Job Title:  Director, Business Controller

The Director, Business Controller is a key member of the Business Unit leadership team and is responsible for the integrity of financial reporting, execution of the core controllership agenda, and delivery of actionable financial insight across a global, multi-site business.

Reporting to the DVP, Business Unit Controller, this role leads finance and accounting team members across multiple locations and provides oversight of financial reporting, forecasting, budgeting, operational finance, working capital, and business performance reporting. The position partners closely with R&D, manufacturing, operations, and commercial leaders to support disciplined decision-making and profitable growth. This role is also intended to serve as a potential successor to the DVP, Business Unit Controller within a three-to-five-year succession planning horizon.

Key Responsibilities

Finance & Accounting Leadership

• Lead the finance and accounting function for a global, multi-site business.
• Provide direction, coaching, performance management, and development for finance and accounting team members across multiple locations.
• Build organizational capability and support succession readiness within the finance team.

Financial Reporting & Controllership

• Own the monthly, quarterly, and year-end close processes, ensuring accurate and timely financial statements, account reconciliations, HFM submissions, and management reporting.
• Maintain a strong control environment and ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP, SOX, ASC 606, company policies, audit requirements, and applicable local statutory requirements.
• Support global locations and subsidiaries in resolving significant financial, accounting, operational, and control matters.
• Drive remediation actions and process improvements that strengthen controls, reporting quality, standardization, accountability, and organizational effectiveness.

Planning, Forecasting & Performance Management

• Lead recurring forecasts, annual operating budget activities, and long-range planning processes.
• Analyze actual performance against budget, forecast, and prior-year results.
• Drive financial and operational performance through disciplined analysis of revenue, EBITDA, margins, costs, productivity, capacity, inventory, and other key business drivers.
• Provide clear and concise financial insight to business and finance leadership, highlighting performance drivers, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions.

Working Capital & Operational Finance

• Own working capital performance, including inventory, accounts receivable, accounts payable, cash flow, collections, and related improvement initiatives.
• Partner with R&D, manufacturing, operations, product management, sales, and commercial leaders to improve product profitability, resource allocation, investment decisions, and operating outcomes.
• Support profitable business growth through financial and operational analysis and informed decision-making.

Systems & Process Improvement

• Ensure ERP, reporting, and financial systems effectively support current operations, data integrity, process efficiency, and future business needs.
• Drive practical process improvements that enhance efficiency, reporting accuracy, accountability, and overall business effectiveness.

Requirements

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• CPA, CMA, or MBA preferred.

• Approximately 10+ years of progressive accounting and/or finance experience with increasing leadership responsibility.
• Experience leading direct reports across finance and accounting functions, including talent development and team capability building.
• Broad career exposure across a combination of audit, accounting, operations FP&A, controllership, and/or P&L management.
• Demonstrated ownership of month-end close, financial reporting, forecasting, budgeting, operational analysis, and working capital management.
• Experience supporting manufacturing, technology, industrial, or similarly complex operational environments.
• Global and multi-site experience, with the ability to work effectively across functions, locations, and cultures.

Technical Knowledge

• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, internal controls, SOX compliance, revenue recognition, and audit requirements.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Office applications.
• Experience with ERP systems, Hyperion/HFM, reporting platforms, and query tools preferred.
• Demonstrated ability and willingness to use AI tools to improve productivity, decision-making, work quality, and cost efficiency.
• Ability to identify appropriate AI use cases and critically evaluate AI-generated outputs.

Leadership & Business Partnership

• Ability to partner effectively with R&D, manufacturing, operations, sales, and commercial teams.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, analytical, problem-solving, and judgment skills.
• Ability to operate both hands-on and at a leadership level in a fast-paced, decentralized, and growth-oriented environment.

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Experience in a decentralized organization with accountability close to the operating business.
• Previous finance leadership experience within a global, multi-site manufacturing or technology business.
• Demonstrated progression across multiple finance disciplines and readiness to assume broad Business Controller accountability.

About the Business Unit

EDAX is an AMETEK Materials Analysis Division (MAD) business unit and a leading provider of advanced materials characterization and microanalysis solutions. Its technologies, including Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS), Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD), Wavelength Dispersive Spectroscopy (WDS), and Micro-XRF, help scientists, engineers, and manufacturers analyze the composition, structure, and properties of materials at the micro- and nanoscale. 

Headquartered in Pleasanton, California, EDAX has built a strong reputation for innovation in electron microscopy and X-ray analysis. Its solutions are trusted by research institutions, universities, semiconductor manufacturers, and industrial organizations worldwide to support advancements in materials science, electronics, energy, aerospace, and other high-technology industries. 

For more information, visit www.ametek.com/; www.gatan.com/; https://www.edax.com/

About the Materials Analysis Division

The Materials Analysis Division is a leader in advanced laboratory and analytical instruments used by academia, government and industry to conduct elemental analysis, nanotechnology and materials research and to perform onsite quality assurance, analysis and inspection. It also is a leader in ultrahigh-speed digital cameras used in defense, automotive, engineering, research and development, broadcasting and entertainment. Headquartered in Wayne, NJ, Materials Analysis is comprised of six business units and employs about 2,500 colleagues around the world and operates major facilities in France, Germany, Denmark, the United States and the United Kingdom.