Job Description
Title: Controller
Location: Naperville, IL (West area)
Hire Type: Direct Hire
Compensation: $155-165K yrly
Bonus/ Incentives/ Stock Options: Yearly Bonus
Benefits:Full Benefit Package offered
Must have Skill Set: Manufacturing Industry Experience
Overview:
We are seeking an experienced, hands-on Controller to join the senior leadership team of a growing equipment manufacturing organization. This highly visible role will oversee Accounting while also supporting Human Resources, IT, and broader business operations.
The ideal candidate is a strategic financial leader who enjoys being hands-on, improving processes, analyzing performance, and partnering with executive leadership to support continued growth.
Job Duties:
- Lead and oversee all accounting and financial activities
- Manage and develop the accounting team
- Prepare monthly/quarterly financial statements and tax filings
- Manage budgets, forecasting, and cash-flow reporting
- Analyze financial and operational data to identify trends and cost-saving opportunities
- Maintain strong financial controls and reporting processes
- Drive continuous improvement and process efficiencies
- Partner with CPAs, auditors, financial institutions, legal, and insurance providers
- Support the CEO and senior leadership team with financial analysis and business decisions
- Provide oversight and support for HR and internal IT functions
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
- CPA required
- 7+ years of progressive accounting/finance experience
- Previous management/leadership experience
- Manufacturing or industrial experience required
- MAcc, MSA, MBA, or similar advanced degree is a plus
- Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and internal controls
- Strong analytical and communication skills
- ERP experience required; M2M and/or ERP conversion experience is a plus
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Aurora, IL |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Salary | $155,000–$165,000 Per Year |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1969 |
| Website | http://www.sterling-engineering.com |
About Company
Sterling Engineering has been a trusted partner for engineering, project management, and staffing solutions for over five decades. We provide exceptional engineering/technical recruitment and engineering project services to clients nationwide:
- Engineering & Technical Recruitment - With our focus on engineering, technical, and IT, Sterling has the in-depth knowledge, industry expertise, and robust employee pipeline it takes to rapidly find talent for even the most difficult to fill positions. Sterling’s extensive recruitment methodology allows us to engage the most talented employees in the marketplace. We offer exciting work and career-building opportunities for our candidates, along with expert support at every step of the process.
- Engineering Project Services – Our experienced, multi-disciplined team of project managers, engineers, and designers, led by licensed Professional Engineers (PE), provide project management, engineering, design, and Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation (CQV) to manufacturing, OEM, and R&D customers. We work on complex, highly technical projects across a number of industry sectors, and our ability to scale and seamlessly integrate at multiple levels of your organization is what differentiates us.
Sterling offers a unique combination of engineering solutions and Best of Staffing level service to help our clients and talent achieve their goals.
Skills
- Accountingunmatched
- Analysis Skillsunmatched
- Budget Managementunmatched
- Budget Reportingunmatched
- Business Administrationunmatched
- Business Operationsunmatched
- Cash Flowunmatched
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA)unmatched
- Communication Skillsunmatched
- Continuous Improvementunmatched
- Cost Controlunmatched
- ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)unmatched
- Executive Assistant Skills unmatched
- Financeunmatched
- Financial Analysisunmatched
- Financial Auditunmatched
- Financial Controlunmatched
- Financial Operationsunmatched
- Financial Reportingunmatched
- Financial Statementsunmatched
- Financial Strategyunmatched
- Forecastingunmatched
- Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)unmatched
- Human Resourcesunmatched
- Insuranceunmatched
- Leadershipunmatched
- Legalunmatched
- Manufacturingunmatched
- Operational Auditunmatched
- Performance Analysisunmatched
- Process Improvementunmatched
- Trend Analysisunmatched
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