Operations Controller

Overview

Join a dynamic manufacturing team as an Operations Controller where you’ll play a key role in driving financial strategy, improving cost efficiency, and partnering closely with leadership. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys digging into data, optimizing operations, and helping a business grow more strategically. You'll work side by side with the General Manager and cross-functional teams to lead cost accounting efforts, support planning and budgeting, and provide insights that truly impact the bottom line.

What You’ll Do As An Operations Controller

• Lead company-wide planning and budgeting activities alongside the GM.
• Analyze manufacturing costs and prepare monthly variance reports—helping teams understand the “why” behind the numbers.
• Collaborate with operations and product teams to ensure product costing is accurate and up to date.
• Maintain and roll out standard cost rates, and deliver monthly gross margin analysis.
• Manage profit and loss reporting and explain key variances to budget and forecast.
• Oversee the annual cost roll process, ensuring costs are allocated properly across all products.
• Offer strategic guidance on cost benchmarking and process improvement opportunities.
• Support key business decisions by preparing detailed product and investment financial analyses.
• Partner with purchasing and inventory teams to manage material cost and stock strategies.
• Work closely with corporate finance and ensure alignment on financial reporting.
• Take ownership of the annual physical inventory process and any make-vs-buy evaluations.
• Provide costing support for new product development initiatives.
• Handle monthly journal entries and support a smooth month-end close.
• Deliver monthly spending and operational trend analysis, highlighting budget deviations.
• Create profit center P&Ls, and conduct product mix and price/volume analysis.
• Jump in on ad hoc business analysis projects as needed.
  
  

What You’ll Bring As An Operations Controller

• 5–7 years of cost accounting or financial experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Supervisory experience strongly preferred. CPA or MBA is a plus.
• Solid understanding of GAAP and cost accounting principles.
• Comfortable analyzing complex financial data and turning it into actionable insights.
• Proficiency with ERP systems (JD Edwards experience is a plus), and ideally familiar with HFM.
• Strong Excel skills and an analytical mindset—you love solving problems with numbers.
• Great communication skills and a collaborative attitude.