Division Controller

Spearhead Financial Strategy as Division Controller: Driving Defense Innovation & Precision SystemsReady to take the financial lead in a high-stakes, high-impact environment? Steer the economic, financial, and strategic direction of Trimble Military and Advanced Systems, the market leader in high-performance embedded GPS navigation receivers for global military aviation platforms. You will be the pivotal finance advisor, ensuring the integrity of financial statements and safeguarding profitability through robust controls and strategic business counsel.About UsTrimble is a global technology company that connects the physical and digital worlds, transforming the ways work gets done. With relentless innovation in precise positioning, modeling and data analytics, Trimble enables essential industries including construction, geospatial and transportation. Whether it's helping customers build and maintain infrastructure, design and construct buildings, optimize global supply chains or map the world, Trimble is at the forefront, driving productivity and progress.About Trimble Military and Advanced Systems (TMAS): Trimble Military and Advanced Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Trimble, Inc., is the market leader in high-performance embedded GPS navigation receivers for military aviation applications. Trimble is the sole qualified supplier of the Modernized GPS Aviation receiver, deeply embedded in over 70 US and international partner Aviation and Maritime platforms.What Makes This Role Great:In this influential role, you will be a trusted advisor and financial steward to the Division's leadership team, directly shaping the future of a mission-critical business focused on national defense and precision systems. You won't just report numbers; you will be instrumental in optimizing financial models, assessing macro-economic impacts, and making critical strategic decisions that guide the business's profitability, compliance, and sustained growth.Key Exciting ResponsibilitiesStrategically Partner with business leaders, acting as a trusted advisor to optimize financial models and guide critical decisions that shape the future of the defense division.Drive Financial Integrity by overseeing complex monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes, ensuring strict compliance with US GAAP, SEC, and SOX reporting standards.Lead Federal Contract Compliance by coordinating proposal submissions, managing rates and factors, and ensuring adherence to complex government regulations (FARs, DFARs, Certified Cost & Pricing Data).Pioneer FP&A Excellence by leading monthly and quarterly business reviews, applying insightful qualitative judgment to quantitative analysis to drive the quality and predictability of forecasts.Champion Operations Efficiency by managing inventory, overseeing inventory turns, and optimizing high-value WIP and material variance accounting and scrap strategy.Essential Skills & ExperienceProven expertise in ensuring the integrity of financial statements through rigorous controls and strict compliance with US GAAP and SEC reporting standards.Substantial experience in financial planning, analysis, forecasting, and developing annual budgets in collaboration with management teams.Demonstrated strategic business partnering, providing counsel on major business decisions and supporting the achievement of economic and strategic objectives.Experience overseeing or coordinating Federal contract compliance, including familiarity with FARs, DFARs, and managing certified cost & pricing data.Track record of inspiring and leading teams, fostering talent development, and enhancing process efficiency (, revenue recognition, pricing).Bonus Points For:Prior experience in finance for a business operating within the defense, aerospace, or advanced systems industry.Deep knowledge of inventory accounting and management best practices, including cycle counts and WIP variance.Proven ability to drive cross-functional collaboration on digital transformation initiatives and reporting best practices.LogisticsLocation: Sunnyvale, CA-Onsite OR Westminster, CO-OnsiteWhy You'll Love Working With UsAt Trimble, we're not just a company that "does good"—we are a team dedicated to making a tangible, positive Real-World Impact. You'll work on projects that truly matter: Our purpose-driven culture means you'll be helping to build and deliver solutions that make work faster, safer, and more sustainable for millions of people worldwide. You will work with a collaborative, supportive team that shares your purpose and fosters a genuine sense of belonging. Be an owner: You'll find an entrepreneurial spirit where success is often "self-authored," empowering proactive "doers". Enjoy true flexibility: We offer flexible work arrangements, which are a significant driver for employees joining and staying with us.Compensation: Trimble provides the following compensation range and general description of other compensation and benefits that it in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position. This compensation range is based on a full time schedule. Trimble reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, or federal law.Hiring Range$144,–$195,Pay Rate TypeSalaryBonus Eligible?YesCommission Eligible?NoBenefits:Trimble offers comprehensive core benefits that include Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, Time off plans and retirement plans. Most of our businesses also offer tax savings plans for health, dependent care and commuter expenses as well as Paid Parental Leave and Employee Stock Purchase Plan. If this position is identified above as commission- or bonus-eligible, the terms of the commission plan or discretionary bonus plan for which you are eligible will be provided following the employee start date.How to Apply: Please submit an online application for this position by clicking on the ‘Apply Now’ button located in this posting.Application Deadline: Applications could be accepted until at least 30 days from the posting date.At Trimble, we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace where everyone can thrive. Guided by our core values—Belong, Innovate, and Grow—we embrace and celebrate differences, knowing they make us stronger and more innovative. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, welcoming individuals of all backgrounds and advancing opportunities while embracing race, color, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, disability, veteran status, or any other protected and diverse characteristic. We are committed to offering our candidates and employees with disabilities or sincerely held religious beliefs the ability to seek reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable law and/or where it would not constitute undue hardship for Trimble. For more, please see Trimble's Code of Business Conduct and Ethics at, under “Corporate Governance.”Our mission to transform the way the world works starts with transforming how we work together. By actively listening, asking questions, and taking intentional actions, we cultivate a culture that provides equitable opportunities for everyone to contribute and grow.Trimble’s Privacy PolicyIf you need assistance or would like to request an accommodation in connection with the application process, please contact om.