Plant Controller

Responsibilities

• Act as a key Partner with the Marketing/Sales/R&D leadership and team to influence and align projects and strategy with company financial interests.
• Coordinate and assist with the annual Budget Planning and Forecasting process.
• Prepare and assist with the creation of the Annual Strategic Plan.
• Identify opportunities to enhance financial performance.
• Independently review and analyze monthly, quarterly, and annual revenue results and profit margins.
• Review all direct Sales and Marketing costs, overhead allocations, and General and Administrative expenses to assure timeliness and accuracy of reporting.
• Create and maintain monthly financial and operational reports.
• Lead the monthly, quarterly, and year-end financial close processes in accordance with corporate guidelines and policies.
• Responsible for monthly, quarterly, end of the year SOX reporting, data gathering and consolidation.
• Ensure that revenue is properly recognized on all orders in accordance with the Company’s revenue recognition policy and within Generally Accepted Accounting Practices.
• Prepare, review, and provide support for journal entries and accruals in the general ledger system.
• Measure actual performance results against forecast, plan, and prior year.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree required; An MBA or Industry Certification is a plus.
• 7+ years of financial analysis experience and experience managing financial processes.

• The successful candidate should come from some type of industrial setting, manufacturing, distribution, logistics, construction, etc.

• Manufacturing and Operations Cost Accounting.
• Experience in developing metrics.
• Strong resolution, problem-solving skills, and analytical skills.
• Ability to be a self-starter; excellent organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills.
• Excellent attention to detail; ability to work as a team member, as well as independently; ability to perform comfortably in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented work environment; ability to successfully execute many complex tasks simultaneously.

Employer

• A growth-oriented, privately-held, family-owned, manufacturing organization. 
• A manufacturer that makes a wide variety of steel products and caters to a diverse group of industries. 
• The company in the process of opening a new plant.