Corporate Controller
Location: Mesa, Arizona
Company: ASARCO LLC
Reports To: Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
About ASARCO
ASARCO is a leading integrated copper mining, smelting, and refining company with approximately $1 billion in annual revenue and 1,400 employees across the United States. As part of Grupo México Mining, ASARCO operates large-scale mining and metallurgical operations with a strong commitment to operational excellence, safety, financial discipline, and long-term sustainability.
Why Join ASARCO
This is a unique opportunity to lead the finance and accounting function of a large-scale industrial organization with significant operational complexity and strategic importance. The Head of Corporate Controller will play a critical leadership role in shaping financial discipline, operational insight, and organizational performance across ASARCO’s mining operations
Position Summary
ASARCO is seeking an experienced and hands-on Head of Corporate Controller to lead the company’s accounting, financial reporting, cost control, budgeting, and FP&A functions. This role serves as the senior-most accounting leader within the organization and is responsible for ensuring accurate financial reporting, disciplined cost management, standardized accounting practices across mining operations, and insightful financial analysis to support executive decision-making.
The ideal candidate combines strong technical accounting expertise with operational finance leadership and deep experience in cost control within complex industrial environments. This individual must thrive in a mining and metallurgical setting and possess the leadership capabilities to drive financial accountability, operational efficiency, and continuous improvement across the organization.
Key Responsibilities:
Accounting & Financial Reporting
- Lead all corporate accounting and controllership activities across ASARCO operations
- Oversee monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting
- Manage consolidations across mining operations and corporate entities
- Ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP and company accounting policies
- Prepare information for parent company consolidation and reporting requirements
- Oversee revenue recognition processes and related accounting controls
- Partner with the Tax Manager to support tax reporting and compliance activities
- Maintain strong internal financial controls and promote standardized accounting practices across sites
FP&A, Budgeting & Cost Analysis
- Lead both OPEX and CAPEX budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes
- Prepare ASARCO information and support parent company budgeting process
- Provide financial analysis, operational KPI reporting, and actionable insights to executive leadership and CFO
- Monitor and analyze operating costs, production costs, and spending trends to identify risks and improvement opportunities
- Develop and enhance cost reporting tools and operational performance metrics to support proactive decision-making
- Partner with operational leaders to analyze mining costs, production metrics, and financial performance drivers
- Deliver clear, concise, and decision-oriented financial reporting and recommendations
- Support strategic and operational decision-making through data-driven analysis
Leadership & Operational Partnership
- Lead and develop finance and accounting teams across corporate and site operations
- Directly manage:
- Site Controllers for the Ray, Mission, Silver Bell, Hayden and Amarillo sites
- Accounting Manager
- Tax Manager
- Collaborate closely with shared services teams in Hermosillo, Mexico and finance business partners within the ASARCO Unity Hub
- Drive consistency and standardization of accounting processes, controls, and reporting methodologies across sites
- Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and operational partnership
Systems & Process Improvement
- Serve as a key finance leader for SAP-related accounting and reporting processes
- Identify opportunities for automation, process improvement, and finance transformation initiatives
- Improve reporting efficiency, data quality, and financial visibility across the organization
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field required
- CPA designation required
- 10+ years of progressive accounting and finance leadership experience
- Public accounting background preferred
- Experience in mining, manufacturing, heavy industrial, or metallurgical environments preferred
- Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, consolidations, financial reporting, and operational accounting
- Prior experience leading budgeting, forecasting, and FP&A functions
- Advanced SAP proficiency required
- Experience managing multi-site accounting operations strongly preferred
- Public company reporting experience is preferred
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
- CPA designation
- 10+ years of progressive accounting and finance leadership experience
- Advanced SAP proficiency
- Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, consolidations, financial reporting, and operational accounting
- Prior experience leading budgeting, forecasting, and FP&A functions
- Public accounting background
- Experience in mining, manufacturing, heavy industrial, or metallurgical environments
- Experience managing multi-site accounting operations
- Public company reporting experience
Asarco Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Asarco and has not been reviewed or approved by Asarco.
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Affordable Benefits — Benefits are positioned as “low-cost,” and there are indications of reduced employee health-care contributions for covered roles. Time-off enhancements are also described as part of recent agreement changes, improving total rewards value for some groups.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) plan with a company match is described as part of the standard package. Match levels are portrayed as potentially strong, though details appear to vary by role or contract.
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Pay Growth & Progression — Material wage increases are described under a newly ratified multi-year union agreement, with large raises reported for some job categories. This suggests improved near-term earnings trajectory for employees covered by the latest contract.
Asarco Insights
What We Do
Grupo Mexico is a transnational mining company with operations in the U.S., Mexico and Peru. ASARCO (American Smelting and Refining Company), the U.S. based subsidiary of Grupo Mexico, is an integrated copper mining, smelting and refining company with approximately 1,700 employees. The company operates three mines, associated mills and smelter in Arizona and a refinery complex in Texas, which includes plants that produce copper cathode & rod.
