Company Summary Erie Strayer is a U.S.-based manufacturer of concrete batch plants and related equipment serving customers across construction, infrastructure, ready-mix, and industrial markets. Based in Erie, Pennsylvania, the company has a long-standing reputation for engineering durable, customized equipment and supporting customers through design, manufacturing, installation, parts, and service. As a private-equity-backed business, Erie Strayer is focused on scalable growth, operational discipline, stronger financial visibility, and continuous improvement across the organization. The company is investing in stronger financial processes, improved reporting, better systems, and enhanced cross-functional accountability to support its next stage of growth and long-term value creation. Position Summary The Controller will lead the day-to-day accounting operations for a growing manufacturing business and serve as a key finance partner to the Chief Financial Officer. This role is responsible for driving a disciplined month-end close process, strengthening internal controls, ensuring accurate financial reporting, supporting cost accounting and margin analysis, and providing practical financial insight to help guide business decisions. The ideal candidate is a hands-on accounting leader who can improve processes, develop the accounting team, and bring structure, accountability, and continuous improvement to the finance function. Key Responsibilities

• Lead the monthly, quarterly, and annual close process on a published calendar, ensuring timely and accurate financial results.
• Prepare and review internal financial reporting packages, including balance sheet, income statement, cash flow, working capital, and key operating metrics.
• Own the annual audit process and serve as the primary day-to-day contact for external auditors and related requests.
• Strengthen the internal control environment, including account reconciliations, approval workflows, segregation of duties, documentation standards, and accounting policies.
• Serve as the company's technical accounting resource, including interpretation of U.S. GAAP, accounting policies, capitalization policy, revenue recognition considerations, and complex accounting matters.
• Maintain and improve cost accounting processes, including standard costs, job costing, inventory valuation, margin analysis, and variance reporting.
• Maintain inventory valuation, reserve methodology, standard cost accuracy, and meaningful cost and margin variance analysis.
• Partner with operations, sales, engineering, service, and leadership teams to provide financial insight that supports pricing, profitability, working capital, and operational decision-making.
• Own working capital reporting and analysis, including accounts receivable, inventory, accounts payable, customer credit exposure, and cash conversion trends.
• Oversee credit management processes in partnership with sales and operations, including customer credit review, collections discipline, and risk mitigation.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning activities, including balance sheet forecasting, working capital projections, debt, capital expenditures, variance analysis, and development of actionable recommendations.
• Govern ERP data integrity, master data governance, automation, reporting logic, and RPA-enabled workflows to ensure accuracy, control, and appropriate oversight.
• Manage debt compliance reporting, lender reporting requirements, and other recurring financial reporting obligations.
• Lead, coach, and develop members of the accounting team while promoting accountability, accuracy, and collaboration.

Qualifications Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Minimum of 7 years of progressive accounting and finance experience, including prior supervisory responsibility.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, financial reporting, account reconciliations, and month-end close ownership.
• Experience with debt compliance, lender reporting, audit support, and recurring financial reporting requirements.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with operational leaders and translate financial information into practical business insight.
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams, improve processes, and operate effectively in a hands-on environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• CPA and/or MBA preferred.
• Experience in a manufacturing, job-cost, project-based, or custom equipment environment.
• Prior ERP implementation, optimization, reporting, or automation experience.
• Public accounting, audit, transaction, or private-equity-backed company experience.
• Experience building scalable accounting processes in a growing or changing organization. Core Competencies
• Strong technical accounting judgment with a practical, business-oriented mindset.
• High attention to detail, ownership, and follow-through.
• Ability to improve processes while maintaining accuracy and control.
• Clear communication style with the ability to partner across finance, operations, and leadership.
• Comfort operating in a hands-on, fast-paced environment with evolving priorities. Success Measures
• Successfully transitions ownership of the documented close process from the interim contractor and establishes a reliable, repeatable close calendar.
• Improves the accuracy, timeliness, and usefulness of financial reporting for leadership and external stakeholders.
• Strengthens account reconciliations, internal controls, and documentation standards.
• Develops the accounting team and builds a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Provides meaningful cost accounting, margin, and variance analysis that supports better business decisions.

Pay:

$105,000.00 - $165,000.00 per year

Benefits:

401(k) 401(k) matching Dental insurance Health insurance Life insurance Paid time off

Work Location:

In person