Plant Controller — FP&A & Cost Optimization

Simona Pmc; Findlay (OH); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Simona Pmc in Ohio is seeking a Plant Controller to own FP&A for the plant and partner with operations to turn data into actionable insights. You will drive standard costing, budgeting, and CapEx analysis to improve profitability at the site.

The role requires 2–5 years in cost accounting or plant finance, strong Excel, Power BI, and ERP experience, and the ability to work with plant leadership to implement improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Industrial Engineering or related field.
• 2–5 years in cost accounting, FP&A, controlling or plant finance.
• Understanding of product costing, standard costing and manufacturing economics.
• Hands-on ERP experience; Epicor or SAP is a plus.
• Advanced Excel; Power BI preferred; SQL or Python a plus.
• Strong analytical skills and interest in data, automation and AI.
• Self-starter who is comfortable taking ownership and working directly with plant leadership.
• Clear communicator who is as comfortable on the plant floor as in a spreadsheet.
• Project management skills and continuous improvement mindset.

Responsibilities

• Own monthly plant performance reporting, P&L and variance analysis.
• Analyze manufacturing performance, including material usage, scrap, labor, productivity and costs.
• Analyze inventory, working capital and other key drivers of plant financial performance.
• Lead product costing and cost analysis, working with operations to ensure standard costs, underlying assumptions and master data accurately reflect plant operations.
• Work with Plant Management and operations to identify root causes, improve processes and drive actions that improve plant performance.
• Partner with Accounting to improve financial processes, standards and procedures.
• Lead plant budgeting and forecasting with management.
• Build business cases for CapEx and improvement projects.
• Improve and automate reporting and analysis wherever practical using BI, AI and other automation tools.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Problem solving

Change management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Industrial Engineering or related field

2–5 years in cost accounting, FP&A, controlling or plant finance

Tools

ERP systems (Epicor/SAP)

Power BI

SQL

Python

Advanced Excel

Job description

Simona Pmc in Ohio is seeking a Plant Controller to own FP&A for the plant and partner with operations to turn data into actionable insights. You will drive standard costing, budgeting, and CapEx analysis to improve profitability at the site.

The role requires 2–5 years in cost accounting or plant finance, strong Excel, Power BI, and ERP experience, and the ability to work with plant leadership to implement improvements.