Plant Controller

to join a highly profitable, B2B manufacturer and support the significant uptick in sales and product demand. With the strong backing of a global parent company, the Plant Controller is a visible, hands‑on leadership opportunity reporting directly to the CFO and partnering closely with the manufacturing ops team.

This award‑winning manufacturer serves commercial customers around the world and combines a solid balance sheet, strong leadership, and a genuine commitment to quality, innovation, and sustainable manufacturing. The culture is collaborative and family oriented. Leaders are visible and approachable, departments help one another, and employees take real pride in the company and its products in a company where internal advancement is actively encouraged.

The Manufacturing Plant Controller will serve as a proactive business partner to Operations and Finance while leading a significant enhancement of cost accounting, fixed‑asset reporting, and manufacturing analysis. The role will work closely with Manufacturing, Product Development, Sales, Logistics, Planning, and corporate Finance to improve visibility into product costs, labor, materials, margins, inventory, and capital investment.

This leader will supervise a small team who will benefit from an engaged manager, mentor, and technical resource. The opportunity is well suited to someone who enjoys developing people, modernizing processes, and translating detailed plant data into actionable business insights.

• Lead and supervise the cost accounting function for a growing, global manufacturing business.
• Create, roll, and maintain material, labor, and overhead standards, including absorption calculations and detailed variance analysis.
• Strengthen product-cost, contribution‑margin, labor, material, and manufacturing‑performance reporting, including the evolution of reporting under IFRS.
• Build internal relationships with department heads and provide meaningful insight to control manufacturing, material and labor costs, and conduct performance reviews with site leadership.
• Determine pricing for custom products and partner with leadership to maintain standard‑product pricing that supports agreed profit targets.
• Prepare balance‑sheet reconciliations and analysis of direct‑cost, inventory, fixed‑asset, and other manufacturing‑related accounts.
• Oversee cycle‑count and physical‑inventory processes, including inventory held at supplier locations, and ensure related controls operate effectively.
• Track, manage, and report on capex projects and fixed assets.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, month‑end close, monthly results commentary, financial analysis, and ad hoc reporting.
• Review E&O inventory and partner with Operations on process improvements.
• Serve as the primary contact for external‑audit inquiries involving manufacturing costs, inventory, fixed assets.
• Lead special projects for the CFO and global corporate Finance team while supporting departments and Finance colleagues across the organization.
• Mentor a cost accounting team, establishing clear expectations, strong processes, and disciplined execution.

The successful candidate will be a hands‑on manufacturing finance professional who can move comfortably between on‑the‑floor, plant‑level detail and broader business partnership. This individual will bring the technical strength to overhaul processes and reporting, the systems aptitude to work across legacy and modern platforms, and the leadership presence to develop a team and influence cross‑functional partners.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business,…