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As the company scales - organically and through acquisition - the Controller is responsible for running an accurate, timely, well-controlled, and increasingly automated transactional accounting engine, and for leading the accounting integration of acquired businesses.\nThis role is deliberately structured to complement a self-contained FP&A function. The Director of Finance and the FP&A team own the monthly close, financial and management reporting, technical accounting (including revenue recognition), budgeting, and forecasting. The Controller owns the transactional foundation those outputs are built on - accounts payable, accounts receivable and collections, payroll accounting, treasury and cash operations, inventory and cost-accounting transactions, the day-to-day integrity of the general ledger, and the internal control environment. Evaluating customers’ credit standing and managing limits and risk mitigation frameworks (such as credit insurance, D&B review, etc.). Success means transactional books that are clean, current, and audit-ready - freeing finance leadership to focus on strategy, reporting, and M&A.\nReports to: Chief Financial Officer\nLocation: Milwaukee, WI (in office with hybrid flexibility on certain days as needed)\nKey Responsibilities\nTransactional Accounting Operations\nOwn end-to-end transactional accounting: accounts payable and disbursements; accounts receivable, billing, and collections; payroll accounting; cash and treasury operations; fixed assets; inventory and cost-accounting transactions; and intercompany transactional processing.\nDeliver clean sub-ledgers on schedule so the FP&A team can complete the monthly close and reporting without rework.\nOwn account reconciliations across cash, AR, AP, inventory, accruals, and intercompany - resolving variances promptly and maintaining a documented, complete reconciliation cycle.\nOptimize working capital through disciplined management of payables, receivables and DSO, and cash application.\nInternal Controls & Compliance\n Design, document, and operate a scalable control framework over transactional processes that is audit-ready today and can withstand increasing scrutiny (including SOX-style controls) as the company grows.\nServe as a primary audit contact for transactional and balance-sheet areas, supporting a timely, clean external audit.\nM&A Integration\nLead the accounting integration of acquired entities: onboarding AP/AR/payroll/GL processes, mapping charts of accounts and systems, standardizing transactional policies, and establishing intercompany and consolidation mechanics.\nSupport financial due diligence and own the transactional-accounting workstream for Day 1 readiness and post-close integration.\nBuild a repeatable accounting-integration playbook that scales across multiple acquisitions and, where needed, multiple ERPs.\nSystems, Process & Automation\n Own and continuously improve transactional processes in the Pentagon 2000SQL ERP; drive automation of high-volume, manual workflows (e.g., payment disbursement, billing/AR, reconciliations).\nPartner with IT and the data/AI initiatives to reduce manual effort, improve data integrity, and support scalable, multi-entity reporting.\nOperate across multiple ERP systems as needed during acquisition-integration periods.\nTeam Leadership\n Lead, develop, and scale the transactional accounting team (Accounting Manager and AP, AR/credit, payroll, and staff-accounting personnel); build depth, cross-training, and succession for key roles.\nConvert institutional knowledge into documented SOPs that reduce single points of failure and accelerate onboarding.\nFoster a positive, accountable, high-integrity culture across the accounting operation.\nPartnership with Finance Leadership\nPartner closely with the Director of Finance / FP&A so transactional outputs feed the close, reporting, and forecasting cleanly and on time.\nSupport the CFO on controls, cash, working capital, and integration, contributing to lender and sponsor reporting as it relates to transactional and balance-sheet data.\nRequirements\n Required\nBachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.\n10+ years of progressive accounting experience, including time as a Controller (or equivalent) leading transactional accounting operations (AP, AR, payroll, GL) at a growing company.\nDemonstrated ownership of a scalable internal control environment and coordination of external audits.\nStrong ERP and systems orientation, with a track record of process improvement and automation.\nProven people-leadership experience managing an accounting team across functions and, ideally, multiple locations.\nExcellent communication skills, with the ability to translate accounting matters for finance and non-finance stakeholders.\n Preferred\nCPA (active) and/or a Master's in Accounting or MBA.\nExperience in a private equity-owned business supporting an acquisition-driven growth strategy, including accounting integration of acquired entities.\nExperience at a company with an international footprint (multi-entity, cross-border operations).\nManufacturing or industrial exposure with inventory-intensive operations (aerospace/defense or distribution a plus); 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