Plant Controller: Strategy, Forecasting & Cost Controls

Augmentis Group; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Publicly traded company on Forbes list

9% 401(k) match

Employer retirement plan contributions

Excellent training programs

Free fitness center membership

Frontier of machine learning in aero

Collaborative, supportive team

Job summary

Augmentis is partnering with a Fortune 500 leader in engineered products for aerospace and defense to hire a Controller for its Detroit-area plant. The role owns all accounting, controls, planning, and analysis for the operation, partnering with operations leadership to shape strategy and capital decisions.

You will lead forecasting, budgeting, reporting, and cost control, ensuring GAAP compliance and a strong audit-ready environment while coaching the site finance team on continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration is required.
• 5+ years of progressive financial or controllership experience, including at least 2 years in a manufacturing environment.
• Authorization to work in the United States (visa sponsorship is not available).

Responsibilities

• Serve on the site Operations Leadership Team as the finance business partner as strategy is developed and executed.
• Identify, analyze, and communicate the key financial and operational drivers of site performance.
• Act as a catalyst for change and lead initiatives that close the gap between current performance and benchmark levels.
• Influence capital expenditure decisions through sound business cases, then track actual results against those cases to ensure investments deliver.
• Lead forecasting, budgeting, planning, reporting, consolidation, and analysis for the site and business unit.
• Build forecasts that are accurate and tracked closely, and turn the numbers into a clear story that drives decisions.
• Proactively provide leaders with the data and insight they need, both on request and ahead of future planning cycles.
• Manage the location performance pay plan.

Skills

Cost accounting

Forecasting

Data queries

Excel

PowerPoint

Leadership

Shop floor awareness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration

MBA

CPA

CMA

Tools

Oracle

Hyperion

Job description

Augmentis is partnering with a Fortune 500 leader in engineered products for aerospace and defense to hire a Controller for its Detroit-area plant. The role owns all accounting, controls, planning, and analysis for the operation, partnering with operations leadership to shape strategy and capital decisions.

You will lead forecasting, budgeting, reporting, and cost control, ensuring GAAP compliance and a strong audit-ready environment while coaching the site finance team on continuous improvement.