**Location:** Madera, CA
**Employment Type:** Full-Time
**Department:** Accounting & Finance
**Reports To:** Executive Leadership
**Compensation:** Based on experience
About Vezina Industries
We are a growing company specializing in the supply and installation of windows, doors, and insulation for residential new construction, multifamily, commercial, and retrofit projects.
With operations across multiple states, we partner with homebuilders, contractors, and manufacturers to deliver quality products, reliable installation, and exceptional service.
As our company continues to expand, we are seeking an experienced, analytical, and business-minded **Controller** to lead our financial operations, strengthen financial controls, and provide the insight necessary to support profitable, sustainable growth.
Position Summary
The Controller will be responsible for overseeing the company's accounting functions, financial planning, forecasting, cash management, and profitability analysis.
This is a hands-on leadership position requiring more than traditional accounting expertise. The ideal candidate must understand how financial performance connects to field operations, purchasing, labor, inventory, customer pricing, and business expansion.
We are looking for someone who can identify financial risks, recognize opportunities to improve profitability, and translate financial information into practical business decisions.
The position will work closely with executive leadership and operational managers to strengthen financial performance across all company locations.
- Oversee daily accounting operations, including general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, reconciliations, and financial reporting.
- Manage and oversee the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close processes.
- Ensure the accuracy and integrity of financial statements, including balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements.
- Establish, maintain, and improve internal financial controls, accounting procedures, and reporting standards.
- Oversee inventory accounting, reconciliation, valuation, and related controls.
- Maintain accurate job costing and allocation of labor, materials, freight, and other project expenses.
- Monitor financial performance and reporting across multiple branches and operating locations.
- Coordinate with external accountants, auditors, tax professionals, and other financial partners.
- Identify accounting discrepancies, operational inefficiencies, and areas of financial risk.
- Ensure financial processes are accurate, consistent, timely, and scalable as the business grows.
- Develop and manage annual operating budgets, financial plans, and rolling forecasts.
- Prepare financial projections to support company growth, staffing, purchasing, and capital investment decisions.
- Analyze actual financial results against budgets and forecasts, identifying variances and recommending corrective actions.
- Develop and maintain revenue, expense, margin, and profitability reporting by branch, customer, project, and business segment.
- Evaluate customer and job profitability, including the complete cost of doing business with individual homebuilders and contractors.
- Analyze the impact of material costs, installation labor, freight, warranty work, service callbacks, and other direct and indirect expenses on profitability.
- Identify underperforming customers, projects, products, and operating locations.
- Partner with leadership to evaluate pricing strategies, labor utilization, purchasing decisions, and operational efficiency.
- Assess financial opportunities and risks associated with entering new markets, opening additional branches, or expanding services.
- Develop financial models and performance metrics that support informed business decisions.
- Present financial findings and recommendations to executive leadership in a clear, actionable manner.
3. Cash Management, Operational Partnership & Systems Improvement (20%)
- Prepare and maintain short-term and long-term cash flow forecasts.
- Monitor cash balances, working capital, receivables, payables, and financial obligations.
- Identify opportunities to improve cash flow, collections, vendor payment strategies, and working capital management.
- Collaborate with operations, purchasing, warehouse, installation, and service departments to improve financial performance.
- Evaluate existing accounting systems, financial reporting tools, and operational processes.
- Implement improvements that increase accuracy, visibility, efficiency, and accountability.
- Develop financial dashboards and key performance indicators for executive leadership and branch management.
- Support the development of standardized financial procedures across company locations.
- Serve as a strategic financial partner to company leadership, helping translate financial analysis into operational improvements and sustainable growth.
Required Qualifications
- **Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a closely related field required.**
- Demonstrated experience leading accounting operations, financial reporting, and internal financial controls.
- Proven experience managing monthly closes, financial statements, inventory accounting, and job costing.
- Hands-on experience developing annual budgets, rolling financial forecasts, and cash flow projections.
- Demonstrated ability to analyze customer, project, and operational profitability.
- Experience evaluating financial performance beyond gross revenue, including labor, freight, installation, warranty, service, and overhead costs.
- Strong understanding of financial accounting principles, cost accounting, and financial analysis.
- Ability to interpret financial data and provide recommendations related to pricing, staffing, purchasing, and business expansion.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience working with accounting or ERP systems.
- Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with executive leadership and operational teams.
- Experience working in a multi-location or multi-branch business environment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Previous experience in building products, construction, distribution, manufacturing, or installed services.
- Experience overseeing accounting and financial performance across multiple branches or states.
- CPA, CMA, MBA, or other advanced financial credentials.
- Experience with inventory-intensive businesses and project-based cost accounting.
- Familiarity with construction-related financial processes, including job costing, work in progress, and project margin analysis.
- Experience implementing or improving financial systems, reporting dashboards, and internal controls.
- Demonstrated success improving profitability, cash flow, operational efficiency, or financial visibility.
What Success Looks Like
The successful candidate will be able to:
- **Maintain accurate financial reporting:** Deliver reliable financial statements and timely monthly closes.
- **Improve financial visibility:** Provide leadership with clear reporting on profitability by customer, job, branch, and service line.
- **Protect profitability:** Identify where margins are being reduced by installation costs, freight, labor inefficiencies, callbacks, warranty expenses, and other operational factors.
- **Strengthen financial planning:** Develop realistic budgets and forecasts that allow the company to anticipate expenses, cash needs, and growth opportunities.
- **Drive better business decisions:** Translate financial information into practical recommendations that improve pricing, purchasing, staffing, and operational performance.
- **Support expansion:** Establish financial processes and controls that can scale as Vezina Industries expands into additional markets.
## Ideal Candidate
We are seeking a finance professional who is equally comfortable reviewing financial statements, building forecasts, and working directly with operations to understand why a project or customer is—or is not—profitable.
The right individual is proactive, detail-oriented, financially disciplined, and capable of looking beyond the numbers to understand the business.
**This is not simply a bookkeeping or financial reporting position. We need a financial leader who can help Vezina Industries understand where we make money, where we lose money, and what decisions will improve our long-term profitability.**
## Equal Employment Opportunity
Vezina Industries, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
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