Site Controller — Manufacturing Finance Leader (Ogden)

Compass Minerals America Inc.; Utah; On-site; USD 110,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Compass Minerals is seeking a Site Controller for its Ogden, UT production site to lead all site finance and accounting activities. The role partners with site leadership to drive operational excellence, budgeting, forecasting, costing, and financial reporting while ensuring internal controls and compliance.

As the senior finance leader at the site, you will provide actionable insights, manage capital investments, and collaborate with Corporate Finance to align with enterprise goals and drive

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior finance leader for the production site, partnering closely with site leadership to achieve operational and financial objectives.
• Act as the primary liaison between site operations and Corporate Finance and Accounting, ensuring alignment with enterprise goals, financial commitments, and reporting requirements.
• Support profitability, productivity, and operational excellence initiatives by providing financial guidance and promoting data-driven decision-making.
• Lead financial reviews, identify risks and opportunities, and provide actionable recommendations to site and corporate leadership.
• Present forecasts, financial results, and variance analyses while translating complex financial and operational information into meaningful business insights.
• Lead annual budgeting, recurring forecasting, and long-range planning activities.
• Develop financial models, scenario analyses, and performance reports that connect operational drivers to financial outcomes.
• Analyze business performance and explain forecast, budget, and period-over-period variances.
• Identify performance trends, risks, and opportunities and recommend actions to improve results.
• Drive forecast accuracy and support strategic planning efforts.
• Provide financial leadership for capital investments, productivity initiatives, and operational improvement projects, including business case development, ROI analysis, and post-investment reviews.
• Lead all site accounting activities, including general accounting, cost accounting, inventory accounting, month-end close, and financial reporting.
• Analyze manufacturing performance through labor, material, inventory, overhead, productivity, and cost variance reporting.
• Maintain the integrity of standard costing, inventory valuation, and related financial records.
• Support internal and external audits while ensuring compliance with accounting policies and reporting requirements.
• Develop, implement, and monitor internal controls and financial processes to mitigate operational, financial, and compliance risks.
• Ensure timely documentation, execution, and maintenance of internal controls in accordance with company policies, regulatory requirements, and audit standards.

Job description

Compass Minerals is seeking a Site Controller for its Ogden, UT production site to lead all site finance and accounting activities. The role partners with site leadership to drive operational excellence, budgeting, forecasting, costing, and financial reporting while ensuring internal controls and compliance.

As the senior finance leader at the site, you will provide actionable insights, manage capital investments, and collaborate with Corporate Finance to align with enterprise goals and drive