Global Controller

• Are you ready to bring your extensive accounting leadership experience to a growing organization?
• Do you enjoy developing, improving, and leading a global team while improving processes, and systems?
• Are you a performance-based leader and business partner accustomed to setting and meeting goals for the organization and your team?

Gorilla Glue has been a leader in the CPG industry for over two decades. Based in Cincinnati, Ohio and with a presence in Europe and Asia, Gorilla Glue is a family-owned business that prides itself on its collegial atmosphere and world-class products within a global portfolio of multiple brands. Leadership is focused on continued growth and improving operating efficiencies, accomplishing this through new product offerings and geographic expansion.

They believe employees are their # 1 asset and enjoy a healthy work environment anchored on family values. Gorilla Glue lives by their mission, “We build brands people love, with products we believe in alongside people we care about”. Gorilla Glue offers a 4 ½ day workweek (9 hours Monday-Thursday and ½ day Fridays) with 3 days in the office in Sharonville, OH.

The Global Controller will partner with the CFO and Global Leadership Team, the management team, and other operating leaders in managing the company’s ongoing evolution and growth. In addition to four direct reports and a total team of 16, this role will work with leaders in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific to ensure the accurate and timely consolidation of the global results for the business.

Areas of responsibility include general accounting, accounts receivable, accounts payable, fixed asset accounting, cost accounting, and global consolidations. This position is based in Sharonville, OH. The successful candidate will be a well-rounded global accounting and financial professional with solid leadership experience. Given the dynamic nature of the business, this executive must possess excellent analytical skills, communication skills, executive presence, operational experience, and the ability to influence and work effectively with senior management, family owners and the Board of Advisors.

Ideally, this individual will have significant experience within a growing, global industrial manufacturing business.

The primary responsibilities of the Global Controller role are:

• Protect and preserve the critical assets of the organization and accurately report on financial position and operations to all internal and external stakeholders.
• Lead and develop a high performing accounting team and function.
• Provide timely and accurate information that enables organizational insight to execute strategic business initiatives and drive a risk intelligent culture.
• Provide financial and management information and analysis that enables the CFO and other stakeholders to shape the strategic direction of the organization to improve shareholder value.
• Balance capabilities, talent, costs, and service levels to fulfill the financial organization’s controllership responsibilities efficiently.

The Global Controller will achieve this by performing the following:

• Managing the accounting function to ensure monthly reconciliation of all general ledger accounts. This includes developing the team that creates and implements policies and procedures to identify, resolve, and document accounting issues.
• Reviewing various balance sheet reconciliations, journal entries, schedules, and general ledger maintenance requests to ensure accuracy and maintenance of appropriate controls.
• Overseeing and driving accountability for results of accounts receivable/collections and accounts payable functions.
• Overseeing fixed asset accounting to ensure assets are set up properly for both book and tax compliance.
• Overseeing cost accounting to ensure standard costs are accurate and all inventory-related accounts reconciled. This includes the coordination of physical inventories.
• Leading revenue recognition processes, reconciliation, and controls.
• Consolidating financial statements on a timely basis to compare performance with operating plans and standards.
• Providing reports and assisting in…