Hunter Douglas is the world’s leading manufacturer of window coverings and a major manufacturer of architectural products. We are a brand that you know and trust. With more than 100 years of innovation, we’ve defined our industry with proprietary products that deliver revolutionary style and functionality and can be found in millions of homes and commercial buildings globally.

We are searching for candidates that are driven, intelligent, creative, and entrepreneurial. By offering challenging and accelerated opportunities for growth, powered by a shared hunger for success, we create a space for your career to thrive.

Compensation

and benefit packages to ensure you feel valued. Our dream is to become the fastest growing, most loved, window covering company in the world. What’s yours?

Position Overview The Controller for ESS is a hands-on finance leadership role responsible for all accounting, financial reporting, budgeting, and internal controls at Expert Shutter Systems. This role serves as the primary financial steward for the ESS entity, ensuring accurate cost accounting, timely close processes, and strategic decision support in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. The Controller will partner closely with plant operations, supply chain, and division leadership to drive financial performance and operational excellence in alignment with Hunter Douglas policies and values.

What You'Ll Do

Supply Chain Finance and Operational Analytics Serve as the embedded FP A partner to ESS supply chain operations, providing financial insight and decision support to plant and supply chain leadership. Develop and analyze key operational KPIs (cost per unit, labor efficiency, throughput, yield, scrap) to drive performance and continuous improvement. Build and maintain dashboards that translate operational data into actionable financial insights, linking plant performance to P L outcomes.

Perform detailed analysis of production costs, material usage, and capacity utilization to identify savings opportunities and support strategic initiatives. Partner with operations on make-vs-buy decisions, vendor cost comparisons, and logistics/freight optimization. Support monthly business reviews with supply chain-focused financial commentary, variance analysis, and forward-looking insights.

Collaborate with leadership to align plant-level reporting with enterprise-wide supply chain KPI frameworks and standards Financial Operations and Performance Management Lead all financial reporting and close processes (monthly, quarterly, annual), ensuring accurate P L, balance sheet, and cash flow reporting in compliance with GAAP and corporate policies Own the full budgeting and forecasting cycle, including AOP, rolling forecasts, and CAPEX planning; deliver clear and forward-looking insights to leadership. Oversee cost accounting and manufacturing finance, including standard costing, inventory valuation, and variance analysis (PPV, labor, overhead, scrap), with a focus on root-cause identification and margin improvement. Manage end-to-end accounting operations (A/R, A/P, GL, revenue recognition, fixed assets), ensuring accurate transaction processing, reconciliations, and journal entries.

Drive inventory and working capital optimization through improved controls, cycle counts, and obsolescence management in partnership with operations. Perform detailed financial analysis across production costs, labor, capital investments, and operational spend to support performance improvement and decision-making.

Requirements

Serve as the primary finance business partner to plant leadership and functional teams, providing actionable insights on performance, risks, and strategic initiatives.