Assistant Controller

Aston Carter • Saint Louis Park, MN

5d • $50 - $65 • Onsite

About The Position

This Assistant Controller position supports a manufacturing site by leading core operational accounting activities and providing financial insight to site management and divisional leaders. The role focuses on full-cycle month-end close, budgeting, forecasting, and detailed financial analysis to improve profitability and support informed decision-making. The Assistant Controller collaborates with operational and finance leaders, develops and maintains financial standards, and ensures accurate reporting and compliance with internal and external requirements.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of operational accounting experience, ideally in a Senior or Assistant Controller-level role.
• Experience working in the manufacturing industry, with familiarity in plant or site-level accounting.
• Strong general ledger accounting skills, including full-cycle month-end close.
• Proficiency in preparing and reviewing account reconciliations.
• Experience with inventory accounting, including valuation and reserve analysis.
• Experience with cost accounting, including product costing and standard setting.
• Ability to analyze revenues, margins, scrap, variances, and other key financial metrics.
• Strong collaboration skills with site and divisional leaders for budgeting and forecasting.
• Ability to support internal and external audit processes with accurate and well-organized documentation.
• Attention to detail and strong analytical skills to interpret financial data and explain results.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting or leading budgeting processes for departments, including revenue, margins, capital expenditures, and headcount.
• Experience creating or maintaining annual labor and overhead standards in a manufacturing environment.
• Comfort working in a role that takes on core responsibilities typically held by a site-level team lead.
• Willingness to learn and take advantage of extensive training and mentorship opportunities.
• Strong communication skills to clearly explain financial results and help “tell the story” behind the numbers.

Responsibilities

• Assist in preparing monthly and annual financial reports for site management and divisional leaders, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timeliness.
• Collaborate with site and division leaders to prepare monthly financial forecasts that reflect current operational and business trends.
• Perform full-cycle month-end close activities, including journal entries, accruals, and financial reporting, and ensure adherence to corporate deadlines and standards.
• Prepare and track departmental budgets, including revenue, margins, capital expenditures, and headcount, and support leaders in managing to budget.
• Monitor and analyze revenues, margins, product costing, scrap, variances, and other expenses to explain financial performance and identify opportunities to improve profitability.
• Create and maintain annual labor and overhead standards that support accurate costing and financial planning.
• Perform inventory analysis, including monitoring inventory reserves, and ensure appropriate valuation and risk assessment.
• Complete month-end account reconciliations and prepare other required corporate reports to support accurate financial statements.
• Provide support for internal and external audits by preparing schedules, responding to inquiries, and ensuring proper documentation.
• Work closely with operational teams in a manufacturing environment to translate financial data into actionable insights and recommendations.
• Participate in ongoing process improvements within the accounting function to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and control.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits, if eligible.
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital benefits, if eligible.
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available, if eligible.
• Voluntary Life and AD&D insurance for the employee and dependents, if eligible.
• Short- and long-term disability, if eligible.
• Health Spending Account (HSA), if eligible.
• Transportation benefits, if eligible.
• Employee Assistance Program, if eligible.
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave), if eligible.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed