Plant Controller

Course; Pennsylvania; Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Good compensation and benefits

Opportunity for career growth

Flexibility to work from home 2x a week

Job summary

A global manufacturing company is seeking a Plant Controller in Pennsylvania. The role involves overseeing accounting processes for a significant plant, performing detailed financial analysis, and supporting budgeting and forecasting. Candidates should hold a Bachelor's in Accounting and possess over 5 years of experience, ideally within the manufacturing sector. This position offers opportunities for career growth and a hybrid work model after training, allowing for flexibility.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in accounting or finance roles ideally in manufacturing.
• Strong analytical skills and experience with financial reporting.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and interpret month-end financial reports.
• Support budget and quarterly forecasts.
• Prepare and analyze profit and loss statements.
• Conduct balance sheet analysis for key accounts.
• Provide business partnering service to the business unit.

Skills

Financial analysis

Budgeting

Cost accounting

Inventory management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting

Job description

Global, manufacturing company is looking to add an Plant Controller. This role will be a part of a growing Business Unit and will assist in overseeing the accounting for the largest plant in the BU. Great opportunity for someone looking to make an impact with a growing, dynamic company.

Why Take The Plant Controller Role

• Opportunity for career growth
• Process improvement-oriented role- make things better
• Good compensation and benefits
• Agile and nimble company that was able to adjust doing covid and grow the business
• Great leadership and people!
• Hybrid schedule after training: flexibility to work from home 2x a week

Overview Of The Plant Controller

• Supervise, review and interpret month/quarter/year end financial reports as well as month-end close processes to support the plant and corporate
• Support the annual budget, month and quarterly forecasts, and financial comparisons and explanations of actual results versus the financial estimates
• Prepare and analyze material usage, cost statements, profit and loss statements, manufacturing statistics, labor analysis, and sales analysis
• Balance sheet analysis for key accounts, including inventory and preparation or approval for account reconciliations
• Analyze and interpret operating and financial results to identify trends and activities driving those results and make recommendations on potential changes, both operation and financial in nature, to improve performance
• Provide a business partnering service to the BU by improving financial processes and support the implementation of best practice across all the sites
• Provide the necessary financial reporting to the Business Unit and Group as and when required
• Anchor person for the reporting work of the plant and plays a key role in identifying performance issues in support of the management process
• Support in integrating new company acquisitions into the BU

Preferred Qualifications For The Plant Controller

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
• 5+ years experience
• manufacturing industry experience, understanding of cost and inventory