Controller at Wieland Designs, Inc. in Wieland Designs - Goshen, IN 46258

Job description

• Position Type
• Full Time
• Job Shift
• Day
• Education Level
• 4 Year Degree
• Travel Percentage
• Negligible
• Category
• Accounting
• Location: Goshen, Indiana
• Status: Full-time, Exempt
• Reports to: Chief Executive Officer
• Lead the financial function of a family-owned manufacturer at an important point in its growth and leadership transition.
• Wieland Designs is seeking a hands-on Controller who can deliver reliable financial operations, develop a capable accounting team, and turn operating data into practical business insight. This is the senior day-to-day accounting and finance role in the company, with direct access to the CEO and a seat on the management team. The incoming Controller will work closely with our current CFO during a planned transition.
• Direct influence: Partner with the CEO and company leaders on decisions that affect performance.
• Visible impact: Strengthen reporting, controls, systems, and the financial capability of the organization.
• Manufacturing focus: Connect financial results to labor, margin, inventory, cost, and operational improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop an accounting team of approximately three people, with clear priorities, accountability, cross-training, and backup coverage.
• Own the accuracy and timeliness of the general ledger, monthly close, account reconciliations, financial statements, and recurring management reporting.
• Present financial results to the management team and translate trends, variances, risks, and opportunities into clear business implications.
• Partner with operating leaders to improve performance across revenue, margin, labor, inventory, working capital, spending, and other key drivers.
• Maintain effective accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls appropriate for the company’s size and operating complexity.
• Oversee cash receipts, customer credit, payroll controls, designated banking authorizations, sales and use tax filings, and related financial administration.
• Coordinate year-end accounting, audit, tax, banking, insurance, and outside-accountant activities, assuming broader responsibilities through the transition.
• Improve the usefulness and efficiency of financial systems and processes, including opportunities to simplify, standardize, automate, and strengthen reporting.

Requirements

• Progressively responsible accounting experience, including ownership of close, financial reporting, reconciliations, controls, and financial analysis; five or more years is preferred.
• Manufacturing accounting experience and the ability to connect financial results to operational causes and improvement opportunities.
• Experience leading, organizing, coaching, and developing accounting staff.
• Strong command of generally accepted accounting principles and sound judgment in applying them to a practical operating environment.
• Strong spreadsheet and financial-analysis capability, along with experience using an ERP-based accounting system. Epicor experience is a plus.
• A bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field is preferred. An equivalent combination of education and significant relevant experience will be considered.
• Clear communication, discretion, integrity, and the ability to build credibility with both accounting and non-accounting leaders.

Skills

Required

• Accounting
• Financial reporting
• Reconciliations
• Internal controls
• Financial analysis
• Spreadsheet proficiency
• ERP-based accounting system experience
• Leadership and team development
• Communication
• Discretion
• Integrity

Preferred

• Epicor experience