Plant Controller

Dawn Foods is a global leader in bakery manufacturing and ingredients distribution. As the partner of choice for inspiring bakery success, we help customers grow their business through meaningful partnerships, research-driven insights & innovations, & products and expertise they can depend on. As a family-owned company, our commitments to our people, products, customers, and corporate values, are all part of our recipe for success.

• Industry-leading health insurance on Day 1!
• Competitive Pay
• 401(K) + company match
• 10 Paid Company Holidays
• Paid time off
• Professional training
• Family-owned business over 100 years in service
• An opportunity for career advancement, working as part of an empowering workforce

Responsibilities include providing strategic financial leadership for the manufacturing facility through the timely and accurate completion of Finance and Operations control functions, support for product costing and variance analysis processes, and leadership of assigned cross-functional initiatives while ensuring a strong system of internal controls.

The Plant Controller serves as a key member of the plant leadership team and is expected to act as the financial leadership backup to the Plant Director when needed. In the absence of the Plant Director, this role helps ensure business continuity by providing leadership, facilitating decision-making, monitoring operational and financial performance, and maintaining progress against plant objectives.

This role is onsite at our Denver manufacturing plant Monday through Friday. Relocation assistance may be available for qualified candidates based on business needs and eligibility.

• Serve as a key member of the plant leadership team, providing strategic financial guidance to support plant performance, growth, and profitability.
• Act as the designated financial leadership backup to the Plant Director as needed, helping ensure continuity of site operations, business performance, and achievement of plant objectives.
• Support leadership decision-making by evaluating financial risks, opportunities, and operational tradeoffs.
• Lead or coordinate plant leadership activities during periods of Plant Director absence, vacancy, or transition, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and financial commitments.
• Monitor plant performance against financial and operational targets and collaborate with leadership to develop corrective action plans as needed.
• Represent the plant in cross-functional business reviews and leadership meetings when required.
• Serve as the primary financial business partner to Plant Leadership, influencing strategic decisions and supporting the achievement of financial, operational, quality, safety, and productivity goals. Communicate weekly and monthly financial results and key metrics to Operations Leadership
• Provide Operations Leadership with financial analysis of operations data; convert data into actionable information ensuring the financial impact of operational decisions is understood prior to process, infrastructure, or personnel strategy changes

• Serve as liaison between the Operations and Finance teams as well as with the Director of Finance Operations at Home Offices
• Ensure the timely and accurate completion of plant controller duties including monthly close, financial reporting, variance analysis, budgeting and forecasting, and product costing

• Identify opportunities for standardization; develop standard operating procedures where appropriate to leverage best practices across the controller platform. Partner with the operations managers to create alignment and clear expectations for controller performance…