Plant Controller

Job Title: Multi-Site Controller

Reports to: VP, Finance & Strategy

FLSA Status: Exempt

Location: AZ, CA, GA, IA, IN, MA, MO, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, WI

Travel: Required 50% in first 6 months; thereafter, expected 20% or less

Summary: Must possess outstanding analytical skills, strong communication skills (both verbal and written) and a proven problem-solving capability. Responsible for timely, accurate and efficient accounting close monthly. Maintains relationships with Operations management on site performance and other financial areas. Responsible for preparation of various financial activities including data gathering, planning, and reporting. Contribute to the annual budget process, the periodic forecast process, and other initiatives as they arise. Have the skills and confidence not only to contribute but to own processes and analyses. Self-motivated, goal oriented, and enthusiastic presence in a team environment with the ability to lead and influence others.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Investigate and prepare monthly analyses of the plants’ financial results. Interact proactively with the Plant Managers to identify factors that would enhance the plant’s profitability.
• Partner with cross-functional team on the preparation of the annual budget and periodic forecasts.
• Evaluate and assist in the preparation of capital requests including ensuring correct classification of capital versus expense. Analyze spending versus plan and report out findings.
• Help develop and implement a robust cycle counting program. Report / analyze results of cycle counts prepared by operations personnel.
• Partner with cross-functional leadership to identify and implement cost accounting system design improvements, solutions to process constraints, and estimates for costs incurred over an asset’s useful life.
• Maintain and update cost elements and cost models. Review earned versus actual costs for variances.
• Generate profitability analysis reporting for sales management.
• Coordinate with Corporate Controller to ensure month-end close is completed timely. Partner with Shared Services on issues with accounts payable, billing, payroll, or general ledger issues.
• Prepare financial analysis, plans, studies, and presentations as required for management.
• Serves as a liaison with internal and external auditors as well as managing various audit activities through the year.
• Ensure plant activities are compliant with company policies and US GAAP.
• Demonstrate teamwork by collaborating with others to improve overall standards of performance and service through continuous improvement activities.

• Other duties as designed.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education Requirements/Work Experience:

Bachelor’s degree required.

Minimum of 10 years of progressive accounting experience in a manufacturing environment. Reasoning Ability: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Computer Skills: To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Microsoft Suite Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint and NetSuite.

Competencies:

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

• Integrity: Behaves in an honest, fair, and ethical manner. Speaks openly and truthfully with team members and accepts responsibility for actions. Understands the importance of maintaining confidentiality and fosters an environment where integrity, honesty and accountability flourish. Promotes transparent and accountable actions and acts decisively against dishonest conduct. Demonstrates the ability to gain confidence of their employees and customers by respecting the confidentiality and privacy of their concerns and needs and encourages collaboration, trust, foresight and listening between team members. Considerate of others' points of view and treats others with courtesy and professionalism.
• Teamwork: Capable of being approached and easy to work with. Contributes to the success of the team, communicates clearly individually and in group settings while treating others with respect. Listens to others and works well within diverse groups. Consistently places team needs over individual needs and seeks input from people with different experiences and perspectives and recognizes the differences of opportunities to learn and gain by working together. Values and encourages unique skills and talents.
• Accountability: Takes personal responsibility for the quality and timeliness of work and achieves results with little to minimal supervision. Consistently meets all deadlines and follows through on completing tasks while holding self and other accountable for actions and/or appointed responsibilities and manages one's own performance to proactively ensure team accountability.
• Problem Resolution: Demonstrates the ability to effectively problem solve and set priorities while delivering results in a timely manner and effectively obtains results through planning and delegation. Analyzes problems skillfully and uses data to reach solutions while demonstrating the ability to appropriately take calculated risks or escalates decisions to consult with others when appropriate.
• Communication: Creates an environment of open communication amongst team members while providing regular, consistent, and meaningful information. Actively listens carefully to others and ensures messages are understood. Demonstrates the ability to communicate information clearly, concisely, and thoroughly in a timely manner. Has the ability to tailor communication styles to the subject matter and to the needs of the recipient. Is credible and confident through communication and presentations and persuasively presents thoughts and ideas to the audience.
• Job Knowledge: Demonstrates relevant job knowledge and essential skills, such as work practices, policies, procedures, quality assurance, and technical abilities. Demonstrates self-improvement efforts to enhance skills and knowledge with changes impacting the job while adhering to workplace rules as well as to traditional or socially expected methods of doing business following processes and procedures.
• Continuous Improvement: Consistently finds ways to improve methods, processes and/or procedures to improve quality of work and to maximize efficiency. Quickly identifies process inefficiencies and takes independent action to make improvements. Willing supports new ideas while energizing others within the workforce to embrace changes that enhance efficiency. Understands and applies formal methods to analyze and eliminate non-value-added work and support process environments. Willingly seeks opportunities and shares different approaches to address problems while generating practical ideas and workable solutions to solve problems or address issues. Identifies and accepts failures as learning opportunities.
• Initiative: Ability to assess and initiate things independently with limited supervision required. Has the ability to manage resources to achieve results, while possessing the ability to manage multiple activities to accomplish goals. Actively seeks and does more than required or requested in the job and plans ahead for upcoming problems or opportunities and takes appropriate action when required.
• Planning & Organizing: Manages resources to ensure work is completed timely and accurately. Proactively anticipates potential problems and develops contingency plans to overcome obstacles. Anticipates deviations and plan and actively reorganizes work as necessary. Demonstrates the ability to manage time expertly to complete work ahead of schedule while utilizing available resources to complete work efficiently.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The work environment is typical of most manufacturing environments. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to high level with ear protection required.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee must frequently lift and carry up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand and walk on concrete. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, bend or twist. The employee is occasionally required to push, pull, and/or move materials.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by those assigned to a particular position. This document in no way states or implies that this is as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required and personnel may be required to perform duties outside their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed. The Company reserves the right to change, modify, amend, add to or delete from, any section of this document as it deems, in its judgment, to be proper.