Plant Controller

Plant Controller

Salary: $100,000 - $115,000

• Be the lead finance professional at the plant with significant autonomy and visibility.
• Join a growing, private equity-backed manufacturer with 750+ employees and multiple locations.
• Partner closely with operations and leadership to influence business performance.
• Make an immediate impact in a role critical to plant success.
• Gain broad exposure across cost accounting, inventory, reporting, and operational finance.
• Potential hybrid flexibility for candidates with strong manufacturing finance experience.
• Opportunity for future growth within a multi-site manufacturing organization.

• Lead plant-level accounting and financial reporting activities.
• Maintain and manage the standard cost system for materials, labor, and overhead.
• Analyze manufacturing, labor, inventory, and overhead variances and communicate findings to leadership.
• Oversee month-end close, including journal entries, reconciliations, and financial reporting.
• Monitor raw materials, WIP, and finished goods inventory while ensuring accurate inventory valuation.
• Lead physical inventories, cycle counts, and inventory reconciliations.
• Partner with operations on cost control, budgeting, forecasting, and process improvements.
• Develop cost models and financial analysis to support operational and capital investment decisions.
• Ensure compliance with GAAP, internal controls, and audit requirements.
• Drive continuous improvement within accounting, reporting, and inventory processes.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• 5+ years of accounting experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong cost accounting, standard costing, inventory control, and variance analysis experience.
• Experience with ERP systems, month-end close, and financial reporting.
• Stable work history with progressive responsibility.
• CPA or MBA preferred but not required.