We are looking for a Controller to join our team in East Haven, Connecticut on a Contract basis. This role will oversee core accounting operations, deliver accurate financial reporting, and provide insight into business performance within a manufacturing environment. The ideal candidate will bring strong cost accounting experience, support compliance and audit activities, and help leadership understand key financial trends and margin drivers.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and year-end financial reports, ensuring accuracy and timely delivery.
- Direct general ledger activity and oversee the period-end close cycle to maintain reliable accounting records.
- Strengthen financial governance by supporting compliance standards and maintaining effective internal control practices.
- Partner with external auditors and coordinate required documentation for annual audit and tax-related reporting.
- Review operating results, identify notable fluctuations, and present clear explanations for budget and performance variances.
- Administer standard costing methods and evaluate cost data to support informed manufacturing decisions.
- Track material, labor, and overhead expenses to assess cost performance across production activities.
- Determine product-level costs and gross margin results while highlighting opportunities to improve profitability.
- Investigate manufacturing variances, including labor, material usage, purchase price, and overhead differences, and recommend practical cost-saving actions.
- Demonstrated experience in financial reporting, general ledger management, and month-end close activities.
- Background in manufacturing cost accounting, including standard costing and variance analysis.
- Ability to calculate product costs, evaluate gross margins, and interpret financial performance drivers.
- Familiarity with audit coordination, tax reporting support, and internal control environments.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to explain complex financial results in a clear and concise manner.
- Experience compiling and organizing financial or operational documentation with a high level of accuracy.
- Proficiency in scanning documents and maintaining orderly records to support accounting and audit processes.