How to hire a regional controller

How to hire a regional controller, step by step

Here's a step-by-step regional controller hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a regional controller job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new regional controller
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   The regional controller hiring process starts by determining what type of worker you actually need. Certain roles might require a full-time employee, whereas part-time workers or contractors can do others.

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   Hiring the perfect regional controller also involves considering the ideal background you'd like them to have. Depending on what industry or field they have experience in, they'll bring different skills to the job. It's also important to consider what levels of seniority and education the job requires and what kind of salary such a candidate would likely demand.

   Here's a comparison of regional controller salaries for various roles:

   Type of Regional Controller	Description	Hourly rate
   Regional Controller	Financial managers are responsible for the financial health of an organization. They produce financial reports, direct investment activities, and develop strategies and plans for the long-term financial goals of their organization.	$32-73
   Manager Finance Planning And Analysis	A manager finance planning and analysis oversees the daily operations of a company's financial planning department. They typically have administrative duties such as setting goals and guidelines, establishing timelines and budgets, delegating tasks among teams and staff, and reviewing financial reports regularly... Show more	$36-71
   Manager/Finance Accounting	A manager of finance accounting's role is to oversee the financial activities in a company or organization. Their responsibilities revolve around coordinating with other departments to gather financial data, analyze the revenues and expenditures, and develop written reports and presentations... Show more	$31-61

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Internal Controls
   • CPA
   • Payroll
   • GAAP
   • Internal Audit
   • Financial Reports
   • Financial Performance
   • Financial Analysis
   • Reconciliations
   • General Ledger
   • Cash Management
   • Financial Management
   • Fixed Assets
   • SOX

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   Responsibilities:

   • Manage daily accounting, treasury, and investment functions.
   • Lead effort to document all significant processes to gain compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley guidelines including reconciliation criteria and coding guidelines.
   • Manage implementation and ongoing compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley financial accountability reporting, liaising with counterparts to ensure uniform application of standards.
   • Administer general ledger activity, including reconciliations, journal entries, and financial closing.
   • Prepare and process journal entries, including accounts receivable, inventory, prepay expenses and accruals.
   • Make all adjusting and closing journal entries, weekly, monthly, and quarterly, including accruals and inventory.

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3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in the regional controller job description is a good way to get more applicants. A regional controller salary can be affected by several factors, such as the location of the job, the level of experience, education, certifications, and the employer's prestige.

   For example, the average salary for a regional controller in South Dakota may be lower than in California, and an entry-level engineer typically earns less than a senior-level regional controller. Additionally, a regional controller with lots of experience in the field may command a higher salary as a result.

   Average regional controller salary

   $102,904yearly

   $49.47 hourly rate

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   Entry-level regional controller salary

   $68,000 yearly salary

   Updated January 21, 2026

   Average regional controller salary by state

   Rank	State	Avg. salary	Hourly rate
   1	California	$139,794	$67
   2	New York	$119,208	$57
   3	Nevada	$118,275	$57
   4	Texas	$115,777	$56
   5	New Jersey	$115,369	$55
   6	Virginia	$112,912	$54
   7	District of Columbia	$112,543	$54
   8	Ohio	$112,377	$54
   9	Washington	$108,496	$52
   10	Illinois	$103,620	$50
   11	Michigan	$101,679	$49
   12	Indiana	$98,136	$47
   13	Minnesota	$97,295	$47
   14	Colorado	$97,153	$47
   15	Pennsylvania	$96,233	$46
   16	Arizona	$95,642	$46
   17	Tennessee	$95,523	$46
   18	South Carolina	$94,095	$45
   19	Florida	$93,109	$45
   20	Alabama	$89,736	$43

   Average regional controller salary by company

   Company

   Rank	Company	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
   1	Sharp	$132,166	$63.54	2
   2	North American Corporation	$123,212	$59.24
   3	Rosendin Electric	$122,380	$58.84	17
   4	Glen-Gery	$119,958	$57.67
   5	Schreiber Foods	$116,999	$56.25	3
   6	Berkshire Hathaway	$115,285	$55.43	5
   7	Taylor Morrison	$114,809	$55.20	3
   8	Oldcastle Infrastructure	$114,807	$55.20	42
   9	TKC Holdings	$114,077	$54.84
   10	Per Sé Group	$112,442	$54.06
   11	Suffolk Construction	$111,910	$53.80	7
   12	Stolt-Nielsen Limited	$107,743	$51.80
   13	Kelly Services	$105,888	$50.91	11
   14	Five Star Gourmet Foods	$104,839	$50.40
   15	ICP	$102,386	$49.22	6
   16	HomeServe USA	$102,336	$49.20
   17	Creative Financial Staffing	$102,001	$49.04
   18	Seaboard	$99,369	$47.77
   19	Orora	$98,635	$47.42
   20	Hill International	$98,405	$47.31

4. Writing a regional controller job description

   A good regional controller job description should include a few things:

   • Summary of the role
   • List of responsibilities
   • Required skills and experience

   Including a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager is also appreciated by candidates. Here's an example of a regional controller job description:

   Regional controller job description example

   1. Lead, control and manage and lead the financial activities, transactions, and resources (people and processes) of the assigned region.
   
   2. Ensure accurate consolidation and timely reporting of the region's financial information in compliance with ITW policies and GAAP.
   
   3. Effectively communicate and coordinate the exchange of financial information to key stakeholders in region - explaining data to management to drive business decisions. Help identify specific problems of the business and provide assistance to the regional stakeholders in the analysis of day-to-day problems.
   
   4. Ability to create, manage and disseminate quantifiable metrics to help lead projects and provide support for operations, sales & Engineering and team to help make continuous improvements in the business.
   
   5. Provide direction and assistance to all departments for preparation of the annual budget and annual plan used to measure and evaluate the financial status of the region/unit.
   
   6. Establish and maintain financial calculations and representations in expense and capital expenditure requests. Establish, implement, and maintain policies, procedures, and instructions to safeguard assets, ensuring compliance with corporate policies and applicable laws and regulations.
   
   7. Provide oversight, in the functional area, for remote facilities/operations. Responsible for the review, implementation and documentation of internal controls. Ensures attainment of minimum average audit rating and to strive for above average rating for all locations within region.
   
   8. Identify, lead and develop talent to maximize individual, team and organizational effectiveness in meeting company goals. This may include selecting and on-boarding talent; communicating effectively to foster a culture of engagement, cascading vision, creating goal alignment, and coaching through feedback, development planning and performance management.
   
   9. Coordinates and participate with physical inventories and inventory grading on a periodic basis; assists in reduction of MOH and Slow-Moving and Obsolete inventory.
   
   10. Champion the effective use of change management principles, strategies and techniques to plan, implement and evaluate change. Simplify processes & continually seek cost cutting and efficient ways to improve.
   11. Maintain training and development plans for direct reports and overall department.
   
   12. Participates in Corporate Accounting Initiatives including Peer Audits and Special Projects.
   
   13. Maintain focus on continuous improvement by applying key Lean Manufacturing, 80/20, PLS, and USa production principles/techniques and makes process improvement recommendations to supervision and implements actions.

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5. Post your job

   There are various strategies that you can use to find the right regional controller for your business:

   • Consider promoting from within or recruiting from your existing workforce.
   • Ask for referrals from friends, family members, and current employees.
   • Attend job fairs at local colleges to find candidates who meet your education requirements.
   • Use social media platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter to reach potential job candidates.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your regional controller job on Zippia to find and recruit regional controller candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   To successfully recruit regional controllers, your first interview needs to engage with candidates to learn about their interest in the role and experience in the field. You can go into more detail about the company, the role, and the responsibilities during follow-up interviews.

   It's also good to ask about candidates' unique skills and talents to see if they match your ideal candidate profile. If you think a candidate is good enough for the next step, you can move on to the technical interview.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new regional controller

   Once you've selected the best regional controller candidate for the job, it's time to write an offer letter. In addition to salary, this letter should include details about the benefits and perks you offer the candidate. Ensuring that your offer is competitive is essential, as qualified candidates may be considering other job opportunities. The candidate may wish to negotiate the terms of the offer, and you should be open to discussion. After you reach an agreement, the final step is formalizing the agreement with a contract.

   You should also follow up with applicants who don't get the job with an email letting them know that you've filled the position.

   To prepare for the new employee's start date, you can create an onboarding schedule and complete any necessary paperwork, such as employee action forms and onboarding documents like I-9 forms, benefits enrollment, and federal and state tax forms. Human Resources should also ensure that a new employee file is created.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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