Controller

Job Description

Controller

• Onsite in Knoxville, TN
• Direct Hire
• $145,000-175,000/yr + 15% Bonus

POSITION SUMMARY

The Controller supports regional accounting operations and financial reporting by ensuring general ledger integrity, disciplined account reconciliations, and timely month-end and year-end close. This role is responsible for accurate reporting and consolidation submissions (including uploads to Company reporting tools), adherence to Company accounting policies, and compliance with IFRS. The Controller evaluates, enhances, and standardizes accounting processes to improve accuracy, efficiency, and controls across the region.

RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES

Financial Close & Reporting

• Oversee the month-end and year-end close in local ERPs, ensuring timely and accurate close activities, and complete required consolidation/reporting submissions (including uploads to Tagetik) in accordance with IFRS and Company policy.
• Oversee the preparation, review, and posting of journal entries and other close activities, ensuring compliance with IFRS and Company accounting policies.
• Manage the account reconciliation process and review reconciliations for accuracy, completeness, and timeliness; ensure appropriate supporting documentation and clear resolution of reconciling items.
• Coordinate with regional and global stakeholders to ensure close deliverables, consolidation inputs, and reporting requirements are met on schedule; resolve data and reporting issues as needed.

Accounting Operations

• Maintain the integrity of financial master data and reporting structures impacting close and consolidation (e.g., account mapping, reporting hierarchies, and entity structures), supporting updates through controlled approval workflows.

Tax & Compliance

• Ensure compliance with internal controls, regulatory requirements, and audit standards; design, implement, and maintain controls, policies, and procedures that safeguard assets and support audit readiness.
• Manage external and internal audits, including preparation of schedules and PBC support, and drive closure of audit findings through corrective action plans.
• Coordinate with Regional Tax Manager on quarterly and yearly reporting needs for timely and accurate tax filings.

Leadership & Collaboration

• Drive continuous improvement across accounting and finance processes, including root-cause analysis of recurring posting issues, standardization of deliverables, and team training.
• Partner with FP&A, Operations, Supply Chain, Order Management, and other stakeholders on financial analysis, working-capital improvement, and operational initiatives (e.g., inventory reporting, cycle count governance, warranty accrual analysis).
• Provide timely, decision-useful financial information and recommendations to the Finance Director and site leadership; prepare analyses and ad hoc reporting as needed.
• Lead and support special projects impacting finance operations (e.g., balance sheet cleanup, intercompany remediation, inventory controls, and ERP/SAP-related process changes) and coordinate across global/regional counterparts as required.
• Provide guidance and lateral leadership within the finance team; maintain effective communication with internal stakeholders and document decisions and approvals.
• Ensure ongoing compliance with applicable legal, regulatory, and Company requirements impacting accounting and reporting, including support for controlled access/approval workflows (e.g., vendor/customer master data changes, delegated approvals).

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE (required levels)

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance required.
• CPA or CMA Required. This is a must have requirement.
• Minimum of eight (8) years of hands-on accounting experience at a senior level with supervisory experience.
• Manufacturing and Corporate reporting required.