Assistant Controller - Hybrid
Robert Half Finance & Accounting
Woburn, MA · HybridJobSeen 1 day agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago
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A global manufacturing company in the Woburn area seeks an Assistant Controller to support a growing business segment. Reporting to the Head of Finance, the role manages a five-person team and oversees accounting and financial reporting across multiple sites. It also supports monthly reporting, financial statements, account analysis, technical accounting, staff development, operational business partnering, and SOX and internal control initiatives.
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Description
Global Manufacturing Company with expanding North American Operations in the Woburn area seeks an Assistant Controller to support a rapidly growing business segment. This position will report into a Head of Finance, manage a team of 5 responsible for driving the day-to day accounting and financial reporting processes supporting multi-site locations. The Assistant Controller will be involved in monthly reporting, financial statement preparation, account analysis, technical accounting issues, staff development, business partnering with operation teams and will be the point person with all SOX and internal control initiatives taking place. BS Degree required, MBA or CPA preferred with 8+ years of strong GAAP, financial reporting, technical accounting, audit and SOX experience. Previous Manufacturing or Distribution industry experience desired within a multi-national publicly traded company. Strong leadership and Business Partnering skills needed as well as this position will be a key member of Finance team. This is a very exciting time to be joining this firm that is built out for expansion with aggressive growth plans over the next 3-5 years. Excellent benefits here including strong CTO plan, 8% 401K match program and remote flexibility (2 days from home). If interested, reach out to dino.valeri@roberthalf;com or message me thru LinkedIn.
Requirements
MBA, CPA preferred
Strong GAAP, Financial Reporting, technical
accounting, inventory knowledge required.
Experience working within a multi-national
public company preferred.
Strong SOX and Controls experienced required.
Must have strong Leadership and Business
Partnering skills.
Manufacturing/Distribution experience desired
IFRS +
Robert Half is the world’s first and largest specialized talent solutions firm that connects highly qualified job seekers to opportunities at great companies. We offer contract, temporary and permanent placement solutions for finance and accounting, technology, marketing and creative, legal, and administrative and customer support roles.
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How this job compares
Set against the 4,828 open Accounting jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 8, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Massachusetts median$95–140K/yr118 salary ranges
- US median$25–30/hr415 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 195 open Accounting jobs in Massachusetts and 4,828 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Massachusetts
- Robert Half13 open
- State of Massachusetts13 open
- J&J Family of Companies7 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience — more than three in four Accounting postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 3,551 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 2,370 of the 4,828 open Accounting jobs (49%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 8, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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