About DVIRC

The DVIRC Institute for Manufacturing Excellence is a mission-driven nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening U.S. manufacturing, advancing the Defense Industrial Base, and improving national competitiveness.

Through partnerships with government, industry, and academia, DVIRC delivers technical expertise, program execution, and applied research that support innovation, workforce readiness, supply chain resilience, and operational excellence.

DVIRC is entering an exciting period of growth and transformation. As our work expands across federal, state, private, and defense-related funding streams, we are seeking a strategic, hands-on Controller to help lead the financial infrastructure behind our growing impact.

This is an opportunity for a strong financial leader to help build the systems, controls, reporting discipline, and operational backbone required to support an organization working at the intersection of manufacturing competitiveness, public-private partnership, and national security.

Position Overview

Reporting directly to the CFO, the Controller will play a key leadership role in strengthening DVIRC’s financial strategy, compliance posture, operational infrastructure, and organizational scalability.

The Controller will be responsible for financial management, federal grant and contract compliance, audit readiness, operational finance, payroll oversight, financial systems optimization, and cross-functional support for program execution.

This role requires a proactive leader who can balance strategic thinking with disciplined execution. The successful candidate will bring technical excellence, sound judgment, and a continuous improvement mindset to a complex funding environment that includes federal, state, private, and Department of Defense-related programs.

The Controller will serve as both a financial steward and strategic business partner, helping ensure that DVIRC’s resources, systems, contracts, and reporting practices are aligned with the organization’s mission, growth objectives, and long-term sustainability.

Primary Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities will include:

  • Serving as DVIRC’s internal expert on federal grant and contract compliance, including Uniform Guidance, 2 CFR 200.
  • Providing financial leadership across complex government, nonprofit, and defense-related funding environments.
  • Partnering with the CFO and leadership team to strengthen financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, and organizational decision-making.
  • Managing the full lifecycle of contracts, grants, and subcontracts, from proposal support and budget development through execution, reporting, and closeout.
  • Reviewing and approving third-party, vendor, consultant, and subrecipient agreements to ensure financial, contractual, and compliance alignment.
  • Partnering with program leaders to align budgets, staffing capacity, deliverables, funding requirements, and performance outcomes.
  • Supporting financial modeling, scenario planning, forecasting, and capacity planning tied to current and future growth initiatives.
  • Strengthening internal controls, documentation standards, approval processes, and financial management practices across the organization.
  • Ensuring the integrity, accuracy, compliance, and scalability of financial and contract management systems.
  • Providing payroll oversight, including processing, reconciliation, compliance, and coordination with HR and external providers.
  • Leading month-end and year-end close processes with accuracy, discipline, and timeliness.
  • Serving as primary liaison to external auditors and supporting year-round audit readiness.
  • Managing audit schedules, documentation, policies, procedures, and internal preparation to support clean and timely audit outcomes.
  • Supporting indirect rate management, cost allocation, compliance reporting, and funding-specific financial requirements.
  • Supporting financial systems management, including Intacct, Salesforce, and related integrations.
  • Identifying opportunities to modernize systems, automate workflows, improve reporting, and increase financial visibility across the organization.
  • Developing practical financial tools, dashboards, and reports that help leadership make informed decisions.
  • Helping build a culture of accountability, compliance, continuous improvement, and financial excellence.

Why DVIRC?

You’ll join a collaborative leadership team and work alongside professionals who are passionate about strengthening American manufacturing, advancing innovation, and supporting the industrial capabilities that underpin economic prosperity and national security.

This role offers the opportunity to shape and strengthen the financial systems, processes, controls, and reporting practices that will support DVIRC’s next phase of growth and impact.

For the right candidate, this is more than a Controller role. It is a chance to help build the financial backbone of an organization scaling its influence across manufacturing, government, industry, and the Defense Industrial Base.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
  • CPA strongly preferred.
  • 10+ years of progressive accounting, financial management, compliance, and operational finance experience.
  • Strong nonprofit accounting experience, particularly in organizations with complex grants and contracts.
  • Deep expertise in federal funding compliance, including 2 CFR 200 and Uniform Guidance.
  • Experience with government contracting and Department of Defense funding environments strongly preferred.
  • Experience managing audits, indirect rates, fringe rates, cost allocation, and multiple funding streams.
  • Experience supporting proposal budgets, contract financial management, and grant reporting.
  • Experience with financial systems such as Intacct and operational systems such as Salesforce preferred.
  • Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and communication skills.
  • Ability to work across departments and serve as a practical, solutions-oriented partner to program and leadership teams.
  • High standards of accuracy, documentation, confidentiality, and professional judgment.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should submit a resume and cover letter for consideration to eharvilla@dvirc.org

DVIRC is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive workplace where all employees can thrive.

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