Interim Controller

Korn Ferry is placing an Interim Controller with a confidential private-equity-backed manufacturer of transportation-related products. The organisation operates through multiple entities across the United States and Mexico, and the successful candidate will report directly to the CFO. The assignment is structured as a six-month contract, with potential for extension, and requires full-time onsite presence in the Brookston, Texas area.

The role involves assuming day-to-day leadership of accounting operations so the CFO can concentrate on strategic priorities. Key areas of focus include accelerating the monthly close toward a consistent 10 to 15-day cycle, strengthening inventory and standard costing processes, managing multi-entity consolidations and intercompany eliminations, and improving internal controls and financial governance across U.S. and Mexico teams.

• Lead and improve monthly, quarterly, and year-end close processes toward a 10 to 15-day close cycle.
• Manage consolidations, intercompany accounting, eliminations, and multi-entity financial reporting across U.S. and Mexico entities.
• Strengthen inventory accounting, standard costing, and cost-of-goods-sold reporting within a manufacturing context.
• Enhance internal controls, account reconciliations, documentation, and financial governance standards.
• Provide leadership and mentoring to U.S. and Mexico-based accounting and costing teams.
• Partner with the CFO, plant operations, and supply chain on financial analysis and high-priority reporting initiatives.

• Extensive controllership leadership experience within a manufacturing environment, including multi-site or multi-entity operations.
• Hands-on expertise in inventory accounting, manufacturing cost accounting, and standard costing.
• Demonstrated experience with consolidations, intercompany accounting, and multi-currency or cross-border accounting.
• Proven ability to lead and develop accounting teams while remaining directly involved in detailed accounting processes.
• Experience supporting operations across both the United States and Mexico or similarly complex international structures.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline; CPA or Epicor ERP experience preferred.

Korn Ferry is a global organisational consulting firm that works with clients on workforce structure, executive search, talent acquisition, and professional development. The firm places interim and fractional finance leaders across industries through its managed staffing practice.