Champion Windows - Division Controller

A Family of Brands•Cincinnati, OH

11d•Hybrid

About The Position

Champion, part of Great Day Improvements, is seeking a hands-on Division Controller to lead accounting operations, financial reporting, and internal controls across its multi-location sales, service, and manufacturing operations. The role is Champion’s senior accounting leadership position, partnering closely with the Division President and operational leaders to ensure financial accuracy, strengthen controls, improve profitability, and turn financial results into actionable business insights. The Controller leads the Champion accounting team, oversees critical operational accounting activities, and drives process improvements that support divisional performance and enterprise standards. This is a full-time, exempt hybrid role based in Cincinnati, Ohio, requiring two days on-site per week.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
10+ years of progressive accounting and financial leadership experience, including ownership of financial close, reporting, and internal controls.
Experience leading and developing accounting teams in a multi-location sales, service, manufacturing, or similarly complex operating environment.
Deep knowledge of US GAAP, general ledger accounting, financial reporting, reconciliations, accruals, internal controls, and audit readiness.
Strong operational finance expertise, including interpreting revenue, margins, labor, inventory, warranty, working capital, and other financial performance drivers.
Advanced proficiency with ERP systems, financial reporting tools, Microsoft Excel, and financial analysis, including investigating complex accounting activity and clearly communicating findings.
Executive communication, business partnership, organizational leadership, prioritization, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to influence financial and non-financial leaders while maintaining financial discipline.
Ability to manage competing deadlines, operational demands, and improvement initiatives in a fast-paced environment while demonstrating integrity, sound judgment, and confidentiality.

Nice To Haves

CPA certification.
Experience operating within a centralized CFO/CAO structure with divisional financial accountability.
Manufacturing, inventory, and warranty accounting experience.
Experience with Microsoft Dynamics/NAV, Planful, or comparable financial systems.

Responsibilities

Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close activities, ensuring accurate and timely financial statements, general ledger integrity, reconciliations, journal entries, accruals, and reporting in accordance with US GAAP, enterprise policies, and deadlines.
Oversee divisional accounting processes and maintain account ownership and review standards, segregation of duties, ERP access, approval authority, and documentation.
Coordinate internal and external audits, resolve issues, and oversee corrective actions.
Oversee manufacturing and inventory accounting, including transaction flows, inventory balances, reserves, warranty obligations, and related reconciliations.
Partner with operational leaders to assess material, labor, cost, and margin drivers and ensure accurate financial reporting.
Partner with the Division President, regional and branch leadership, manufacturing, and operational teams; analyze revenue, profitability, pricing, labor, cost structure, working capital, and financial variances to identify risks, opportunities, and improvements.
Partner with FP&A on budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, and financial performance reporting.
Collaborate with Accounting, Operations, HR, Tax, IT, and shared services to align financial information, resolve operational issues, and support business decisions.
Oversee payroll and labor accounting, cost-center allocations, labor and incentive accruals, accounts receivable aging, collection trends, reserves, approved disbursements, bank reconciliations, treasury coordination, cash controls, and recurring items such as prepaids, leases, and fleet activity.
Coordinate with centralized accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, tax, and other shared-services teams to support accurate, complete, timely transactions and reporting and consistent accounting practices.
Lead, coach, and develop the accounting team through clear responsibilities, accountability, review expectations, cross-training, succession planning, and effective delegation, while remaining hands-on in critical accounting activities.
Partner with the CAO, FP&A, and IT to strengthen ERP workflows, financial reporting, data quality, and close processes.
Support system implementations and upgrades and identify opportunities to automate, simplify, and standardize accounting processes while preserving necessary operational detail.