Products Controller

Vortex Companies, LLC • Sandy, UT

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About The Position

The Products Controller owns the accounting and financial reporting for Technologies across its four operations: Polymerics, Mortars, Schwalm, and UV. The role leads the monthly close, prepares and reviews GAAP-compliant journal entries and reconciliations, maintains accrual schedules, applies ASC 606 percentage-of-completion accounting, and ensures accurate operation-level P&L reporting.

The Controller partners with the Vortex CAO and SVP Finance on audit-ready Adjusted EBITDA reporting, EBITDA addback support, variance analysis, and sponsor and board reporting. The role also owns intercompany accounting and eliminations, consolidates the four operations, and oversees inventory valuation, reserve adequacy, and development of standard costing.

This position builds and documents accounting processes and SOPs, improves controls, and serves as Technologies’ finance system owner for NetSuite. It also owns commission tracking and approval processes and collaborates with business and operation leaders, sales leadership, and Shared Services on financial information, systems, and accounting handoffs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA is strongly preferred.
• At least 7 years of progressive accounting experience, including at least 2–3 years in a Controller or Assistant Controller capacity.
• Deep, hands-on knowledge of US GAAP and accrual accounting fundamentals.
• Experience in a private equity-owned or sponsor-backed environment, including direct exposure to Adjusted EBITDA reporting, addback methodology, and board or sponsor reporting cadences.
• Demonstrated experience with intercompany accounting and multi-entity consolidation, including elimination entries.
• Manufacturing accounting experience, including standard costing, inventory valuation, and cost accounting.
• Strong ERP systems experience.
• Ability to build accounting processes and SOPs in an environment with limited existing infrastructure.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to explain technical accounting clearly to non-finance operating leaders.

Nice To Haves

• NetSuite experience is strongly preferred.
• Experience with ASC 606 percentage-of-completion revenue recognition.
• Multi-location or multi-site manufacturing accounting experience.
• Experience supporting M&A integration accounting.
• Experience consolidating or standardizing accounting across multiple product lines, operations, or legal entities within a single business unit.
• Experience with Concur, Vendrix, or similar T&E platforms.
• CPA.

Responsibilities

• Own the Technologies monthly close across four operations, following the corporate close calendar and internal review checkpoints.
• Prepare and review journal entries, account reconciliations, and supporting schedules in accordance with US GAAP.
• Maintain and improve monthly accrual roll-forwards, including inventory allowance, claims and warranty, bad debt allowance, commissions, bonus, property taxes, marketing and advertising, and health insurance deficit.
• Apply ASC 606 percentage-of-completion revenue recognition to project- and contract-based revenue streams.
• Maintain the integrity of P&L-by-operation reporting, ensuring revenue, costs, and margins are correctly captured and allocated.
• Partner with the Vortex CAO and SVP Finance to produce monthly, audit-ready Adjusted EBITDA reporting and document supporting addbacks.
• Prepare actual-versus-budget and year-over-year variance analyses with clear commentary on drivers.
• Support sponsor and board reporting packages, ensuring information is consistent, reconcilable, and timely.
• Own intercompany transaction accounting and elimination entries between Technologies and other Vortex Products business units.
• Consolidate the Polymerics, Mortars, Schwalm, and UV operations into Technologies-level P&L and balance sheet reporting.
• Reconcile and confirm intercompany balances monthly and investigate and resolve discrepancies promptly.
• Lead development and implementation of a standard costing methodology in NetSuite.
• Partner with the Inventory Manager to develop and enforce inventory accounting SOPs across accounting and operations.
• Own inventory valuation and reserve adequacy, including obsolescence and allowances, and support Cost of Non-Quality reporting and reserve modeling.
• Design and document SOPs across Technologies’ accounting functions.
• Standardize data-entry formats and reporting conventions, shift process ownership toward operating teams, and reduce single-person dependency.
• Serve as Technologies’ finance system owner for NetSuite, support the legacy QuickBooks-to-NetSuite transition where applicable, and partner with Shared Services on T&E systems.
• Own commission tracking and approvals in partnership with sales leadership.
• Identify and remediate control gaps and continuously improve accounting processes.
• Partner with Technologies business and operation leaders so financial data supports operating decisions.
• Collaborate with the Vortex CAO and SVP Finance on FP&A handoffs, including budget, forecast, EBITDA bridge, and M&A support, and Shared Services handoffs involving AP/AR, payroll, and treasury.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior