Plant Controller

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Plant Controller functions as a business partner with plant and financial management to effectively report on, manage, and control the local facility costs and provide analysis of the financial results and costs. It is the role's responsibility to report and analyze the financial situation and to drive strong performance. This position performs the essential functions for the facility to which they are assigned. This position will report to the VP of Operations and have a dotted line reporting structure to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Group or their designee.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Review financial transactions, ensuring they are correctly coded.
• Review and analyze costs, identify trends, and prepare reports.
• Analyze monthly operational and financial results and present to local management.
• Prepare the annual budget for the plant for upload into the parent company’s consolidation software.
• Prepare monthly forecasts to be shared with the EUA Group.
• Prepare analyses of performance and identify trends and opportunities for cost reductions.
• Develop, maintain, and distribute weekly reports to drive proactive profitability management.
• Develop labor and operating cost benchmarks, analyze costs and product mix, and evaluate costs compared to those benchmarks.
• Support the Commercial department in analyzing product margins, pricing, product mix, and costing of materials.
• Conduct analysis and provide support concerning working capital efficiencies.
• Analyze KPIs.
• Support local implementation of Group initiatives.
• Compare costs to budgetary and forecast expectations, and work with the operations group to identify variances and develop actions as appropriate.
• Maintain and further refine the plant’s cost accounting as a basis for performance analysis and product costing.
• Provide customer and product profitability calculations supporting appropriate pricing and contracts.
• Support analysis of capital investment projects and related decision-making in accordance with corporate guidelines.
• Track capital cost spending and develop schedules of projected spending.
• Work closely with material control and operations to analyze and report on inventory planning and inventory deviations throughout the year.
• Work closely with suppliers and vendors, track costs, and identify areas for improvement and cost reduction.
• Act as an active member of the plant’s management team, including participation in key meetings.
• Continuously improve methods and tools in plant controlling in close cooperation with local management and Group Finance.

COMPETENCIES

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in business management, accounting, or finance.
• Experience: 3 years’ experience in a manufacturing industry as a plant controller.
• Strong technical and analytical skills with a solid cost accounting background.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, especially Excel, and ability to quickly become proficient with the company's ERP systems.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

This job operates in a clerical, office setting but requires frequent visits to the shop floor. The role routinely involves standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, and fax machines.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. They are frequently required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, and reach with hands and arms.
• This is mostly a sedentary role but requires the ability to lift files, open filing cabinets, and bend or stand on a stool as necessary.

POSITION TYPE/EXPECTED HOURS OF WORK

This is a full-time position, with standard hours of work from Monday through Friday during normal business hours. Hours may vary based on business needs.

TRAVEL

The employee may need to travel occasionally to visit other company locations, attend seminars, etc.

OTHER DUTIES

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $90,000.00 - $120,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Supplemental Pay:

• Bonus opportunities
• Performance bonus
• Yearly bonus

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:

• manufacturing industry as a plant controller: 3 years (Required)
• Microsoft Office, especially Excel: 3 years (Required)
• ERP systems.: 3 years (Required)
• Profit & loss: 3 years (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Hartford, CT 06120 (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $90,000 - $120,000