Plant Finance Controller

Join Ox Bodies in Fayette, Alabama as a Controller and play a key leadership role in driving financial performance, operational excellence, and strategic decision-making within a manufacturing environment. This onsite position partners closely with plant and executive leadership to oversee accounting operations, financial reporting, budgeting, compliance, cost accounting, inventory management, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Job Summary:

The Controller is to lead and oversee the accounting, financial reporting, budgeting, and compliance functions of the organization while supporting the overall success of the manufacturing operation. This individual is responsible for ensuring the accuracy and integrity of financial information, maintaining compliance with GAAP, regulatory requirements, and company policies, and providing timely financial analysis to support business decisions. The Controller will actively partner with operational and executive leadership to drive continuous improvement initiatives, monitor financial and operational performance, identify opportunities for cost savings and process enhancements, and develop meaningful performance metrics.

This position is expected to communicate effectively across all levels of the organization, provide leadership and coaching to management teams, and contribute to the achievement of company goals through strong financial stewardship, operational support, and a commitment to continuous improvement.

Responsibilities:

• Oversight of local accounting functions, analyses of financial data, maintenance of supporting documentation, and preparation of financial reporting requirements in accordance with GAAP;
• Leading month end financial close process including but not limited to the preparation or review of journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations;
• Manage fixed assets and capital documentation to ensure compliance with company policies and assist in documentation of AFE acquisition of new assets in terms of creation, analysis, and tracking;
• Preparation and effective communication of data which summarizes and forecasts company business activity and position in areas of income, expenses, and earnings based on past, present and expected operations, including the budgeting process, supporting documentation and justification;
• Active engagement with management to drive improvements in operational performance, including identification of opportunities, development of strategies and tactics, support and monitoring of cost savings or process improvement initiatives;
• Ensure documentation and procedures are in accordance with standard Company policies, including SOX documentation;
• Leadership of weekly and monthly performance meetings with other key members of management to effectively communicate current operating performance using key metrics, pipeline (future planned) spending, cost savings initiatives, process improvements, and estimates of monthly results;
• Leadership and ownership of inventory and the inventory process while assisting other leaders in refinement and improvements. This includes inventory events, negative inventory, E&O, cycle count program, etc.
• Refinement and development of key performance metrics, including effective communication of performance and countermeasures, challenging the status quo, as applicable;
• Coordination and preparation for internal and external audits of company accounts, ensuring integrity of financial information;
• Ensure accuracy of cost accounting methods
• Assistance with and participation in continuous improvement events;
• Training and coaching other leaders to ensure consistent understanding of financial and operational performance basics;
• Compliance with and up-to-date knowledge of all industry-applicable…