Junior Controller

OVERVIEW

Randstad is actively assisting a rapidly growing, well established global company with their search for an on-site Junior Controller/Controller located in West Palm Beach, Florida. This is a new position within the organization due to centralized relocation along with numerous recent and upcoming mergers and acquisitions.

My client has a tenured and respected executive leadership team along with an excellent, high energy company culture and numerous employee perks that are not typically available in traditional corporate roles. This is a fantastic career development opportunity contributing to the sustainability and profitability within a company poised for continuous growth and global expansion.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Oversee annual physical inventory: Manage all accounting and audit documentation requirements related to the year-end physical inventory cycle.
• Drive financial accountability: Partner with site management to promote financial discipline and cost-control best practices across all facility operations.
• Develop short-term operating plans: Assist in translating broader mid-term business strategies into actionable short-term plans aligned with organizational objectives.
• Execute recurring reporting: Produce monthly reporting packages, including variance analysis, productivity tracking, and ad-hoc financial reports to support site performance.
• Analyze business trends: Collaborate with leadership to interpret financial data, assess performance against budget targets, and identify key operational trends.
• Support management decision-making: Provide data-driven insights regarding sales, inventory levels, working capital, and resource consumption (e.g., raw materials/power) to inform business decisions.
• Facilitate forecasting cycles: Lead periodic forecasting efforts by monitoring technical and industrial KPIs, conducting gap analysis, and identifying budget deviations.
• Enable business intelligence: Develop and implement financial simulations and business case models to support strategic management actions.
• Collaboration: Effectively collaborate with all levels of the organization as well as external auditors.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Professional background within Big 4/National Firm Experience (e.g., KPMG, RSM, Baker Tilly, Marcum, CohnResnick).
• Combined 3–6 years of progressive accounting and finance experience of public accounting and a corporate role, preferably within the manufacturing industry.

BUSINESS UNDERSTANDING

• Expertise in budgeting, forecasting, and establishing internal controls
• ERP mastery working within large Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems (e.g SAP, Oracle, etc.)
• Mastery of formulas (XLOOKUP, INDEX/MATCH), Power Query (for ETL data cleaning), nested IF statements, and dynamic Pivot Tables.
• Experience with CPM tools, specialized budgeting and consolidation software like Hyperion (HFM)
• Ability to build complex, macro-free, auditable financial models for capital expenditure (CapEx) ROI, capacity planning, and rolling forecasts.
• Strong knowledge of US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and regulatory compliance.
• Experience analyzing large amounts of financial data
• Demonstrated presentation skills and able to easily present financial data in a clear and concise manner

EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance; a Master’s degree or MBA is highly preferred.

Please apply today via the link or send your resume directly to [email protected]

My client is prepared to move forward reviewing candidate profiles and would like to coordinate introduction meetings with their C-suite and upper management team as soon as possible.