Plant Controller

Summary

The Plant Controller is the finance and FP&A leader for the facility and a core member of the plant leadership team, owning both the controllership function (P&L integrity, internal controls, GAAP compliance) and the strategic FP&A function (profitability analysis, forecasting, budgeting, and capital investment analysis) for the plant. This is a highly visible role that regularly presents financial results, forecasts, and business recommendations to senior corporate leadership (Directors, VPs, CFO, CEO), and is expected to act as a business partner first and a controller second, using sound financial judgment to influence plant and corporate decisions.

This is a driver's seat role: the Plant Controller is expected to take ownership of outcomes, not simply report on them, and to help raise the performance bar for the entire plant finance team.

The Plant Controller is the finance and FP&A leader for the facility and a core member of the plant leadership team, owning both the controllership function (P&L integrity, internal controls, GAAP compliance) and the strategic FP&A function (profitability analysis, forecasting, budgeting, and capital investment analysis) for the plant. This is a highly visible role that regularly presents financial results, forecasts, and business recommendations to senior corporate leadership (Directors, VPs, CFO, CEO), and is expected to act as a business partner first and a controller second, using sound financial judgment to influence plant and corporate decisions.

This is a driver's seat role: the Plant Controller is expected to take ownership of outcomes, not simply report on them, and to help raise the performance bar for the entire plant finance team.

• Own the accuracy and integrity of the plant's monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements and operational reporting
• Oversee month-end and year-end close processes, ensuring accuracy and compliance with US GAAP
• Own the design, implementation, and monitoring of internal controls
• Own cost allocation methodology, including standard labor and overhead rates by work center/department
• Own resolution of standard cost variances, including purchase price variance (PPV), material usage, and labor/overhead absorption variances; drive root cause analysis and corrective action to closure, partnering with the Costing function and plant operations as needed, and escalating systemic costing issues to the Director of Costing and Director of Finance
• Analyze inventory valuation and metrics, including period-to-period fluctuations
• Serve as the primary point of contact for internal and external audit requests
• Mentor and guide Associate Plant Controllers; this is a leading-without-authority relationship (Associate Plant Controllers currently report to the Director of Finance, not the Plant Controller) and a deliberate development opportunity for the Plant Controller to build influence and coaching skills ahead of larger management scope

• Serve as the FP&A lead for the plant, partnering directly with the Plant Director and plant leadership team
• Lead the annual budget/AOP process and periodic reforecasts for the facility
• Own profitability analysis by product line and/or customer, and use it to drive plant strategy
• Lead capital project and investment analysis, including ROI and payback calculations, for plant leadership decision-making
• Present financial results, forecasts, and strategic recommendations to plant leadership and senior corporate leadership
• Proactively lead cost reduction and margin improvement initiatives, both inter-departmentally and cross-functionally, to drive low-cost producer status
• Serves as the lead analyst partner to the Costing team for the plant: proactively surfacing costing opportunities, risks, and variance root causes, and driving them into Costing's review and standard-setting process;
  Costing owns execution and the standard, the Plant Controller owns the analysis and the push
• Lead plant continuous improvement events and business transformation activities
• Lead special projects and system implementations (e.g., Oracle EBS) on behalf of the plant

• Ability to work independently across the full scope of plant finance, exercising sound judgment on when to elevate to the Director of Finance or plant leadership
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP and internal control principles; working familiarity with IFRS concepts a plus given Crenlo's OEM customer…