Assistant Controller, CAM Fasteners

Assistant Controller, CAM Fasteners

Brea, CA, United States

Come build something that matters.

It takes great people to achieve greatness. People with a sense of purpose and integrity. People with a relentless pursuit of excellence. People who care about making things better For Those Who Make The World™. Sound like you? Join our top-notch team of approximately 48,000 diverse and high-performing professionals globally who are making their mark on some of the world’s most beloved brands, including DEWALT®, BLACK+DECKER®, CRAFTSMAN®, STANLEY®, CUB CADET®, and HUSTLER®.

The Job:  

As a Assistant Controller, you’ll be part of our Industrial Finance Controllership team working as an on-site employee.    You’ll get to:  

• key member of both the finance and plant leadership teams, acting as a strategic partner to drive business results across our Brea, California manufacturing facility.
• Collaborate closely with site leadership to influence operational decisions, drive continuous improvement, and ensure the financial health of multiple P&Ls within a dynamic environment featuring fully internalized engineering, testing, and production.
• Reporting to the CAM Fasteners Controller, you will lead site cost accounting activities and  provide the analytical insights and business partnership needed to achieve plant objectives.
• Catalyst for operational excellence, working alongside plant leadership to identify opportunities, solve problems, and deliver results.
• This role is designed for a collaborative leader who excels at translating financial data into action, supporting the CAM Fasteners Controller and leadership team in achieving both operational and financial goals.

Strategic Business Partnership

• Operational Collaboration: Serve as a proactive member of the plant leadership team, providing financial insights and business counsel to support daily operations and long-term initiatives.
• Decision Support: Partner with site leaders to analyze business cases, model scenarios, and evaluate investments, ensuring data-driven decisions that enhance plant performance.
• Performance Visibility: Develop and deliver clear, actionable reporting that empowers the leadership team to understand key drivers, track progress, and achieve plant targets.
• Continuous Improvement: Champion process excellence by standardizing and improving business processes, eliminating waste, and boosting data reliability across functions.

Cost Accounting & Financial Leadership

• Cost Development & Maintenance: Lead all standard costing activities, including annual cost roll, labor/overhead rates, and BOM/routing audits, in partnership with operations and engineering.
• Variance Analysis: Own daily/weekly variance tracking, delivering insights on PPV, labor efficiency, and volume variances to inform operational decisions.
• New Product Costing: Collaborate with engineering and operations teams to provide pro-forma cost estimates and margin analysis for new projects and bids.

Financial Governance & Risk Management

• Controllership Partnership: Support accurate financial statements for multiple P&Ls, ensuring compliance and alignment with business objectives.
• Support the controller in all planning, budgeting, and forecasting activities as needed
• Reporting & Compliance: Lead month-end/quarterly closing, support SOX compliance, and continuously improve internal controls.
• Risk Mitigation: Work with the Controller and plant leadership to identify and address potential risks, supporting a strong control environment.

The Person:  

You love to learn and grow and be acknowledged for your valuable contributions. You’re not intimidated by innovation. Wouldn’t it be great if you could do your job and do a world of good? In fact, you embrace it. You also have:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• Experience: 7-10 years in a manufacturing environment, with proven experience as a business partner to operations and leadership teams.
• Technical Skills: ERP (JD Edwards, HFM), advanced Excel, BI tools (Power BI), P&L ownership.
• Leadership: Collaborative, influential partner able to align finance and operations, drive cross-functional initiatives, and deliver results.
• Attributes: High integrity, continuous improvement mindset, service-oriented approach, and strong communication skills.

The Details:

You’ll receive a competitive salary and a great benefits plan, including:

• Medical, dental, life, vision, disability, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off, and tuition reimbursement in addition to programs & benefits in support of your well-being.
• Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and other partner programs.

And More:

We want our company to be a place you’ll want to be – and stay. Being part of our team means you’ll get to:

• Grow: Be part of our global company with 20+ brands to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.

• Learn: Have access to a wealth of learning resources, including our digital learning portal.
• Belong: Experience an awesome place to work, where we have mutual respect and a great appreciation for a wide range of perspectives and experiences.
• Give Back: Help us continue to make positive changes locally and globally through volunteerism, giving back, and sustainable business practices.

What’s more, you’ll get that pride that comes from empowering makers, doers, protectors, and everyday heroes all over the world. We’re more than the #1 tools company. More than a driving force in outdoor power equipment. More than a global leader in industrial. We’re visionaries and innovators. As successful as we’ve been in the past, we have so much further to go. That’s where you come in. Join us!

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The base pay range for this position in California is $85,400 - $137,540 per year. Pay is based on market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A sign-on payment may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position offered. Applicants should apply via Stanley Black and Decker’s internal or external careers site.

We Don’t Just Build The World, We Build Innovative Technology Too.

Joining the Stanley Black & Decker team means working in an innovative, tech-driven and highly collaborative team environment supported by over 58,000 professionals in 60 countries across the globe. Here, you’ll get the unique chance to impact some of the world’s most iconic brands including STANLEY TOOLS, DEWALT, CRAFTSMAN, MAC TOOLS and Black + Decker. Your ideas and solutions have the potential to reach millions of customers as we work together to write the next chapter in our history. Come build with us and take your career to new heights.

Who We Are 

We’re the World’s largest tool company. We’re industry visionaries. We’re solving problems and advancing the manufacturing trade through innovative technology and our Industry 4.0 Initiative. We are committed to ensuring our state-of-the-art “smart factory” products and services provide greater quality to our customers & greater environmental and social value to our planet. We are unique in that we have a rich and storied history dating back to 1843, but that hasn't stopped us from evolving into a vibrant, diverse, global growth company. 

Benefits & Perks

You’ll get a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits plan that includes medical, dental, life, vision, wellness program, disability, retirement benefits, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Paid Time Off, including paid vacation, holidays & personal days, and tuition reimbursement. And, of course, discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and products and well as discount programs for many other vendors and partners.

What You’ll Also Get

Career Opportunity: Career paths aren’t linear here. Being part of our global company with 60+ brands gives you the chance to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.

Learning & Development: 
Our lifelong learning philosophy means you’ll have access to a wealth of state-of-the-art learning resources, including our Lean Academy and online university (where you can get certificates and specializations from renowned colleges and universities).

Diverse & Inclusive Culture:
We pride ourselves on being an awesome place to work. We respect and embrace differences because that’s how the best work gets done. You’ll find we like to have fun here, too.

Purpose-Driven Company:
You’ll help us continue to make positive changes in the local communities where we work and live as well as in the broader world through volunteerism, giving back and sustainable business practices.

EEO Statement:
All qualified applicants to Stanley Black & Decker are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran’s status or any other protected characteristic.

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