We are offering a contract employment opportunity for a Controller in the manufacturing industry, located in Hebron, Kentucky. This role will involve monitoring all accounts, ledgers, and reporting systems to ensure compliance with GAAP standards and regulatory requirements. As a Controller, you will be actively involved in evaluating, recommending, and executing improvements to our cost accounting practices and procedures.

Key responsibilities:

• Monitoring all accounts, ledgers, and reporting systems to ensure compliance with GAAP standards and regulatory requirements

• Evaluating and assessing cost accounting practices and procedures

• Recommending and implementing improvements to cost accounting practices and procedures

• Establishing and monitoring financial and operating benchmarks, budgets, and reporting standards regularly

• Coordinating and overseeing the preparation of financial statements

• Coordinating activities of internal and external auditors as needed

• Assessing current accounting operations and offering recommendations for improvement

• Implementing new processes for accounting and internal control systems

• Establishing a budgeting process and managing the receipt and payment of all invoices, payments, and billing

• Developing and enforcing internal controls to maximize protection of company assets, policies, procedures, and workflow

• Providing senior management with information vital for the decision-making process

• Supervising performance regarding accountant reconciliations and other accounting functions including reporting.

• Compiling statistical data to support footnotes to company financial statements

• 5+ years of managerial accounting experience including month end close, budgeting, reporting, and internal controls

• Knowledge of Six Sigma methodology

• Background in manufacturing industry preferred

• Excellent communication and leadership skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field required

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Certified Management Accountant (CMA) preferred.