Plant Controller – Multi‑Site Manufacturing Finance

Cabinetworks Group; Sayre (Bradford County); On-site; USD 115,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Cabinetworks Group seeks a Plant Controller to lead plant accounting at the Sayre or Orwell facility. You will partner with manufacturing leadership to support objectives, develop standard costing processes, and provide financial insight to operations.

Applicants should have 5+ years in cost accounting within manufacturing, strong Excel skills, and proven ability to work with plant management on cost and profitability analysis. This on-site role includes up to 20% travel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance.
• 5+ years of cost accounting experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Prior standard costing experience.
• Prior Plant accounting experience.
• Ability to build a strong collaborative relationship with plant management team.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel, and standard cost / inventory systems.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Must possess a sense of urgency and have a great work ethic.
• Ability to interact with all levels of associates and work in a team environment.
• Good planning and organizational skills combined with good written and oral communication skills.
• Must be dependable and trustworthy.
• Willingness to be on site and spend time on production floor.
• Ability to travel 15-20%.

Responsibilities

• Accounting and Finance Lead in support of the entire manufacturing facility.
• Ability to communicate financial information to non-finance departments.
• Generation and review of daily, weekly, and monthly plant metrics, including labor, overhead, scrap and throughput variance analysis.
• Month-end close responsibilities in the areas of labor entries and accruals, inventory reconciliations, material COS, overhead analysis, and transfer pricing. Ensure all accounting conforms with GAAP, company policy and Sarbanes-Oxley documentation.
• Strong emphasis on continuous improvement relating to financial closing processes, analyses, and needs of other departments.
• Provide support and guidance on development of plant standard product costs, bills of material, annual operating plan, and periodic forecasts.
• Review and tracking of plant productivity projects coordinating with plant personnel on optimizing results.
• Ensuring accuracy across all areas of inventory and providing analysis of perpetual transactions.
• Support development of plant capital budgets and development of individual capital authorization requests (coordinating with plant management).
• Ad-hoc projects and analysis.
• Provide insight/analysis for sourcing decisions regarding make/buys.

Skills

Cost accounting

GAAP/SOX

Plant accounting

Excel proficiency

Communication

Team collaboration

On-site presence

Travel 15-20%

Independent work

Strong work ethic

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance

Tools

Oracle

Excel/Access

ERP systems

Job description

Cabinetworks Group seeks a Plant Controller to lead plant accounting at the Sayre or Orwell facility. You will partner with manufacturing leadership to support objectives, develop standard costing processes, and provide financial insight to operations.

Applicants should have 5+ years in cost accounting within manufacturing, strong Excel skills, and proven ability to work with plant management on cost and profitability analysis. This on-site role includes up to 20% travel.