Factory Controller

Factory Controller

Graco manufactures and markets premium equipment to move, measure, control, dispense and spray a wide variety of fluid and powder materials. The Factory Controller provides plant-level financial support focused on cost accuracy, inventory integrity, and operational performance. This position ensures operational data used for product costing is accurate and reflects actual factory processes. The Factory Controller partners across the Finance function and with key Operations leaders to improve productivity and strengthen financial controls.

What You Will Do at Graco

Plant Financial Management

• Deliver clear financial reports to plant and divisional leadership
• Explain cost drivers and operational impacts in a clear, actionable way
• Analyze manufacturing variances including PPV, usage, labor efficiency, overhead absorption and scrap
• Prepare concise variance explanations for monthly performance reviews
• Provide financial insight that supports productivity, cost, and margin improvement
• Partner with HR to ensure labor reporting, staffing changes, and workforce planning data are accurate and aligned with financial expectations
• Connect operational activity to financial outcomes through clear, data-driven analysis

Operational Cost Accuracy

• Validate BOMs, routings, labor standards, overhead drivers and production reporting
• Maintain disciplined change control for cost-impacting updates
• Identify and resolve data issues affecting product cost accuracy
• Provide operational input supporting product costing
• Inventory Integrity
• Maintain inventory accuracy across raw materials, WIP, and finished goods.
• Oversee cycle counts, including root-cause analysis and corrective actions with Operations teams
• Lead physical inventory activities to ensure compliance, documentation, and audit readiness
• Validate inventory adjustments and ensure proper financial treatment
• Strengthen internal controls across plant financial processes and material movement

Operational Performance & Decision Support

• Analyze throughput, labor efficiency, scrap, yield, and bottleneck performance
• Provide financial insight for make/buy decisions, capital requests, and margin improvement initiatives
• Partner with Operations to improve productivity and reduce waste
• Support operational leaders with clear, actionable financial analysis

Cost Roll Support

• Review standards, BOM/routing updates, and overhead assumptions prepared by centralized Accounting
• Validate alignment between cost model assumptions and actual factory processes
• Identify required updates driven by operational or process changes
• Coordinate with Accounting to support annual cost roll accuracy

What You Bring to Graco

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
• 3+ years of experience in plant finance and/or cost accounting
• Strong understanding of manufacturing operations, cost drivers and inventory processes
• Ability to translate operational activity into clear financial insights.
• Demonstrated discipline in enforcing controls and maintaining data accuracy.
• Proven ability to partner effectively with Operations, HR, and Finance to improve productivity and cost outcomes
• High accountability and attention to detail
• Advanced Excel and ERP proficiency (Oracle preferred)
• Excellent communication skills with ability to influence non-financial stakeholders

Accelerators

• Familiarity with Lean manufacturing concepts
• Experience with multi-site standard costing environments
• Exposure to global industrial manufacturing operations
• Experience supporting ERP upgrades or transitions

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This role is not eligible for immigration sponsorship now or in the future (e.g., H-1B, TN, F-1 OPT).

At Graco, you truly make a difference. Your unique talents contribute to our organizational growth and future. Not only do you make a difference, but Graco's culture empowers employees to create their own career path. Whether you choose to advance within your current department or explore new opportunities in different divisions, you have the ability to build your future. Our managers are here to provide support and guidance as you continue to grow within your career.

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