Plant Controller

Position Summary

The Plant Controller will be responsible for overseeing all financial aspects of our manufacturing plants, ensuring accurate reporting, effective cost control, and financial stability. This role will collaborate closely with plant management and corporate finance teams to drive financial performance and support strategic decision-making.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Financial Accounting

• Oversee plant accounts, ledgers and reporting systems for multiple facilities, ensuring timely and proper financial reporting

• Prepare and coordinate monthly and annual close processes

• Lead the planning and execution of annual physical counts, assessing their effectiveness and making recommendations for improvement

• Analyze monthly operating results to provide variance explanations and research issues

• Lead collaborative effort with plant/business unit managers to develop plant budgets and forecasts

Product costing and inventory valuation process

• Maintain/oversee the standard cost system in coordination with Engineering, Purchasing and Operations to verify the accuracy and integrity of the bills of materials, manufacturing routings, and purchasing information records

• Responsible for calculating labor and overhead rates

• Review product costs and gross margins to provide analytical support to operations

• Review inventory integrity reports daily and process any required corrective actions

• Maintain collaborative relationships across functions and with external parties

Audit and Compliance

• Provide strong controls through the development and execution of standard policies and procedures including ERP system processing, workflow steps, etc.

• Coordinate with Operations to ensure appropriate rigor in the physical inventory verification process, and the coordination with external auditors regarding the results of the control process

• Work with management on all requirements related to external financial audit and other third party compliance requirements

Process Improvement

• Identify/lead/assist with process improvements and cost saving opportunities

• Validate economic justification of investments and ensure their follow-up

• Improve and evolve the weekly / monthly operations reporting to ensure appropriate information is reported on a timely basis

• Develop/follow/maintain internal controls to safeguard company's assets and ensure transactions are executed in accordance with company guidelines

Basic Qualifications (Education/Experience) required:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting required
• CPA/CMA preferred
• 5+ years cost accounting experience in a manufacturing environment as well as supervisory experience