Plant Controller

What you will be doing

Job Summary:

The Plant Controller is a key member of the plant leadership team, responsible for overseeing the financial integrity, performance, and compliance. This role acts as a strategic advisor to the plant manager and region controller, providing insights that support operational decision making and drive business results. They ensure timely and accurate financial reporting, leads budgeting and forecasting processes, manages internal controls, supports capital planning, and champions continuous improvement and cost reduction initiatives. This position plays a pivotal role in aligning plan level financial outcomes with broader regional and enterprise goals.

 

• Successfully completes monthly closing cycles to properly reflect the financial position of the plant - profit & loss, capital base and cash from operations.
• Directs and oversees monthly physical inventories.
• Tells the story behind the numbers connecting operational drivers to financial outcomes in a clear compelling way.
• Provides financial analysis support/guidance to all line managers and Plant Manager.
• Directs and completes the planning, forecasting, and budgeting processes of the operation.
• Monitors the financial policies, practices, and procedures of the operation.
• Successfully completes monthly closing cycles to properly reflect the financial position of the plant - profit & loss, capital base and cash from operations.
• Directs and oversees monthly physical inventories.
• Tells the story behind the numbers connecting operational drivers to financial outcomes in a clear compelling way.
• Provides financial analysis support/guidance to all line managers and Plant Manager.
• Directs and completes the planning, forecasting, and budgeting processes of the operation.
• Monitors the financial policies, practices, and procedures of the operation.
• Ensures the necessary internal controls (and compensating controls) to safeguard the Company's Assets and adheres to the company's financial management policies.
• Directs the activities and provides leadership to the procurement employees of the operation, ensuring all Company Values are inherent in daily performance of responsibilities.
• Manage capital spending requests, including calculating payback and developing sound business cases to present to management requesting capital funds.
• Provides financial and manufacturing analysis of both a recurring and ad-hoc nature to management outside of the operations.
• Partner with plant manager and department leaders to develop and monitor budgets, forecasts, and performance metrics, drive accountability to financial goals.
• Serve as a financial leader for continuous improvement initiatives, lean manufacturing efforts and cross functional cost reduction programs. 
• Supervise and develop plant level finance; foster a culture of accuracy, ownership and financial discipline.
• Act as the liaison between plan and region/corporate finance teams to ensure alignment, consistency and transparency in reporting and decision making.
• Prepare and present financial results and insights to plant and regional leadership, highlighting risks, and opportunities