Assistant Plant Controller

Glanbia Nutritionals, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff discounts

Generous family leave policy

Health & dental plan

Competitive salary

401K

Job summary

Glanbia Nutritionals, Inc. is seeking an experienced Assistant Plant Controller for our Gooding, ID facility. You will provide weekly and monthly plant performance analysis, participate in budgeting and forecasting, and partner with plant leadership to drive operational improvement.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree and at least five years of related experience; CPA/CMA preferred. You will develop standardized reporting across sites and supervise accounting staff, supporting a data-driven

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and minimum five years related experience.
• CPA, CMA or equivalent experience preferred.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret business publications, journals, procedures, or regulations.
• Ability to motivate and influence a diverse group of people.
• Ability to write reports and procedures.
• Ability to present information to managers and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide weekly and monthly plant performance analysis, including cheese yield, production reporting and plant loss reporting.
• Partner with Gooding leadership to influence operations decisions with analytical insight.
• Monitor compliance with internal controls and plant procedures.
• Prepare weekly and monthly cost analysis for maintenance, lab/quality, transportation, ingredients and packaging.
• Assist with inventory control for raw materials, ingredients, packaging, and finished goods.
• Assist with variance analysis and reporting as part of plant planning processes.
• Standardize reporting and analysis across manufacturing locations.
• Oversee budgeting and forecasting for plant operations.
• Review results for reasonableness and investigate root causes.
• Cross-train with team members and share knowledge across the group.
• Supervise and develop accounting staff.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Financial reporting

Budgeting & forecasting

Communication skills

Leadership

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree

CPA, CMA or equivalent certification preferred

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

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The Opportunity

This position is part of the Glanbia Nutritionals Operations Finance team for cheese and whey, located in the Gooding manufacturing plant office. Our team is responsible for operational performance reporting, cost reporting, planning and analysis for manufacturing plants in Idaho. This position will regularly have the opportunity to collaborate across multiple departments in the Gooding facility as well as manufacturing sites across Idaho.

Essential Functions

• Provides weekly and monthly analysis for plant performance, including cheese yield analysis, production reporting and plant loss reporting.
• Serve as a trusted business partner on the Gooding leadership team. The Gooding Assistant Plant Controller works closely with the plant managerial team to provide relevant analytical support, insight, and influence in operations decision making. This includes providing interpretation and education of complex financial and operational processes/model to various departmental leaders.
• Responsible for monitoring compliance regarding a range of procedures and internal controls relating to plant activity.
• Prepare weekly and monthly cost analysis for various areas, maintenance, lab/quality, transportation, ingredients and packaging.
• Assists with plant inventory control for raw material, ingredients, packaging and finished goods.
• Assist with plant planning processes, including preparation of variance analysis and commentary.
• Assist with standardization of reporting and analysis across manufacturing locations.
• Oversee financial aspects of all plant operations including budgeting and forecasting.
• Review work and test for reasonableness; identify questionable results and investigate root cause.
• Cross-train with other coworkers, collaborate and share learnings across the team.
• Responsible for supervision and development of accounting staff.

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of five years related experience. CPA, CMA or equivalent experience preferred
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Ability to motivate and influence a diverse group of people
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Driven, energetic results oriented individual with the ability to thrive under pressurized conditions
• Participate in proactive team efforts to achieve departmental and company goals. Participates in special projects/ action teams.

Where and how you will work

The opportunity will be based in Gooding, ID.

What we would like to offer you!

The opportunity to develop your career on a global stage, continuous learning through an on-demand learning platform, and a competitive compensation package including staff discounts, generous family leave policy, health & dental plan, competitive salary, 401K.

About Glanbia

Glanbia is a better nutrition company with three divisions: Performance Nutrition, Health & Nutrition and Dairy Nutrition. Collectively and with our partners we offer an incredible breadth of expertise in nutrition. We employ a team of 5800 people, work with global food and beverage companies, and sell our award-winning and market-leading brands and ingredients in more than 100 countries worldwide

At Glanbia, we celebrate diversity, because we know that our individual strengths make us stronger together. We welcome and encourage interest from a variety of candidates, we will give your application consideration, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.

At Glanbia, our culture celebrates individuality, knowing that together we are more.

At Glanbia, we celebrate diversity, because we know that our individual strengths make us stronger together. We welcome and encourage interest from a wide variety of candidates, and we will give your application consideration, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.

At Glanbia our culture will celebrate individuality, knowing that together we are more.