Controller

Position Overview

The Controller for ESS is a hands-on finance leadership role responsible for all accounting, financial reporting, budgeting, and internal controls at Expert Shutter Systems. This role serves as the primary financial steward for the ESS entity, ensuring accurate cost accounting, timely close processes, and strategic decision support in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. The Controller will partner closely with plant operations, supply chain, and division leadership to drive financial performance and operational excellence in alignment with Hunter Douglas policies and values.

What you'll do

Supply Chain Finance and Operational Analytics

• Serve as the embedded FP&A partner to ESS supply chain operations, providing financial insight and decision support to plant and supply chain leadership.
• Develop and analyze key operational KPIs (cost per unit, labor efficiency, throughput, yield, scrap) to drive performance and continuous improvement.
• Build and maintain dashboards that translate operational data into actionable financial insights, linking plant performance to P&L outcomes.
• Perform detailed analysis of production costs, material usage, and capacity utilization to identify savings opportunities and support strategic initiatives.
• Partner with operations on make-vs-buy decisions, vendor cost comparisons, and logistics/freight optimization.
• Support monthly business reviews with supply chain-focused financial commentary, variance analysis, and forward-looking insights.
• Collaborate with leadership to align plant-level reporting with enterprise-wide supply chain KPI frameworks and standards

Financial Operations and Performance Management

• Lead all financial reporting and close processes (monthly, quarterly, annual), ensuring accurate P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow reporting in compliance with GAAP and corporate policies
• Own the full budgeting and forecasting cycle, including AOP, rolling forecasts, and CAPEX planning; deliver clear and forward-looking insights to leadership.
• Oversee cost accounting and manufacturing finance, including standard costing, inventory valuation, and variance analysis (PPV, labor, overhead, scrap), with a focus on root-cause identification and margin improvement.
• Manage end-to-end accounting operations (A/R, A/P, GL, revenue recognition, fixed assets), ensuring accurate transaction processing, reconciliations, and journal entries.
• Drive inventory and working capital optimization through improved controls, cycle counts, and obsolescence management in partnership with operations.
• Perform detailed financial analysis across production costs, labor, capital investments, and operational spend to support performance improvement and decision-making.

Financial Controls and Business Partnerships

• Maintain a strong internal control environment, including documented policies and procedures; ensure compliance with audit, tax, and statutory reporting requirements.
• Serve as the primary finance business partner to plant leadership and functional teams, providing actionable insights on performance, risks, and strategic initiatives.
• Support enterprise reporting requirements (EPM, headcount, intercompany, operational metrics) and ensure alignment with corporate standards.
• Lead cross-functional collaboration on key initiatives such as cost reduction, process improvement, and operational efficiency.
• Drive ERP optimization, reporting automation, and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance scalability and efficiency of finance processes.
• Build and standardize tools, templates, and reporting frameworks (Excel, BI) to enable consistent, data-driven decision-making across the organization.

Who you are

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field (required).
• CPA, CMA, or MBA strongly preferred.

Experience

• Minimum 7 years of progressive accounting/finance experience, with at least 5 years in a manufacturing controllership or senior financial management role.
• Proven experience in cost accounting, standard costing, and manufacturing variances.
• Experience with financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and risk management.

Skills

• Strong analytical, strategic thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Advanced Excel proficiency (SUMIFS, dynamic arrays, pivot tables); ERP systems experience required.
• Experience with BI tools (Power BI, Tableau) a plus.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and presentation skills.
• Ability to influence cross-functional teams and present to senior leadership.

What's in it for you?

• Annual base salary range: $105,000 - $130,000
• Bonus target range: 15% - 25%
• Generous benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life, disability
• A company culture that prioritizes internal development and professional growth
• Time off with pay
• 401(k) plan with a degree of employer matching
• Paid parental leave
• Wellness programs and product discounts

Please note, all offers presented to candidates are carefully crafted to ensure market competitiveness, equity, and reflect the individual candidate’s education, experience, skills and potential.
Hunter Douglas is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with applicable employment laws. EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled are encouraged to apply.

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