Financial Controller

About the job

Financial Controller

Kanyon Manufacturing — Plymouth, MN · Weyauwega, WI

Location on-site, with regular travel across the platform's sites

Type Full-Time, Salaried (Exempt)

Reports To Chief Executive Officer (platform)

Who We Are

Kanyon Manufacturing is a growing platform of Midwest manufacturers — custom metal castings and machining in Wisconsin, custom thermoplastic injection molding in Minnesota, with more on the way. We acquire good industrial businesses and build them into something stronger, from design and tooling through production and distribution.

This is not a maintenance role. We are building something — and finance is one of the first things we are building. Today the books are kept on the outside. We need a Financial Controller who wants to bring them home.

The Role

We are looking for a Financial Controller to build and own the finance function for the platform — the close, the controls, the reporting, the costing — across our operating companies, and to carry it through every new business we acquire.

Your job is to stand up a clean, consolidated monthly close, put real internal controls in place, and hand leadership numbers they can act on: accurate, traceable, and on time, every period.

Stop here for a second. When the month closes and three numbers don’t tie, what happens in you? If you feel the pull to chase them down until the statement is right — and you would never leave that for someone else — keep reading. If reconciling to the last dollar sounds like someone else’s job, this isn’t your seat.

This is a builder’s role, not a caretaker’s. But it is a builder who works in pencil first, ties out the work, and makes the system hold. You are not here to reinvent accounting. You are here to put a standard, defensible system in place — and run it clean.

How You Operate

You build the case with the numbers. Evidence before opinion. You do not sign off on a figure you cannot trace to its source.

You build systems that hold. A close that lands on the same days every month. A chart of accounts that reads the same across every entity. A reconciliation that is done before anyone asks for it. Nothing falls through.

You finish. The close closes — on time, every period, no drama. You do not let an open item sit, and you do not let a deadline slide.

You read what the numbers are really saying. You can tell a healthy margin from a flattered one, and a real deal from a dressed-up one.

You bring stability, not churn. You measure twice. You want the plan before the move. You will not trade the correct answer for the clever one.

You lead through accurate, on-time output — not noise. You hold the line on controls without turning it into a fight.

What You’ll Own

Close & Reporting

– Own the monthly and quarterly close across the operating companies; deliver consolidated financials that tie out and a reporting package leadership and the sponsor can act on.

– Stand up a close calendar — and hit it. Same days, every period.

Controls & Compliance

– Build internal controls and a standardized chart of accounts across entities; keep the books GAAP-clean and audit-ready.

– Manage the relationship with outside accountants and tax advisors, and bring the recurring work in-house as the function matures.

Cost & Margin

– Own job-costing and standard costing for a low-volume, high-mix custom manufacturing environment; surface true margin by job, product, and plant.

– Partner with operations on quoting accuracy and the quote-to-invoice handoff, so the business bills what it earns, on time.

– Bring discipline to inventory, work-in-process, and vendor accountability.

Cash & Working Capital

– Forecast cash, oversee AR/AP and collections discipline, and manage working capital across entities.

– Own intercompany accounting and the day-to-day banking relationships.

Integration & Growth

– Support diligence on acquisitions and integrate each new company onto the platform’s reporting, controls, and systems.

– Feed the financial numbers into the operating rhythm — scorecards and weekly metrics — so the business runs on facts, not hunches.

What Success Looks Like

– The close lands on schedule, every month, and the numbers tie.

– Leadership trusts the reporting — because it is accurate and it is on time.

– Real controls are in place and the books are audit-ready.

– True job and plant margins are visible. No more guessing.

– Cash is forecast, collections are disciplined, and working capital improves.

– Each acquisition comes onto the platform clean — without the close slipping.

What We’re Looking For

Must-Haves

– Controller or senior-accounting leadership experience in manufacturing.

– CPA designation.

– Hands-on ownership of month-end close and consolidated, multi-entity reporting.

– Strong GAAP foundation; built or strengthened internal controls; carried a business through an audit.

– Manufacturing cost accounting — standard cost, job cost, WIP, inventory, and margin analysis.

– Cash forecasting and working-capital management.

– ERP experience, and the ability to build and standardize systems where little formal structure exists today.

– Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance — or the equivalent track record.

Nice-to-Haves

– Experience in a platform, holding-company, or private-equity-backed environment.

– M&A integration experience — folding an acquired company onto shared reporting and controls.

– A track record of bringing an outsourced finance function in-house.

– Exposure to injection molding, metal castings, machining, or custom / engineer-to-order job shops.

– Familiarity with a structured operating system (e.g., EOS).

– Using modern tools and AI to work smarter — measured by results, not usage.

You’ll Thrive Here If You

– Chase the numbers that don’t tie until the statement is right — and would never hand that off.

– Build the close, the controls, and the costing from the studs, and make them hold.

– Bring calm, accurate, on-time output to a function that has been held together on the outside.

– Want the plan before the move, and won’t trade the correct answer for the clever one.

– Read a P&L and a job-cost report and immediately see what is really going on.

This Isn’t the Right Seat If You

– Want to reinvent the accounting model every quarter instead of running a sound one well.

– Treat the close as approximately right and move on.

– Need the systems already built before you can be effective.

– Lead by volume and pep talks rather than reliable, accurate work.

– Lose interest once the function is running smoothly.

Why This Role

– You build the finance function from the studs — and you own it.

– Direct line to platform leadership and the sponsor; the numbers you produce drive real decisions.

– Real momentum — a growing platform with acquisitions in motion, not a turnaround.

– Culture is not a slogan here. We hire, evaluate, and develop people on Grit, Humble Confidence, Positivity, and Hunger.

Our Core Values

Grit — Find a way. Embrace the suck. Don’t give up when the path is hard.

Humbly Confident — Give honest feedback. Operate without ego. Stay vulnerable. Know your stuff.

Positive — Bring energy. Stay solution-oriented. Make the best of everything.

Hungry — Pursue exceptionalism. Walk with purpose. Choose discipline over comfort.

Compensation & Benefits

Salary range: $165,000 - $190,000

– Eligible for Kanyon Manufacturing’s standard benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance.

– 401(k) retirement plan with a company match of up to 1.5% of eligible compensation.

– Benefits are effective the first day of the month following 30 days of employment.

Pay: $165,000.00 - $190,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Relocation assistance
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person