Southbend, a division of the Middleby Corporation, is a global leader in heavy-duty commercial cooking equipment. Renowned for innovation in energy savings, cooking speed, automation, and safety, Southbend's products are highly regarded by chefs, consultants, and industry experts. With over 100 years of top-quality and reliable products, Southbend's equipment is widely installed in restaurants, institutional foodservice operations, and supermarkets worldwide.

Southbend has a fantastic opportunity for a Group Controller who will serve as the financial advisor to the President and leadership team for strategic planning and organizational growth support. This role oversees all aspects of accounting operations, including internal controls, accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, forecasting, SOX controls, and audit support. The Group Controller will lead and manage the budgeting process, gather financial data for analysis and forecasting, and set expectations and priorities for the Information Technology systems and Purchasing departments to ensure alignment with company objectives. This role will oversee the described functions for Southbend in Raleigh, NC, and Crown Steam Group in Toronto, ON, Canada.

Responsibilities:

• Lead company efforts to plan and optimize the organization’s financial performance.
• Lead company efforts to implement new ERP system and drive productivity improvements and business simplification throughout the organization.
• Act as a strategic partner to the executive leadership team by providing financial input and leadership on decision-making issues affecting the organization.
• Set vision to guide the growth and address changing needs of the company.
• Ensure accurate and timely financial reporting to all relevant stakeholders while maintaining an environment of internal controls to minimize risk of a material misstatement, fraud, or audit deficiency.
• Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local legal requirements and filings while adhering to GAAP standards.
• Monitor and analyze the financial performance of the company compared to budget / forecast and implement changes to improve results.
• Develop and oversee financial bridges for the benefit of financial results when needed.
• Maintain a scalable accounting and control processes, with clearly defined roles and responsibilities.
• Develop and supervise the staff, monitor staff performance, and evaluate department effectiveness.
• Manage corporate information systems department by setting expectations and priorities.
• Improve overall operation and productivity of the corporation and safeguard the assets of the corporation.

Requirements:

• Bachelors Degree in Accounting or Finance with MBA preferred
• CMA or CPA certification a plus
• Prior experience in the manufacturing industry required.
• Public company accounting experience strongly preferred.
• Strong hands-on leadership, analytical, quantitative, problem solving, technical and communication skills.
• Proven ability to successfully lead change initiatives and effectively interface with a management team.
• Technical accounting skills combined with process aptitude and demonstrated “scale up” in a growth or high change business environment.
• Demonstrated skills in leading and developing teams.Using strong communication skills in a collaborative environment.
• Technical skills include the MS suite (notably excel and PowerPoint) and efficient integration of technologies across organization.
• Understand the nature of the business being Customer Centric while keeping the objectives of delivering a financial result as a forefront of the business.

If you are passionate about the commercial cooking equipment industry and eager to contribute to a leading company with a century-long legacy of excellence, we invite you to apply for this exciting opportunity!

Southbend is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EOE/M/F/Vets/Disabled) employer and welcomes all qualified applicants.