Business Unit Controller

Join our vertically integrated team at MAT Holdings, Inc., a leading global manufacturer with a 40-year history. We're proud to provide employment opportunities for more than 14,000 employees across 12 countries. Headquartered in Long Grove, Illinois, we have over 40 factories on three continents, including 2.1 million square feet of U.S. distribution and manufacturing space.

You will find our products at home improvement centers, big-box retailers, hardware stores, and automotive chains. They're in the cars you drive, the trailers you tow, and the heavy-duty machinery you operate.
MAT can maintain consistent expertise and solutions across the entire supply chain. We’re experts in engineering, manufacturing, quality assurance, logistics and distribution, marketing, design, and customer service — we don't just make it happen, we ensure it happens with excellence.

We’re more than manufacturing, we’re MAT.

This is a highly visible role with significant opportunity for growth. Reporting to the business unit Controller with a dotted line to the business unit General Manager, this position is embed within the business unit to ensure the accuracy of the financial and cost information as well as provide management with the information and analysis to make decisions critical to the success of the business.                                           

Principle Responsibilities

• Responsible for the quality, accuracy, and timeliness of all accounting results and management reports, and ensures compliance with all policies, procedures, and internal controls
• Manage the month close process for the business unit
• Analyzing and evaluating data needed in forecasting, budgeting, and cost control
• Report and present monthly financial results to management, properly explaining any variances against plan
• Develop and report division level KPI’s
• Assist in the development of standard costs and analysis of variances
• Analyze customer profit margins and gross margins, and explain any variances against plan
• Prepare monthly balance sheet account reconciliations
• Assist in the coordination of external audits
• Facilitate the budget process in its entirety while being accountable for the financial presentation deliverable to the board
• Performs other duties as assigned

Competencies:

• Possess excellent computer skills with emphasis on Excel.
• Analytical, self-motivated, able to work alone or within a team in a fast-paced environment.
• Requires the ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities
• Strong communication skills

Education/Experience:

• B.S. Accounting
• CPA or MBA preferred
• 3-5 years of increasingly responsible accounting experience
• Manufacturing experience a plus
• Strong knowledge of GAAP
• Excellent verbal and written skills
• SAP experience a plus

The posted salary range for this position is $130,000 to $150,000 annually. Final compensation will be determined based on the candidate’s skills, experience, and qualifications.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.