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General Stamping & Metalworks · 1 day ago

Controller

South Bend, IN

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

8+ years exp

General Stamping & Metalworks is a growing organization responding to an ever changing market. The Controller is responsible for protecting the company's financial stability through the development of accounting systems, financial analysis, and management of various financial operations.

IndustrialIndustrial AutomationManufacturing

Hiring Manager

melissa walkowski

Responsibilities

Lead monthly/ quarterly close and consolidations; deliver timely, insight-rich financials and dashboards

Drive variance analysis, forecast updates, and plant/segment profitability reviews

Own standard/actual costing, cost roll-ups for routings/BOMs, and variance root cause

Partner with Sales/Quoting on pricing, margins, and customer/product mix decisions

Oversee A/P and A/R operations, credit & collections, and vendor terms management

Build a rolling cash forecast and manage daily liquidity needs

Maintain a robust control environment; prepare and coordinate external audit and tax support

Safeguard inventory accuracy (cycle counts), revenue recognition, and authorization workflows

Manage, coach, and grow a five-person team (GL, Cost, A/P, A/R)

Work shoulder-to-shoulder with Operations, Supply Chain, and Sales; translating plant realities into P&L actions

Publish a clean, fast closure with reliable plant-level visibility (monthly and weekly KPI cadence)

Stand up a weekly margin bridge (price, mix, volume, cost) used by Operations, Sales, and Leadership

Lock cost standards & variance cadence to drive actions on productivity, absorption, routings/BOMs, and labor

Tighten working capital with crisp A/R, A/P and cash forecasting practices

Own audit readiness and strengthen internal controls across inventory, revenue, and disbursement

Develop a high-performing team with clear roles, SOPs and growth plans

Qualification

CPAFinancial ReportingCosting & PricingAudit & ControlsERP SystemBI toolsProcess UnderstandingInterpersonal SkillsWritten CommunicationTeam Management

Required

CPA or equivalent is required

Bachelor's degree in accounting/ finance required

Minimum of eight years of experience, including three years in a supervisory or managerial capacity

Ability to utilize current software applications (spreadsheet, database, and presentation) to analyze and present financial information

Excellent interpersonal skills

Ability to produce coherent written documents that are free of spelling, punctuation and grammatical errors

Maintain an optimistic and supportive attitude

Maintain the strictest confidence regarding all issues and information regarding the company's operations, its employee, financial matters, and personal matters of which the employee may become aware in the course of their work

Competency with the following programs and equipment: Laptop or desktop computer with Windows Operating System, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Outlook, Crystal Reports, ERP System, BI tools