We are looking for a hands-on Controller to join a manufacturing business in Webster, New York on a Contract basis. This assignment will provide immediate accounting leadership during a staffing gap and will focus on keeping core financial operations accurate, timely, and well organized. The role is fully on-site and will support day-to-day accounting, payroll administration, close activities, and financial reporting for the organization over an expected 6-8 week engagement.
Responsibilities:
- Oversee daily accounting activity across payables, receivables, general ledger maintenance, journal entries, and bank account reconciliation.
- Manage weekly financial tasks and lead month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing activities to support reliable reporting.
- Process payroll for approximately 40 employees using isolved and ensure related entries are recorded correctly.
- Prepare financial statements and deliver clear updates to leadership on performance, expenses, and profitability trends.
- Monitor cash position, support banking activity, and help maintain short-term cash forecasting and working capital visibility.
- Maintain accounting for inventory, product costs, cost of goods sold, and manufacturing-related variance analysis.
- Administer fixed asset records, depreciation, accruals, prepaid balances, and supporting account reconciliations.
- Coordinate with external partners on tax filings, audit support, and other compliance-related accounting requirements.
- Strengthen accounting procedures, reinforce internal controls, and identify practical improvements that increase accuracy and efficiency.
- Partner with the current accounting resource during the engagement to support knowledge transfer and cross-training as needed.
- Proven experience independently managing core accounting functions in a senior accountant or controller-level capacity.
- Ability to step into an interim assignment quickly and handle accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, reconciliations, and close responsibilities with minimal ramp-up time.
- Working knowledge of payroll processing, including use of isolved or a comparable payroll platform.
- Experience with general ledger accounting, financial statement preparation, and month-end close in a business environment.
- Familiarity with manufacturing accounting concepts such as inventory, costing, and variance review.
- Proficiency with accounting systems, including exposure to SyteLine or similar ERP software.
- Comfortable working on-site in Webster, New York for the duration of the contract engagement.