Manufacturing Site Controller
Compensation: $110,000–$125,000 base, depending on experience
Role Overview
Master Machine is hiring a Site Controller to own the accounting and finance function at one of our Chattanooga-area manufacturing operations. This is a hands-on role for someone who wants to be the finance leader at a smaller manufacturing site, not one of many in a corporate structure.
You won't have a team underneath you. You will close the books, build the forecast, sit on the shop floor solving a cost variance with the plant manager, and present results to corporate leadership — sometimes all in the same week. We're looking for an emerging finance leader with 3–5 years of experience who's ready to run the function and grow with the business.
What You'll Own
- The full accounting cycle for the site — close, reconciliations, journal entries, AP/AR oversight, and reporting
- Monthly financial results, forecasts, and variance commentary for site and corporate leadership
- Cost accounting fundamentals: standard costs, material/labor/overhead variances, inventory valuation, and margin analysis
- Operational KPIs — labor productivity, throughput, scrap, utilization — translated into financial impact
- Site-level budgeting, cash flow forecasting, and working capital management
- Internal controls and process improvement — building the structure as the business grows
- Direct finance partnership with the General Manager on pricing, capex, and day-to-day operating decisions
- Coordination with corporate finance on consolidated reporting, audit support, and strategic initiatives
Who We're Looking For
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
- 3–5 years of accounting or finance experience
- Exposure to manufacturing, cost accounting, or operational finance
- Comfortable being the "only finance person in the room" — willing to roll up your sleeves on transactional work and zoom out for the executive conversation
- Advanced Excel; can build a model from a blank sheet without needing a template
- ERP experience (any system — we care about the mindset, not the brand)
- Direct, low-ego communication style; equally comfortable with machinists and the CFO
- Self-starter who would rather build the playbook than wait for one
Bonus Points
- Cost accounting experience in a discrete or job-shop manufacturing environment
- CPA or candidate
- Background in a small-to-mid-size or PE-backed business
- Prior exposure to nuclear, aerospace, defense, or other regulated/quality-driven industries
About Fusion Enterprises
Master Machine is the largest nuclear focused fabrication business in Chattanooga and continues to grow rapidly with the reemerging industry.
This isn't a seat in a finance hierarchy. It's the chance to run the finance function at a focused, growing manufacturing business, with real ownership and real visibility to leadership.