Controller

Controller

Location: Remote, U.S.

Travel: Minimal travel, primarily during onboarding and for occasional site visits

Compensation: $185,000–$195,000 base + 15% bonus

Industry: Healthcare / High-Growth Operations

About the Company

Our client is a rapidly growing healthcare manufacturer whose business has evolved significantly and is scaling quickly, with major expansion underway, including a new state-of-the-art facility and plans to significantly increase production capacity.

This is an opportunity to join a company on a high-growth trajectory and step into a highly visible leadership role that will directly support operational scale, inventory accuracy, audit readiness, and financial infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the monthly close and ensure timely, accurate financial reporting
• Own balance sheet integrity, reconciliations, and overall accounting accuracy
• Manage core controllership functions including AP, AR, accruals, and general accounting oversight
• Drive improvements in inventory accounting, inventory controls, and inventory management processes
• Partner with procurement and operations to improve system inputs, outputs, and reporting accuracy
• Support and improve PO, receiving, and accrual workflows, including received-but-not-invoiced reporting
• Investigate and resolve inventory discrepancies, cost of goods issues, and balance sheet abnormalities
• Lead external audit activities and serve as a primary point of contact for auditors

What Success Looks Like

• Clean, reliable balance sheet reconciliations
• Accurate inventory and cost accounting across operations
• Strong audit ownership and deadline execution
• Improved accounting processes that scale with company growth
• A controller function that operates as a true business partner to finance and operations

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field; CPA strongly preferred
• Prior experience as a Controller or Assistant Controller in a complex operating environment
• Strong experience with inventory accounting required
• Experience in manufacturing, pharmaceutical, healthcare, or other inventory-intensive environments strongly preferred
• Proven ability to work across accounting and operations
• Experience leading audits and working directly with external auditors
• Strong systems aptitude and comfort learning new enterprise / inventory platforms

Preferred Background

• Manufacturing finance experience
• Healthcare experience in settings where inventory is a core part of the business
• Experience supporting high-growth or operational transformation environments
• Experience managing remote and/or offshore teams

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary in the $185,000–$195,000 range, with flexibility depending on experience
• 15% bonus opportunity
• 401(k) with 4% match
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits

For immediate consideration and more information on this exciting career opportunity please submit your resume via the Katalyst Group Careers page (https://www.letskatalyze.com/) or email your resume directly to us at [email protected]

About Katalyst Group

Katalyst Group is a provider of executive search, project and interim placement solutions with expertise in supporting Accounting, Finance, and Business Transformation executives with special projects created by workforce gaps. As a human capital partner for our clients, we solve business problems across organizations in the areas of Risk and Compliance, Governance, and Technology.

Katalyst was founded in 2019 to help finance executives rapidly assemble project resources to address special projects, and recruit individuals for key hires within their respective organizations. The Katalyst team are former accounting, finance, program and project management professionals who have made a career of curating networks and connecting the dots. Our values-based culture extends to those we engage; therefore, we are selective and discerning about the organizations we support to ensure they are a good fit for those we represent.