Manufacturing Plant Controller

Manufacturing Plant Controller – Emerson

Join Emerson as a Plant Controller, providing financial leadership for our Brenham, TX manufacturing facility. This role is based in Houston, TX and focuses on the accounting close process, financial reporting, and asset/liability controls, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and robust internal controls. You will also lead forecasting, budgeting, and financial analysis to deliver insights, performance metrics, and decision‑making support to site management.

Additional responsibilities include driving system improvements, handling audits, developing accounting staff, and leveraging tools such as Oracle and HFM.

Emerson has an exciting opportunity for a Plant Controller to join our team and provide financial leadership for our Brenham, TX, manufacturing facility! This role will be based in our Houston, TX location. You will oversee the accounting close process, financial reporting, and asset/liability controls while ensuring accuracy, compliance, and strong internal controls. You will lead forecasting, budgeting, and financial analysis to provide insights, performance metrics, and decision‑making support to site management.

Additionally, you will drive system improvements, handle audits, develop accounting staff, and provide financial leadership using tools such as Oracle and HFM. If you’re passionate about innovation, technical development, and leading product design efforts, this role is for you!

• Supervise and coordinate accounting close process and financial statement preparation, with analysis of business unit and functional area results to produce accurate & timely financial documents.
• Review overall valuation and control of site assets and liabilities to ensure accurate reporting.
• Define, document and maintain financial business system requirements and provide technical accounting & systems expertise to improve design and utilization of those systems.
• Implement and supervise effective internal controls and procedures, and coordinate financial related audits and reviews of operational processes to support those controls.
• Analyze and interpret monthly financial results, including P&L, Balance Sheet and Product Group data, to provide variance analysis, performance metrics and management support to understand results and improvement options.
• Prepare and analyze monthly rolling forecast, including P&L, Asset Management, Cash Flow and Headcount.
• Coordinate annual budgeting and financial planning projects with reporting, analysis and guidance to site management to develop and achieve site financial objectives.
• Partner with site management for business planning and financial decision making.
• Manage and develop accounting staff and provide financial leadership to site.
• Use of and familiarity with Oracle and HFM (Hyperion) accounting and financial reporting systems.

You ask the right questions to accurately analyze situations. You understand the meaning and implications of key financial indicators. You use knowledge of business drivers and how strategies and tactics play out in the market to guide actions.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business or related
• Six (6) or more years related experience
• Proficiency in Microsoft office suite
• Legal authorization to work in the United States – Sponsorship will not be provided for this role

• People manager skills or experience preferred
• Accounting or Finance major
• Experience in a manufacturing environment
• Oracle experience a plus
• CPA, CMA or MBA

At Emerson, we prioritize a workplace where every employee is valued, respected, and empowered to grow. We foster an environment that encourages innovation, collaboration, and diverse perspectives. Our commitment to ongoing career development and growing an inclusive culture ensures you have the support to thrive. We provide flexible, competitive benefits plans and a variety of medical, dental, vision, retirement, tuition reimbursement and employee resource groups.

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