Controller

Description: Martin Foods, LP is seeking an intellectually curious, self-motivated Controller to join our team in Houston. Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, the Controller will have broad exposure across the organization, with leadership responsibility spanning Accounting, Customer Service, manufacturing finance, and cross-functional business analysis. This breadth provides an opportunity to understand the business end-to-end and influence both financial and operational performance. The Controller will provide leadership and oversight for key accounting functions while supporting financial close, payroll accounting, audit coordination, inventory, product costing, and financial analysis. Equally important, this individual will partner closely with Operations, Supply Chain, Sales, Customer Service, and other functions to understand the financial drivers of our business and help translate operational activity into actionable financial insight. This is not a position limited to recurring accounting activities or reporting results from behind a desk. The successful candidate will be equally comfortable analyzing financial statements and cost models, investigating an A/R deduction, and partnering with Operations to understand what is happening on the production floor. We are looking for someone who wants to contribute to the business, not simply report on it. Key Responsibilities Accounting Leadership & Financial Stewardship Support and progressively assume ownership of the monthly and year-end financial close processes. Review journal entries, account reconciliations, accruals, fixed assets, inventory activity, and balance-sheet accounts. Maintain the accuracy and integrity of the general ledger and supporting financial records. Analyze financial results and investigate unusual transactions, trends, and variances. Assist the CFO with management reporting, financial analysis, forecasting, and special projects. Ensure recurring accounting responsibilities are completed accurately and timely while balancing changing business priorities and project work. Manufacturing Finance & Business Analytics Maintain and enhance product costing methodologies and supporting cost models. Develop a working understanding of manufacturing processes through active partnership with Operations and time spent on the production floor. Connect production activity, material usage, labor, yields, waste, and operating decisions to product cost and margin performance. Analyze standard versus actual costs and investigate significant variances. Partner with Operations to reconcile what financial data indicates with what is occurring within the manufacturing process. Product & Margin Analysis Analyze profitability by product, customer, and other meaningful business dimensions. Develop and refine product cost, contribution-margin, and profitability models. Partner cross-functionally to understand the effects of pricing, volume, product mix, material costs, freight, deductions, and operating decisions. Investigate margin variances and identify the underlying operational or commercial drivers. Support pricing evaluations and other business decisions with reliable cost and margin analysis. Develop scenario analyses to evaluate changes in volume, pricing, costs, sourcing, production methods, or customer requirements. Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Customer Service & Working Capital Provide hands-on leadership and oversight of the Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, and Customer Service, with focus on transaction accuracy, responsiveness, accountability, and effective cross-functional communication. Monitor A/R aging, collections, cash application, customer deductions, vendor payments, and other key working-capital activities. Identify opportunities to improve processes, controls, efficiency, and service levels across A/R, A/P, and Customer Service using customer deductions, credits, order discrepancies, and recurring service issues as data points to i…

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