We are seeking a high-caliber Controller to join our leadership team. The successful candidate will exhibit functional ownership while maintaining a high level of accuracy. This role requires top-tier analytical skills a…
The Controller provides strategic direction for accounting, tax, and cash management while overseeing IT and Sales/Service Support functions. Key duties include leading the monthly close process, preparing budgets, and ensuring local compliance for the US entity.
Requirements
Requires a Bachelor's degree in Accounting with at least 10 years of general accounting experience and 5 years of leadership experience. A CPA license and experience with ERP systems in a manufacturing environment are strongly preferred.
Full job description
We are seeking a high-caliber Controller to join our leadership team. The successful candidate will exhibit functional ownership while maintaining a high level of accuracy. This role requires top-tier analytical skills and the ability to solve complex business problems across multiple departments. You will provide strategic direction for accounting, tax, and cash management while also overseeing IT and Sales/Service Support functions.
Why Join Us?
Diverse Leadership Impact: Beyond traditional finance, you will manage extended functional areas like IT and Sales/Service Support, allowing for broad operational influence and professional growth.
A "Think Quality" Culture: You’ll join a team that values a high-performance "Think Quality" mindset empowers people to create a better future for the textile industry through innovative, end-to-end solutions.
Competitive salary, performance bonuses, and full benefits package.
As part of an international high-tech company with a 150-year history, you will collaborate with global counterparts maintaining unified financial standards and operational excellence.
Key Responsibilities
Financial Leadership & Reporting
Provide overall direction for accounting, controlling (cost accounting), tax, budget, and cash management.
Apply expert knowledge of GAAP/IFRS to solve non-routine business issues.
Convey critical financial results, cash requirements, and analytical insights to company leadership.
Prepare semi-annual budgets and forecasts.
Accounting Operations & Compliance
Oversee all aspects of general accounting, AP, AR, fixed assets, and GL analyses.
Lead the monthly close process, including journal entries and account reconciliations.
Support the preparation of tax returns and annual financial audits/reviews, serving as the primary point of contact for consultants.
Act as the Local Compliance Officer for the US entity, monitoring US-specific issues and participating in Group-directed activities.
Prepare government reporting and monitor internal controls.
Operational Oversight
Manage cash functions, including bank reconciliations and cash forecasting.
Oversee inventory accuracy and audit processes (cycle counting/stocktaking).
Administer payroll and the 401(k) retirement plan.
Manage Sales and Service Support, with active involvement in export compliance.
IT & Team Management
Provide administrative management for the IT department, including budgeting, personnel development, and effectiveness assessments in coordination with Group IT.
Mentor and support direct reports, including the Assistant Controller, Accounting Manager, IT personnel, and Sales Support Supervisor.
Develop cross-functional partnerships across all departments.
Education & Experience Requirements
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting required; Master’s degree preferred.
Licensure: Active CPA with maintained licensure preferred.
Experience:
Minimum of 10 years of general accounting experience.
Minimum of 5 years of leadership experience with direct supervisory responsibility.
Minimum of 5 years working with ERP systems; experience in a manufacturing environment is strongly preferred.
Occasional overnight travel may be required including internationally. Total required travel is less than 10%.
AA/EOE M/F/D/V
Skills
Advanced proficiency in Excel.
Exceptional problem-solving abilities and a "top-level" attention to detail.
Ability to lead effectively outside of traditional accounting functions (IT, Sales Support).
Uster is the world’s leading provider of quality management solutions from fiber to fabric.
Uster Technologies provides high-technology instruments, systems and services for quality control, prediction, certification and optimization in the textile industry. This includes systems for quality management, laboratory testing and in-line process control for fibers, staple and filament yarns, fabric inspection as well as value-added services.
Uster provides the globally-acknowledged Uster Statistics benchmarks for trading, textile know-how training, consulting and worldwide after-sales services – always aspiring to fulfill the textile market’s needs, to drive innovation forward with ‘quality in mind’.
Uster Technologies AG is headquartered in Uster, Switzerland and operates worldwide. It has sales and service subsidiaries in the major textile markets and Technology Centers in Uster (Switzerland), Knoxville (USA), Suzhou (China) and Caesarea (Israel).
www.uster.com
Offices: Sonnenbergstrasse 10, Uster, 8610, CH · No.728 Feng Ting Rd, WeiTing Town, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiang Su Province 215122, CN · 456 Troy Circle, Knoxville, TN 37919, US · Avinashi Road, Sam Surya Towers, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641037, IN
Uster is the world’s leading provider of quality management solutions from fiber to fabric.
Uster Technologies provides high-technology instruments, systems and services for quality control, prediction, certification and optimization in the textile industry. This includes systems for quality management, laboratory testing and in-line process control for fibers, staple and filament yarns, fabric inspection as well as value-added services.
Uster provides the globally-acknowledged Uster Statistics benchmarks for trading, textile know-how training, consulting and worldwide after-sales services – always aspiring to fulfill the textile market’s needs, to drive innovation forward with ‘quality in mind’.
Uster Technologies AG is headquartered in Uster, Switzerland and operates worldwide. It has sales and service subsidiaries in the major textile markets and Technology Centers in Uster (Switzerland), Knoxville (USA), Suzhou (China) and Caesarea (Israel).
www.uster.com
Offices: Sonnenbergstrasse 10, Uster, 8610, CH · No.728 Feng Ting Rd, WeiTing Town, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiang Su Province 215122, CN · 456 Troy Circle, Knoxville, TN 37919, US · Avinashi Road, Sam Surya Towers, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641037, IN