Divisional Plant Controller (SE Metro)

NPAworldwide; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation

Onsite through build

Competitive bonus

Job summary

NPAworldwide is recruiting for a Divisional Plant Controller to lead the build-out of a new flagship plant in the Atlanta metro. You will own the plant finance function end‑to‑end, from controls and reporting to month‑end close, while shaping the P&L drivers for operations.

You will be onsite at McDonough through the build, with potential hybrid once stabilized. The role demands a self‑directed leader with plant‑level experience in cost finance and lean manufacturing environments.

Qualifications

• Experience building plant finance function (start-up/build-out).
• Fluency in plant/cost finance: OEE, BOM, absorption, scrap/waste, forecasting, budgeting.
• Self-directed operator who documents and standardizes processes.
• Willing to be onsite in McDonough, Atlanta metro through the build.

Responsibilities

• Stand up and own the plant finance function end to end (controls, processes, reporting).
• Own P&L drivers: efficiency/OEE, BOM accuracy, scrap and waste, absorption, plant spend.
• Partner with plant leadership, provide daily financial guidance.
• Build the annual operating plan, budgets, forecasts, and capital tracking.
• Document, codify, and train new processes and controls.
• Be hands-on and strategic; perform journal entries and month-end close.

Skills

Plant finance

OEE & BOM

Absorption costing

Self-directed

Onsite through build

Job description

Divisional Plant Controller (New Plant Build-Out)

An established, PE‑backed manufacturer is building a brand‑new flagship plant and distribution hub in the Atlanta metro, and hiring the first finance leader it has ever embedded inside one of its plants.

This is a build‑out. If you have personally stood up the finance function for a new plant (a build‑out, start‑up, relocation, or consolidation), or stepped into one that wasn’t running smoothly, keep reading.

This Role Is For You If

• You have personally built a plant finance function (start‑up, build‑out, relocation, or consolidation), or stepped into one that wasn’t running smoothly and fixed it, and can walk through exactly what you put in place.
• You know a plant floor cold: efficiency/OEE, bill of materials, scrap and waste, absorption, plant spend, forecasting, AOP and budgets, capital/capitalization.
• You operate without a net. No one is sitting next to you; you already know what needs to be done and you do it.
• You default to building. You document, create, standardize, and train processes that don’t exist yet.
• You are energized by ambiguity. A lot here is not laid out A‑to‑Z, and you want to be the one who figures it out.
• You will be onsite for the build and want to be, because you know the plant floor doesn’t trust a finance partner who isn’t there.
• You are comfortable in an older, legacy ERP. You’ve been around the block, not fresh out of school.

This Role Is Not For You If

• Your plant experience is stepping into a mature, smoothly running close and keeping it going. You have never built or fixed one.
• You have been adjacent to plant operations (corporate FP&A, reporting‑only) but never personally owned efficiency, BOM, absorption, and waste.
• You need defined process, a team, and structure handed to you before you can perform.
• You want fully remote or a corporate‑office seat. This role is onsite at the plant through the build.
• You expect someone else to make the calls. There is no controller above you at this plant; you set what good looks like.

About The Company

• A PE‑backed manufacturer and distributor, standing up a new flagship manufacturing plant with an attached distribution hub in the Atlanta metro. A true build, with infrastructure going in in real time.
• Runs lean in finance. This is the first finance role ever placed inside one of its plants; you are creating the standard, not inheriting it.
• A full onsite leadership team is being built around this plant (plant director, engineering, quality, continuous improvement, HR, warehouse). You won’t be alone, but finance is yours.

The Culture and Leadership

• Flexibility that’s real, not a policy on paper. Go to your kid’s game, handle life; no one is counting hours.
• Onsite through the build, which the right person wants to be there for, with genuine openness to hybrid as the plant stabilizes.
• You’ll report to a leader who wants a true problem‑solver and partner, gives you room to run, and trusts you to own it.
• A lean, close‑knit team where your work is seen and your judgment carries weight.
• Autonomy with real support. You own the finance function, and leadership backs you.

Compensation

• Base: $140 000 to $150 000+ with flexibility for the right person.
• Bonus: 10%+ with a high payout history.
• Relocation available.
• Location: Onsite, McDonough, GA (Atlanta metro).

Qualifications

Must‑Haves

• Plant / manufacturing controller experience that includes a build‑out, start‑up, plant relocation, consolidation, or turnaround of a plant that wasn’t running smoothly.
• Fluency in plant/cost finance: OEE, BOM, absorption, scrap/waste, plant spend, forecasting, AOP, budgets, capital.
• A self‑directed operator who has built and documented process without oversight.
• Willing to be onsite in McDonough (Atlanta metro) through the build with potential hybrid after.

Ideal

• A mix of large‑company and small‑company / lean‑team experience.
• Plastics / blow molding, fluids / chemical, or high‑volume filling background.

What You Will Own

• Stand up and own the plant finance function end to end (controls, processes, reporting, month‑end close) where little exists today.
• Own the plant P&L drivers: efficiency/OEE, bill of materials accuracy, scrap and waste, absorption, plant spend, and variance analysis, and translate them for operations.
• Serve as the finance right hand to the plant director, in the details daily, not a month‑end readout.
• Build the annual operating plan (AOP), budgets, forecasts, and capital/capitalization tracking through the build and ramp‑up.
• Create, document, and train the processes, controls, and reporting cadence that do not exist yet.
• Be hands‑on and strategic: both a doer (journal entries, close) and a partner who sets direction.

What’s Different About This Opportunity

• A true build. You set what great looks like for plant finance, and it becomes the model across the network, not just at this site.
• First‑ever embedded plant finance role, with high visibility to the senior director, VP, and CFO.
• Growth up and out into a large, growing supply chain, procurement, category management, and commercial organization.
• No layers. You own the calls.
• A growing manufacturing network, with new sites and expansion ahead.