Assistant Controller
Date: Nov 26, 2025
Location: Winston-Salem, NC, US
Company: Leggett & Platt
We make life more comfortable.
Leggett & Platt’s overall mission is a commitment to enhance lives – by delivering quality products, offering empowering and rewarding careers, and doing our part in bringing about a better future.
Leggett & Platt’s inventive heritage and leadership in the residential products industry span more than 130 years. As The Components People, we are the leading supplier of a wide range of products and components for all areas of life, including mattress springs and carpet cushion, as well as bedding machinery and erosion-control products.
From aerospace tubing and fabricated assemblies to flooring underlayment and carpet cushion, Leggett & Platt has divisions that design, manufacture, and sell a variety of products. Our reliable product development and launch capability, coupled with our global footprint, make us a trusted partner for customers in the aerospace, hydraulic cylinders, flooring, textile, and geo components industries.
Learn more about the history of Leggett: https://leggett.com/history
Hanes Geo Components
Your Leading Supplier of Geosynthetic and Environmental Products and Solutions
As a division of Leggett & Platt, Hanes benefits from the resources and support of a global, engineered products manufacturer.
Through the acquisition of top companies, Hanes Geo Components has already established itself as a nationwide resource of product knowledge and supply. With Hanes' rapidly expanding network of regional distribution facilities across North America, chances are we have a service and stocking facility near you. Our premier product portfolio includes TerraTex geotextiles which have been of the highest quality for over 25 years. Whatever the specification requirements – AASHTO M288, NTPEP, Corp of Engineers or state DOT – you can be confident that Hanes Geo Components has the best certifiable fabrics in the geotextile industry.
Learn more about Hanes Geo Components: https://hanesgeo.com/
Location: Wiston-Salem or Conover NC
Hanes Companies in Winston Salem, NC is seeking an Assistant Controller. Hanes is a division of Leggett & Platt Inc. (NYSE: LEG) and has over 50 locations in North America. Our products are most commonly found in building products, automotive, filtration, furniture and mattress manufacturing and construction. Hanes’ parent company is Leggett & Platt Inc., a diversified manufacturer. Leggett & Platt has 120 manufacturing facilities in 18 countries.
Qualified applicants will demonstrate a working understanding of full cycle distribution business. Major areas of responsibility include detailed margin analyses by product lines and customers, operational variance analyses, financial planning, analysis, and forecasting for responsible branches, being a strategic business partner with the operations, sales, and executive leadership teams. Applicants will also need to demonstrate excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
Responsibilities include:
- Strategic planning
- Preparation and presentation of financial information to key stakeholders
- Financial planning and modeling
- Forecasting and budgeting
- Internal negotiations with sales, purchasing, finance and credit
- Ensuring adequacy of internal controls and GAAP compliance
- Financial due diligence for acquisitions
- Support of operations and management with information vital to decision making
- Assist when needed to resolve operational issues
The ideal candidate will possess a bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance, with a minimum of 3 years of related accounting experience, preferably in a full cycle distribution business environment. Public accounting experience, an advanced degree or professional certification is preferred.
Hanes Companies is a people-first organization dedicated to providing a complete benefits package for our employees and their families. Benefits include health/dental/vision insurance, retirement savings with company match, discount stock plan, paid time off, paid holidays, employee assistance program, gym reimbursement, education reimbursement, and many more!
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- Put People First reflects our commitment to safety and care of each other, learning and development, and creating an environment of mutual respect, empathy and belonging.
- Do the Right Thing focuses us on acting with honesty and integrity, delivering the results the right way, taking pride in our work, and speaking the truth – good or bad.
- Do Great Work…Together occurs when we engage without hierarchy, collaborate as a team, embrace challenges, and work for the good of all of us.
- Take Ownership and Raise the Bar demonstrates our responsibility to add value and make a difference, challenge the status quo and biases to make things better, foster innovative and creative solutions to drive impact, and explore new perspectives and embrace change.
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