What are the responsibilities and job description for the Regional Controller position at Tandem Foods?
The Regional Controller, Manufacturing Finance provides comprehensive financial leadership over four facilities and acts as a trusted business partner to operations, supporting the annual budgeting process, monthly financial close and forecasting cycle, cost and inventory accounting, P&L generation and analysis with a focus on variances and KPIs, product costing, and project ROI analysis. This position is broad-ranging and plays a key role within the Finance organization, while being hands-on and ensuring the successful execution of our plants’ strategies. Areas of impact include working cross-functionally to provide financial reporting, insights, and analytics that drive cost control, productivity, and efficiency gains, supporting strategic initiatives, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement with the highest standards of quality.
Essential Functions & Key Responsibilities :
- Manage a complete and thorough month end close process for four facilities in compliance with U.S. GAAP and industry-specific standards, including cost and spend reviews and reconciliation of plant related balance sheet accounts.
- Adhere to sound internal control processes, improve any control deficiencies, and set the proper routines and processes related to internal controls; mitigate business risks as they are identified.
- Support the annual budgeting and monthly forecasting process, developing reliable and accurate cost projections while linking financial performance to underlying KPIs and standard costs to ensure execution.
- Prepare and analyze daily, weekly, and monthly variance and KPI reports, identifying gaps, risks, and opportunities; support plant leadership in identification of root causes and ensure adequacy of corrective actions through continued monitoring and analysis.
- Use critical thinking and analytical skills to serve as a change agent and provide proactive ideas and tangible recommendations to increase efficiency and productivity while managing costs.
- Analyze and reconcile monthly inventories, ensuring the accuracy of reported results, including aged inventory and required reserves.
- Respond to annual audit and various compliance requests as needed.
- Participate in and support a high performing culture focused on process improvement, delivering results, and value creation.
- Work with project engineering to develop cost / benefit analysis, including ROI and payback, for strategic capital projects.
- Support new product costing, ensuring alignment with operational parameters and inputs, comparable historical data, and profitability targets; provide advice and guidance on trade-offs to both Operations and Commercial.
- Assist Director, Manufacturing Finance and Plant Management with ad-hoc projects as needed.
Qualifications :
Employment Type : Full Time
Years Experience : 5 - 10 years
Salary : $125,000 - $145,000 Annual
Bonus / Commission : Yes
Salary : $125,000 - $145,000
