Plant Controller Lead – Profit & Performance

Confidential; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Prescription Drug Coverage

HSA/FSAs

401k Matching

Paid Time Off

Tuition Assistance

Job summary

Regal Rexnord is seeking a Manager II, Site Controller to lead financial planning, reporting, and controls for the Charlotte, NC manufacturing plant. The role partners with the Plant Manager and leadership to turn data into actionable insights, driving profitability and working capital improvements.

Responsibilities include monthly close, forecasting, cost accounting, product costing, and developing KPIs and Power BI dashboards for operational decision-making.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a strategic business partner to the plant leadership team by translating financial and operational performance into clear insights, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions.
• Lead monthly close activities, including journal entries, reconciliations, corporate reporting submissions, and coordination with central accounting and audit partners.
• Lead the monthly forecast, annual operating plan and ongoing business review activities.
• Lead variance analysis, clearly explaining key drivers, assumptions, risks, opportunities, and required actions.
• Drive plant performance management by analyzing sales, mix, production costs, margin, productivity, and other key operational drivers.
• Partner with operations on make/buy decisions, SIOP, capital investments, labor planning, inventory management, and other performance analyses.
• Develop KPIs, reporting tools, and Power BI dashboards that improve data visibility and drive action-oriented decisions.
• Drive cost-out, productivity, and margin improvement initiatives across the plant.
• Lead product costing, annual standards roll, physical inventory support, and inventory valuation.
• Maintain accounting practices, procedures, and internal controls in accordance with GAAP, SOX, company policy, and applicable compliance requirements; support timely remediation of control gaps.
• Lead one Finance team member by setting priorities, managing performance, and ensuring alignment with key finance and operations partners.
• Train and coach non-financial leaders on financial concepts to improve accountability and decision quality.
• Support special projects, process improvements, and business transformation efforts.

Skills

Financial planning

GAAP/SOX

Power BI

ERP SAP

OneStream

Leadership

Cross-functional

Data insights

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

CPA or CMA or MBA preferred

Tools

SAP

OneStream

Excel

Job description

Regal Rexnord is seeking a Manager II, Site Controller to lead financial planning, reporting, and controls for the Charlotte, NC manufacturing plant. The role partners with the Plant Manager and leadership to turn data into actionable insights, driving profitability and working capital improvements.

Responsibilities include monthly close, forecasting, cost accounting, product costing, and developing KPIs and Power BI dashboards for operational decision-making.