Manufacturing Plant Controller

Location: Elkmont, Alabama

Base Salary: $110,000–$120,000

Work Arrangement: On-site

Employment Type: Full-time

Schedule: Hours to be determined with the hiring manager

Experience: 5+ years of practical manufacturing experience with a focus in cost accounting

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting required; MBA preferred

Reports To: Director of Accounting & Finance at another location

• Direct plant accounting activities and financial reporting for a manufacturing operation
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, standard costing, inventory controls, and financial analysis
• Maintain internal controls and support QAR and SOX certification requirements
• Direct a staff of two or more associates
• Climate-controlled work environment
• Associates are paid weekly
• Benefits begin after 30 days of service

Our client is seeking a Plant Controller for its Elkmont, Alabama manufacturing plant. This position will direct, plan, and validate accounting activities to ensure accurate and timely reporting of monthly plant financial results. The Plant Controller will analyze plant performance, provide recommendations for cost and operational improvements, oversee inventory and fixed assets, and develop annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, and monthly financial reports.

• Direct and validate accounting activities including labor distribution, inventory, general receipts, scrap, rework, accounts payable, closed order variances, fixed assets, and journal entries
• Perform monthly balance sheet account reconciliations
• Identify and resolve reporting discrepancies involving personnel, systems, policies, and procedures
• Analyze monthly plant financial results and implement cost-reduction recommendations
• Explain financial variances and corrective actions to address unfavorable variances or maintain favorable performance
• Review and approve capital expenditure requests, including the accuracy of assumptions and accountability for results
• Provide weekly financial flashes highlighting action items needed to meet financial goals
• Complete and submit the formal four-quarter rolling forecast process each quarter and explain significant changes from prior periods
• Develop annual plant operating budgets based on plant capabilities and cost, service, and quality objectives
• Manage cycle count programs for all inventory, including finished goods
• Direct the annual standard cost roll and make recommendations regarding products or product groups requiring improvement
• Maintain safeguards for the integrity and security of plant inventory and fixed assets
• Maintain adequate internal controls and support QAR and SOX certification requirements
• Direct special assignments designed to enhance plant performance
• Support the personal and professional development of direct reports

WHAT YOU’LL BRING

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• 5+ years of practical manufacturing experience, with a focus in cost accounting
• Strong knowledge of general accounting, cost accounting, purchasing, and payroll policies and procedures
• Solid manufacturing-based financial and operational knowledge
• Experience with standard cost systems and related budgeting processes
• Demonstrated operation planning and cost-reduction skills
• Strong analytical and auditing abilities
• Hands-on, detailed analysis skills
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office software
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• MBA

• Team-oriented, flexible, and organized
• Strong work ethic and moral values
• Willingness to continually and constructively question and challenge current practices and processes
• Strong innovation, management, leadership, judgment, and initiative

• $110,000–$120,000 base salary
• Three health insurance plans, including one with an employer-contributed HSA
• Vision and dental insurance
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Dependent Spending Account options
• Company-paid life insurance
• Company-paid short- and long-term disability coverage
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Supplemental Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance available at nominal rates
• Travel and company product discounts, including tools
• Tuition reimbursement program
• 401(k) with 3% employer match/contribution
• Paid vacation time
• 11 paid holidays
• Climate-controlled work environment with heating and air conditioning
• Weekly pay