Plant Controller — Drive Budgeting, KPI Insights & Compliance

City Brewing Company; Irwindale (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

City Brewing Company in Irwindale, CA seeks a Controller to direct the accounting practices for the Irwindale plant, ensuring GAAP compliance and robust reporting to guide plant leadership. The role leads a team of accounting professionals, driving cost reductions, KPI tracking, capital project returns, budgets, and forecasts while overseeing general ledger and internal controls.

The Controller will partner with the Plant Manager and HR Director, coordinating with auditors and delivering

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance or related field.
• 7+ years accounting experience, preferably in both public and private sectors.
• 5+ years experience managing and coaching a large team.
• Manufacturing/operational accounting experience within a complex industry
• Strong GAAP and financial reporting technical skills
• Hands-on experience with ERP systems, preferred
• Advanced MS Suite capabilities, especially Excel and PowerPoint
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Responsibilities

• Maintains the plant's system of accounts and keeps books and records on all company transactions and assets for the Memphis plant
• Develops, analyzes, and interprets statistical and accounting information to appraise operating results in terms of profitability, performance against budget, and other indices of the plant’s operating effectiveness
• Monitors all cost accounting functions for the Memphis plant including new item setup, bill of material maintenance and verification, actual vs standard variance reporting
• Manages the plant period end close process to ensure compliance with the corporate close schedule
• Prepares the monthly operations results for the plant, and proactively investigates/reviews with local stakeholders
• Coordinates local activities with the company’s internal and external auditors
• Monitors financial controls for the plant in accordance with corporate policy to safeguard both customer and company owned assets against fraud, theft, and mitigate other financial risks
• Presents actual results vs targeted results to senior leadership and identifies areas of improvement

Skills

Communication skills

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance or related field

Tools

ERP systems

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

City Brewing Company in Irwindale, CA seeks a Controller to direct the accounting practices for the Irwindale plant, ensuring GAAP compliance and robust reporting to guide plant leadership. The role leads a team of accounting professionals, driving cost reductions, KPI tracking, capital project returns, budgets, and forecasts while overseeing general ledger and internal controls.

The Controller will partner with the Plant Manager and HR Director, coordinating with auditors and delivering