Plant Controller

Pella Corporation; Fort Lauderdale (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Pella Corporation in Fort Lauderdale, FL seeks an on-site finance partner and cost accounting expert for its Medley plant. You will drive reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and inventory controls to improve plant performance.

Key duties include FP&A support, cost analysis, variance explanations, and strong internal controls. Spanish language skills are required; Bachelor's degree and 5–7 years of related experience are expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 5-7 years of related experience.
• Spanish language skills are required.
• Strong knowledge of cost accounting and FP&A processes.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Plant Leadership to analyze costs, performance drivers, and profitability; translate results into actions.
• Develop, maintain, and publish dashboards for labor, overhead, yield, and other key drivers to improve decision-making.
• Own inventory valuation and reporting; establish processes for timely transactions and accurate counts.
• Coordinate year-end inventory and cycle counts; investigate variances and drive corrective actions.
• Support month-end close activities; provide clear variance explanations for leadership.
• Collaborate with Engineering/Operations on standard costs and change impacts to ensure accuracy.
• Lead quarterly forecasting and annual budgeting for plant manufacturing costs (labor, overhead, waste).
• Maintain internal controls and support audits.

Skills

Financial analysis

Cost accounting

Budgeting

Forecasting

Variance analysis

Process improvement

Internal controls

Cross-functional partner

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Oracle

FeneVision

OneStream

Excel

Job description

This role serves as the on-site finance partner and cost accounting subject-matter expert for the Medley, FL plant. This role partners closely with Plant Leadership, Manufacturing, Engineering, Purchasing, and Corporate Finance/FP&A to improve visibility to plant performance, strengthen cost and inventory controls, and support decision-making through accurate reporting, budgeting, and forecasting. Success in this role is measured by timely/accurate inventory valuation and reporting, clear variance explanations that drive corrective actions, and sustained progress against productivity and cost commitments.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

FP&A, plant performance, and decision support

• Partner with manufacturing leaders to analyze manufacturing costs, performance drivers, and profitability; translate results into clear actions and recommendations.
• Develop, maintain, and publish performance measurement tools/dashboards for targeted manufacturing areas (labor, overhead, yield/waste, and other key drivers) to improve decision-making across levels of the organization.

Inventory, controls, and audit readiness

• Own inventory accuracy, reporting, and valuation for the Medley plant; establish and improve processes to ensure timely, accurate transactions (receipts, issues, adjustments, and production reporting).
• Coordinate and manage year-end physical inventory and periodic cycle counts/WIP audits; investigate variances, drive corrective actions, and document root causes and controls.
• Support month-end/quarter-end close activities for plant operations, including review of inventory-related entries, accruals, and manufacturing variances; prepare clear explanations for leadership reviews.
• Partner with Engineering/Operations on standard cost and process change impacts (e.g., BOM/routing changes where applicable) to ensure cost accuracy and strong change controls.
• Maintain strong internal controls and audit readiness for plant financial processes; ensure documentation is current and support internal/external audit requests as needed.

Budgeting, forecasting, and productivity improvement

• Lead and coordinate the quarterly forecasting and annual budgeting processes for plant manufacturing costs, including labor, overhead, waste/yield, and key operating assumptions.
• Identify productivity and cost reduction opportunities with Manufacturing, Engineering, Marketing/Brand, and Finance; document initiatives, quantify benefits, track progress, and provide regular visibility to results.
• Present key performance insights and financial results to plant leadership on a regular cadence; facilitate discussions that drive corrective actions and sustain improvements.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

This position may have supervisory responsibilities of one or more team members and also indirectly works with other Operations and General Management personnel to support the business.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university; and 5-7 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Spanish Required

COMPUTER SKILLS

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) Oracle, FeneVision and, OneStream