financial transactions to help maintain effective cash flow and accurate records.</p><p>• Partner with external auditors and support compliance with company policies, reporting standards, and financial governance expectations.</p><p>• Design, maintain, and improve internal controls that protect assets and promote reliable financial reporting.</p><p><br></p><p>Interested candidates can contact <strong>Bridget Killen at Robert Half</strong> for more information.</p>