Plant Controller

We are seeking an experienced Plant Controller to serve as the financial leader and strategic business partner for our Loudon manufacturing plant. This role will provide financial leadership across plant operations, ensuring accurate financial reporting, strong internal controls, effective cost management, and actionable insight that supports operational and business performance.

The Plant Controller will partner closely with the Plant Manager and leaders across Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Procurement, Supply Chain, HR, and Corporate Finance. The ideal candidate combines strong manufacturing finance and cost‑accounting expertise with a proactive, hands‑on approach to problem solving and continuous improvement.

• Lead the plant’s financial reporting, analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and long‑range planning activities.
• Serve as a trusted financial business partner to the Plant Manager and leadership team, providing timely analysis, identifying risks and trends, and recommending actions to improve performance.
• Own the plant month‑end close process, including accruals, account reconciliations, manufacturing/order settlement, inventory and production variance reviews, and cost‑center analysis.
• Lead manufacturing cost accounting activities, including standard costing, product costing, material and labor usage, overhead absorption, production variances, waste and scrap, purchase price variance, conversion costs, and other manufacturing cost drivers.
• Partner with Operations to understand the root causes of financial variances and translate operational performance into financial impact.
• Monitor labor, materials, maintenance, overhead, inventory, and other operating costs and identify opportunities for cost reduction, productivity improvement, and sustainable savings.
• Lead annual budgeting, forecasting, and business planning using operational drivers such as production volume, labor, material usage, waste, maintenance, overhead, and conversion costs.
• Provide financial oversight of inventory, including valuation, cycle and physical counts, adjustments, material movements, slow‑moving and obsolete inventory, and GR/IR.
• Provide financial governance over capital expenditures, including project authorization, capitalization versus expense decisions, CIP monitoring, project/order accounting, settlement, and forecast‑to‑actual reporting.
• Ensure SAP/ERP transactions, cost centers, internal and maintenance orders, settlement structures, and financial/master data support accurate reporting.
• Partner with Operations, Engineering, Procurement, and IT to identify and resolve system, process, configuration, and master‑data issues affecting financial performance.
• Maintain strong internal controls and compliance with corporate accounting policies and applicable financial requirements.
• Identify control weaknesses and implement preventive and detective controls to reduce financial risk and recurring errors.
• Provide financial oversight and validation of product costing structures, including Bills of Materials (BOMs), routing, standard costs, and related master data.
• Lead and support continuous improvement initiatives that enhance financial processes, reporting accuracy, operational visibility, cost management, and controls.
• Provide ad‑hoc financial analysis and decision support to plant and corporate leadership.
• Directly supervise the Accounts Payable function for the Loudon Plant.
• Promote and support all plant safety objectives, food safety certification requirements, and ISO 9001 standards.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Regional Finance Director or Plant Manager.

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
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• 5+ years of progressive finance, accounting,…