Regional Plant Controller

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Full Time Tucker, GA, US

Salary Range: $ To $ Annually

Job Purpose

Serve as the senior finance leader responsible for financial performance, reporting integrity, and operational finance capability across all manufacturing sites in the region. Drive consistency and discipline in financial processes across all plants in the region while serving as a trusted finance partner to one or more Operations Vice Presidents. Translate plant and regional financial data into insights that improve EBITDA, sharpen capital expenditure prioritization, drive continuous improvement, and inform operational decisions aligned with the company’s value creation plan.

Essential Functions

• Multi-Site Financial Reporting & Close Oversight
  • Own the consolidated regional or category plant P&L, ensuring accurate and on-time monthly, quarterly, and annual close across all plants in the region
  • Standardize and enforce a consistent close calendar, chart of accounts, and reporting package format across all Plant Controllers in the region
  • Review and approve plant-level financial packages prior to submission to Operations and Finance leadership; identify material discrepancies or anomalies and resolve with Plant Controllers
  • Prepare and deliver concise financial analyses and presentations to company leadership team, providing critical insights that drive awareness and support future business decisions
  • Identify cost savings, productivity, and efficiency opportunities related to material, labor, and overhead
  • Define and govern regional finance standards: close procedures, variance analysis templates, forecast formats, KPI definitions, and presentation standards
  • Conduct periodic cross-plant process reviews; identify best practices at top-performing sites and drive structured adoption across the region
  • Drive consistent ERP usage, cost center structures, and reporting hierarchies across all plant sites in the region
  • Partner with corporate finance to ensure regional reporting fully aligns with enterprise consolidation and PE sponsor requirements
  • Lead or support finance system implementations, upgrades, and integrations that affect regional plant sites
• Budgeting, Forecasting & Financial Planning
  • Lead the regional annual operating plan (AOP) process; consolidate plant-level submissions into a coherent regional plan and present to senior leadership
  • Maintain and continuously improve the regional rolling forecast; hold Plant Controllers and Operations Vice Presidents accountable to timely variance explanations, always driving to leading indicators and root cause
  • Build and maintain regional scenario and sensitivity models for capacity utilization, input cost volatility, volume/mix shifts, and productivity initiatives
  • Serve as the primary finance partner to one or more Operations Vice Presidents, providing financial context and decision support for capacity planning, cost reduction programs, and operational initiatives
  • Actively participate in regional S&OP, production planning, and operational review meetings; connect plant-level KPIs to regional P&L outcomes
  • Support Finance leadership in preparing board-level materials, quarterly business reviews, and PE sponsor deliverables
  • Own the regional Cap Ex review process: assess business need, challenge financial assumptions, and ensure ROI models are rigorous and consistent across plant submissions
  • Consolidate and prioritize regional Cap Ex requests against the annual Cap Ex budget; develop recommendations for the VP of Finance and Operations VPs
  • Partner with plant engineering and operations to ensure Cap Ex authorizations are complete,…