Controller

Reports To: Chief Financial Officer
Position Type: Full-Time

POSITION SUMMARY

The Controller is a hands-on financial leader responsible for leading the Accounting function and ensuring the integrity, accuracy, and timeliness of the company's financial reporting. This role owns the monthly close, financial statements, internal controls, audit coordination, compliance, and accounting processes while developing and strengthening the Accounting team.

The Controller serves as a key business partner to the CFO and operational leaders, helping stakeholders understand financial performance, identify key business drivers, and make informed decisions that improve profitability and business performance. 

This role also serves as a key liaison between Parkson's Finance team and our parent company's Finance team, ensuring effective communication, alignment, and timely delivery of financial reporting, analysis, and other information.

The ideal candidate combines strong technical accounting expertise with business acumen, ERP knowledge, process improvement capabilities, and proven people leadership. Over time, this role will have the opportunity to broaden responsibilities across treasury, banking, corporate finance, M&A, and other strategic growth initiatives with the potential to develop into a broader senior finance leadership role.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Accounting & Financial Reporting

• Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes, ensuring timely, accurate, and complete financial reporting.
• Maintain the integrity of the company's financial data, general ledger, account reconciliations, and financial statements.
• Ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP and company accounting policies.
• Lead monthly financial reporting and help business leaders understand results, key drivers, risks, and opportunities.
• Strengthen internal controls, accounting policies, processes, and financial reporting disciplines as the business grows and evolves.
• Lead external audits and financial reviews and coordinate required supporting documentation.
• Serve as a key liaison with the parent company's Finance team, coordinating financial reporting, analysis, information requests, and other finance-related requirements.

People Leadership

• Lead and develop the Accounting team with clear accountability and performance expectations.
• Build organizational capability, cross-training, succession depth, and continuity of critical financial knowledge.
• Foster a collaborative, high-performing culture focused on accuracy, accountability, continuous improvement, and business partnership.

Manufacturing & Operational Finance

• Oversee inventory accounting, cost accounting, and related financial controls.
• Oversee gross margin reporting, project profitability, and operational financial analysis.
• Own the accounting and financial controls around project accounting, revenue recognition, contract assets/liabilities, customer deposits, retainage, backlog-related accounting, and project margin reporting.
• Partner with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Project Management, Engineering, and other business leaders to understand operational performance and identify opportunities to improve profitability.
• Drive working-capital discipline across accounts receivable, inventory, accounts payable, customer deposits, retainage, and other contract-related balances.
• Provide financial insights that support better operational and business decisions.

ERP, Data Integrity & Process Improvement

• Serve as a key Finance owner of the ERP environment, ensuring financial processes, system controls, and data integrity support accurate financial reporting.
• Partner with IT and business functions to improve ERP utilization, financial reporting, and business processes.
• Lead accounting and finance process improvements, automation, and standardization initiatives.
• Support ERP enhancements, implementations, upgrades, and finance transformation initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to reduce manual processes, strengthen controls, and improve the efficiency and scalability of the Finance organization.

Treasury, Banking & Corporate Finance

• Support treasury activities, cash forecasting, liquidity management, and capital allocation.
• Manage lender reporting, covenant compliance, borrowing-base requirements, and bank audits.
• Support credit facility renewals, financing transactions, and refinancing initiatives.
• Maintain strong day-to-day relationships with banking and financing partners.
• Prepare financial information and analysis required by lenders and other stakeholders.

Financial Planning & Strategic Support

• Participate in budgeting, forecasting, and long-term financial planning.
• Develop financial models and analysis to support strategic, investment, and capital allocation decisions.
• Support executive-level and Board financial reporting.
• Develop and monitor financial and operational KPIs.
• Partner with the CFO on strategic initiatives, financial risk management, and corporate finance activities.

M&A & Growth Initiatives

• Assist the CFO with M&A activities and other strategic growth initiatives.
• Participate in financial due diligence, including quality of earnings, working capital, balance sheet exposures, accounting policies, and financial risks.
• Support financial modeling, valuation, transaction analysis, and coordination with internal stakeholders and external advisors.
• Support evaluation of due diligence findings and post-acquisition integration of financial reporting, controls, systems, and processes.

Risk Management & Compliance

• Identify and mitigate financial and operational risks.
• Ensure compliance with debt agreements, financial reporting requirements, and internal policies.
• Support contract reviews from a financial and risk perspective.
• Continuously strengthen financial controls and governance processes.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education & Credentials

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field required.
• CPA required.
• MBA preferred but not required.

Experience

• Minimum of 10 years of progressive accounting and finance experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of leadership experience, preferably as a Controller, Assistant Controller, Director of Finance, or similar role.
• Demonstrated experience with:
  • Financial close, reporting, general ledger, and financial statement preparation.
  • Manufacturing, cost, and inventory accounting.
  • Budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis.
  • U.S. GAAP, internal controls, and external audits.
• Strong ERP knowledge required; manufacturing ERP experience strongly preferred.

HIGHLY PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

The ideal candidate will have direct experience in several of the following areas:

• Manufacturing, industrial, engineer-to-order, or project-based businesses, including ASC 606/revenue recognition in complex, long-cycle environments.
• Treasury, banking, credit facilities, covenant compliance, and lender reporting.
• M&A, financial due diligence, and post-acquisition integration.
• ERP implementation, finance transformation, or multi-entity environments.

LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES

The successful candidate will demonstrate:

• Strong business and financial judgment with a strategic mindset.
• Proven leadership, coaching, and team development capabilities.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence across all levels of the organization.
• High integrity, accountability, and commitment to financial accuracy and transparency.

Parkson Corporation does not sponsor for immigration, including for H-1B, TN, and other non-immigrant visas, for this role.
Benefits include health care (medical, dental, vision) with coverage starting on first day of employment as well as 401(k) with company match and holiday pay. 

Parkson Corporation is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Parkson Corporation is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.