Controller

James Moore•Bunnell, FL

13d•Onsite

About The Position

Sizemore Welding is seeking an experienced, hands-on Controller to bring strong financial discipline to their manufacturing operation and help improve the systems and processes that support the business. This role requires someone comfortable with the details, including owning the monthly close, strengthening inventory and product costing, improving financial controls, monitoring cash flow, and providing leadership with reliable information for decision-making. A key aspect of this role is to help take the company's systems to the next level by identifying and implementing a new ERP system to better connect financial and operational processes, integrate customer purchase orders, and accelerate work order creation. The ideal candidate will have practical ERP implementation or start-up experience and understand the interplay between purchasing, inventory, production, costing, and accounting in a manufacturing environment.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
5+ years of progressively responsible accounting experience, including hands-on responsibility for month-end close, financial reporting, reconciliations, and internal controls.
Hands-on experience with inventory accounting and product or cost accounting in a manufacturing, metal fabrication, or other product-based environment.
Demonstrated experience preparing and analyzing financial statements, budgets, forecasts, cash flow reports, and management reporting.
Strong proficiency with accounting software and Microsoft Excel.
Practical experience supporting or leading ERP system selection, start-up, implementation, conversion, or significant system improvement.
Understanding of purchase order processing and the integration of customer orders, inventory, production/work orders, and accounting within an ERP environment.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with ERP/MRP systems in a manufacturing environment.
Previous experience as a Controller, Plant Controller, Accounting Manager, Senior Accountant, or similar hands-on accounting leader in a small or mid-sized manufacturing company.
Experience working in a metal fabrication shop.
Experience improving processes in an organization transitioning from developing or manual systems to more integrated and automated workflows.

Responsibilities

Own the monthly close process and prepare timely, accurate financial statements and management reports.
Maintain the integrity of the general ledger and oversee accounts payable, accounts receivable, banking transactions, reconciliations, and other day-to-day accounting activities.
Establish and maintain reliable inventory accounting, including reconciliation between physical inventory, inventory records, and the general ledger.
Develop and maintain accurate product costing, including material, labor, overhead, and other product-related costs.
Analyze product margins, cost variances, labor efficiency, scrap and rework, purchasing trends, and other manufacturing cost drivers.
Coordinate the annual budgeting process, maintain periodic forecasts, and prepare and update a 13-week cash forecast.
Monitor accounts receivable aging, collections, customer terms, cash flow, and working-capital trends.
Develop and strengthen accounting policies, procedures, internal controls, and financial processes.
Provide meaningful financial analysis that helps leadership understand revenue, margins, inventory, labor costs, cash flow, and operating performance.
Help lead the evaluation, selection, start-up, and implementation of a new ERP system.
Develop and improve processes for integrating customer purchase orders into the ERP system and efficiently converting customer orders into shop work orders.
Partner with operations and other stakeholders to ensure the ERP system effectively supports purchasing, inventory, production/work orders, product costing, and accounting.
Identify opportunities to improve automation, system integration, data accuracy, workflow efficiency, and reporting.
Coordinate with outside accountants, tax professionals, auditors, and other external service providers.