Vice President, Corporate Controller

Location: Foothill Ranch, CA (Onsite)

Lead the Global Accounting Function for a Publicly Traded Industry Leader

An established publicly traded manufacturing company is seeking an accomplished Vice President, Corporate Controller to lead its global accounting organization and serve as a key strategic partner to the Chief Financial Officer.

This is an exceptional opportunity to join a financially strong organization with nearly $1 billion in annual revenue that serves highly regulated, mission-critical industries around the world. Reporting directly to the CFO, this executive leadership role oversees corporate accounting, shared services, financial reporting support, and accounting operations while leading a large, high-performing organization.

The successful candidate will combine deep technical accounting expertise with strong operational leadership and a passion for building scalable, efficient finance organizations.

The Opportunity

As Vice President, Corporate Controller, you will provide leadership across the company's accounting organization, overseeing a team of more than 40 accounting professionals through multiple layers of leadership. You'll partner closely with executive leadership, finance, operations, internal audit, and external auditors to ensure the integrity of financial reporting while continually improving processes, controls, and operational efficiency.

This role is ideal for a technically strong accounting executive who enjoys leading large teams, solving complex accounting challenges, and operating in a sophisticated public company environment.

Key Responsibilities

Corporate Accounting & Financial Leadership

• Lead all corporate accounting operations, including consolidations, shared services, and corporate accounting activities.
• Oversee Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll, Fixed Assets, Balance Sheet reconciliations, accruals, journal entries, and general accounting operations.
• Ensure timely, accurate monthly, quarterly, and annual financial closes.
• Maintain a strong internal control environment and ensure compliance with SOX and U.S. GAAP.
• Drive continuous process improvement initiatives that improve efficiency, accuracy, and scalability.

Public Company Reporting

• Partner closely with the financial reporting organization to support quarterly and annual SEC filings.
• Provide technical accounting leadership related to complex accounting matters, including revenue recognition under ASC 606.
• Support the preparation of Forms 10-Q and 10-K and ensure the accuracy of external financial reporting.
• Collaborate with executive leadership and external auditors during quarterly reviews and annual audits.
• Assist with Audit Committee presentations and Board reporting as needed.

Technical Accounting

• Serve as the accounting subject matter expert for complex accounting transactions.
• Lead technical accounting research and implementation of new accounting standards.
• Evaluate complex customer contracts with significant multi-element revenue recognition considerations.
• Support accounting for acquisitions, restructurings, and other strategic initiatives.

Leadership & Organizational Development

• Lead a multi-level accounting organization through two direct reports and an extended team of more than 40 professionals.
• Develop, mentor, and retain high-performing accounting leaders.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, operational excellence, and continuous improvement.
• Partner cross-functionally with Finance, Operations, IT, Internal Audit, and executive leadership to improve financial processes and business performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting required.
• Active CPA required.
• MBA is a plus.
• 15+ years of progressive accounting leadership experience.
• Prior Big Four or large national public accounting firm experience strongly preferred.
• Significant public company controllership or corporate accounting leadership experience.
• Deep expertise in:
  • U.S. GAAP
  • SEC reporting
  • SOX compliance
  • Internal controls
  • Financial consolidations
  • Technical accounting
• Extensive experience with ASC 606 revenue recognition, particularly involving long-term, multi-element or multiple-performance-obligation customer contracts.
• Proven experience leading large accounting organizations through multiple management layers.
• Demonstrated success driving accounting process improvements, automation, and organizational scalability.
• Strong executive presence with outstanding communication and presentation skills.

Preferred Experience

• Manufacturing, industrial, aerospace, defense, or other complex product-based industries.
• Experience supporting mergers and acquisitions, including accounting integration and due diligence.
• ERP implementation or optimization experience.
• Experience presenting to executive leadership, Audit Committees, and Boards of Directors.