Plant Controller (4340)

You have a choice of where you want to work! We invite you along on our journey to Purify and Protect, with Every Fiber, for a Sustainable World. We aim to attract, retain, and energize passionate people, like you, by investing in your professional development and providing opportunities for personal growth.

Do your values align with ours? Accountability, Growth mindset, One team, Care and a fair and inclusive work environment for everyone, everywhere!

We strive to meet the highest standards of corporate citizenship by protecting the health and safety of our team, safeguarding the environment, and creating a long-lasting, positive impact on the communities where we do business. Are you with us?!?

About the Opportunity. As the Plant Controller (Rhinelander) you will partner closely with the Plant Manager and team to effectively manage and control the finances for the plant at which they are located. These responsibilities will include, general accounting, cost accounting, business analysis, financial reporting and budget process support.

Essential Functions and Primary Responsibilities:

• Ensure cost center accounting and standard costs accuracy

• Be responsible of planning, accounting and reporting for the plant

• Ensure inventories (count and valuation) are accurate

• Support plant organization for more cost effective operations

• Help Business Unit in profitability analysis

• Ensure correctness of the periodic accruals

• Act as Financial contact for external and internal stakeholders working for local compliancy

• Provide strategic management of the cost accounting functions.

• Analyze production variances

• Ensure the plant has an efficient internal control framework in place.

• Prepare ad-hoc analysis and reports

• Provide timely detailed production variance analysis

• Monthly, quarterly and year end reporting, according to deadlines to support

• Provide product cost calculations for purchased or manufactured products as needed

• Forecast plant result according to group processes and rules (FC, AP)

• Support working capital management

• Provide investment analysis, including actual pay-back of closed projects

• Identify and monitor cost savings opportunities

• Support continuous improvement programs

• Analyze and report the total result of the plant

• Responsible for inventory accuracy and valuation

• Key contact to local auditors

Minimum Occupational Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in Business/Economics, Accounting or equivalent

• Minimum of five years of relevant work experience in cost accounting and standard costing in manufacturing company

• Some work experience in an auditing company is an asset

• Proficient with ERP System (JD Edwards or SAP preferred), Excel and IT tools in general (HFM, OrderPlan, Microsoft office, etc.)

• Ability to learn and work with software systems

• Ability to handle confidential information

• Excellent professional, written and verbal communication skills

• Excellent interpersonal, analytical, and statistical skills

• Experience in a team-based environment

• High-level of initiative and independence in managing responsibilities

• Able to manage the details while being able to discuss business issues

Ahlstrom is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Equal opportunity is a sound and just concept to which we are firmly bound. Ahlstrom will not engage in discrimination against, or harassment of, any person employed or seeking employment with our company based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, non-disqualifying disability, status as a protected veteran or other characteristics protected by law.

About Us. Ahlstrom is a global leader in combining fibers into sustainable specialty materials. Our purpose is to Purify and Protect, with Every Fiber, for a Sustainable World. Our vision is to be the Preferred Sustainable Specialty Materials Company for all our stakeholders.

We serve five growing and distinctive end markets, which form the basis for our five divisions: Filtration, Food & Consumer Packaging, Healthcare, Building Materials, and Technical Materials.

Our pro forma net sales 2021 for continuing operations amounted to EUR 2.6 billion and we employ some 7,000 people.

Learn more at www.ahlstrom.com