Plant Controller

Accelerate the possible by joining a winning Amcor team that's transforming the packaging industry and improving lives around the world.

At Amcor, we unpack possibility through our innovative and responsible packaging to provide solutions that benefit our customers, our people and our planet. More than 10,000 consumers worldwide encounter our products every second and rely on us for safe access to food, medicine and other goods. We value their trust by making safety our guiding principle. It's our core value and integral to how we do business.

Beyond this core principle, our shared values and behaviors unite us as we work together to elevate customers, shape lives and protect the future. We champion our customers and help them succeed. We play to win - adapting quickly in an ever changing world - and make smart choices to safeguard our business, our communities and the people we serve for generations to come.

And we invest in our world‑class team, empowering our colleagues to unpack their potential, because we believe when our people grow, so does our business.

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This role (i) is responsible for the organization, direction, and controls of all aspects of the plant and/or divisional accounting and financial functions which includes timely and accurate reporting to Amcor in full compliance with US GAAP and Amcor policies, (ii) leads analysis of financial information to support effective business decisions, (iii) develops and interprets financial information, (iv) supports a single location and may have direct reports, and (v) supporting the Business Unit by providing training on systems and financial processes ensuring that a high standard of controllership is maintained across all plants.

This role focuses on interpreting results and making recommendations to the Plant, Sales, and Business Unit Leadership Team, along with an emphasis on change leadership and out performance.

This is an on‑site role in Lewisburg TN.

• Ownership of Plant P&L, inventory (working capital), annual budget, month and quarterly forecasts, and financial comparisons and explanations of actual results versus the financial estimates
• Work closely with Plant Manager & Director of Operations for the facility to identify and measure ways for improving the profitability of the business.
• Prepare and analyze material usage, cost statements, profit and loss statements, manufacturing statistics, labor analysis, and sales analysis
• Balance sheet analysis for key accounts, including inventory and preparation or approval for account reconciliations
• Analyze and interpret operating and financial results to identify trends and activities driving those results and make recommendations on potential changes, both operation and financial in nature, to improve performance
• Act as significant contributor to Site/BU commercial excellence utilizing profitability tools such as PMDB and providing strategic guidance on customer profit performance and trends
• Provide analysis and commentary for decision making support
• Understand and ensure compliance with internal controls, accounting policies, DOA and SOX
• Ability to influence, play key partnership role and challenge plant leadership to drive performance
• Act as a safety leader and put safety first in all responsibilities, promoting an environment where each employee makes safety their priority
• Execute human capital processes including goal setting, performance reviews, human capital planning, and career development for all direct reports (if applicable) and/or as leadership team member in plant.
• Responsible for training and development of the financial acumen of the plant leadership team.
• Demonstrate and foster Amcor Values
• Validation of finance related KPI's

• Leading Teams
  • Influence Others
  • Organizational Awareness
• Leading Self
  • Drive for Results
  • Managerial Courage
• Leading the Business
  • Business Acumen
  • Strategic Agility
• Operational Excellence
  • Managing and Measuring Work

• Education - Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance required
• Experience
  -5+ years of experience in manufacturing finance role; 3+ years of leadership experience
• Understanding of manufacturing costing, inventory, and data processing
• Prior experience with ERP systems (preferably JD Edwards) and MS Office
• Proficient user of Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Power Point
• Superior analytical and communication skills

We expect our people to be guided by The Amcor Way and demonstrate our Values every day to enable the business to win. We are winning when:

• Our people are engaged and developing as part of a high-performing Amcor team
• Our customers grow and prosper from Amcor's quality, service, and innovation
• Our investors benefit from Amcor's consistent growth and superior returns
• The environment is better off because of Amcor's leadership and products