Champion Windows - Division Controller

Champion Windows - Division Controller

Job Type: Full-Time, Exempt.Location: Hybrid role based in Cincinnati, OH, requiring two days on-site per week.

Champion, part of Great Day Improvements, is seeking a hands-on Division Controller to lead accounting operations, financial reporting, and internal controls across its multi-location sales, service, and manufacturing operations.

This role serves as the senior accounting leader for Champion, partnering closely with the Division President and operational leadership to ensure financial accuracy, strengthen controls, improve profitability, and translate financial results into actionable business insights. The Division Controller will lead the Champion accounting team, oversee critical operational accounting activities, and drive process improvements that support divisional performance and enterprise standards.

• Financial Reporting & Close: Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close activities, ensuring accurate and timely financial statements, general ledger integrity, reconciliations, journal entries, accruals, and reporting in accordance with US GAAP, enterprise policies, and established deadlines.

• Accounting Operations & Internal Controls: Oversee divisional accounting processes, establish clear account ownership and review standards, maintain appropriate segregation of duties, ERP access, approval authority, and documentation, and coordinate internal and external audits, issue resolution, and corrective actions.

• Manufacturing, Inventory & Warranty Accounting: Oversee manufacturing and inventory accounting, including transaction flows, inventory balances, reserves, warranty obligations, and related reconciliations. Partner with operational leaders to evaluate material, labor, cost, and margin drivers and ensure accurate financial reporting.

• Financial Analysis & Business Partnership: Serve as a key financial partner to the Champion Division President, regional and branch leadership, manufacturing, and other operational teams. Analyze revenue, profitability, pricing, labor, cost structure, working capital, and financial variances to identify risks, opportunities, and actionable improvements.

• Budgeting, Forecasting & Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with FP&A on budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, and financial performance reporting. Collaborate with Accounting, Operations, HR, Tax, IT, and shared services to align financial information, resolve operational issues, and support informed business decisions.

• Payroll, Incentives & Working Capital: Oversee payroll and labor accounting, cost-center allocations, labor and incentive accruals, accounts receivable aging, collections trends, reserves, approved disbursements, bank reconciliations, treasury coordination, cash controls, and recurring items including prepaids, leases, and fleet activity.

• Shared Services Coordination: Partner with centralized accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, tax, and other shared services teams to ensure accurate, complete, and timely transactions, financial reporting, and consistent accounting practices.

• Team Leadership & Development: Lead, coach, and develop the Champion accounting team, establishing clear responsibilities, accountability, review expectations, cross-training, succession planning, and effective delegation while maintaining hands-on involvement in critical accounting activities.

• Systems & Process Improvement: Partner with the CAO, FP&A, and IT to strengthen ERP workflows, financial reporting, data quality, and close processes. Support system implementations and upgrades while identifying opportunities to automate, simplify, and standardize accounting processes without losing critical operational detail.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field with 10+ years of progressive accounting and financial leadership experience, including ownership of financial close, reporting, and internal controls.

• Proven experience leading and developing accounting teams within a multi-location sales, service, manufacturing, or similarly complex operating environment.

• Deep knowledge of US GAAP, general ledger accounting, financial reporting, reconciliations, accruals, internal controls, and audit readiness.

• Strong operational finance expertise, including the ability to interpret revenue, margins, labor, inventory, warranty, working capital, and other financial performance drivers.

• Advanced proficiency with ERP systems, financial reporting tools, Microsoft Excel, and financial analysis, including the ability to investigate complex accounting activity and clearly communicate findings.

• Demonstrated executive communication, business partnership, organizational leadership, prioritization, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to influence financial and non-financial leaders while maintaining strong financial discipline.

• Ability to manage competing deadlines, operational demands, and improvement initiatives in a fast-paced environment while demonstrating integrity, sound judgment, and confidentiality.

• CPA certification.

• Experience operating within a centralized CFO/CAO structure with divisional financial accountability.

• Manufacturing, inventory, and warranty accounting experience.

• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics/NAV, Planful, or comparable financial systems.

Champion Window is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer 

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Also, we offer a competitive compensation package that includes medical/dental/vision/disability coverage, 401(k), flex spending account and more.