Plant Controller

Required Experience

• 5+ years of progressive accounting/finance experience
• 2+ years in a manufacturing environment
• Experience supporting a food & beverage, consumer products, packaging, or high-volume production facility
• Experience managing or supervising accounting staff
• Experience partnering with Plant Managers and Operations leaders

Accounting & Finance

• Full ownership of month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close
• General ledger management and account reconciliations
• Financial statement preparation and analysis
• Budgeting, forecasting, and annual operating plans
• Variance analysis and KPI reporting
• Internal controls and audit support

Manufacturing Accounting

• Standard costing

• Cost accounting

• Inventory accounting and inventory reconciliations

• Manufacturing variance analysis

• Labor variances

• Material variances

• Overhead variances

• Yield/scrap variances

• Bill of Materials (BOM) experience

• Cycle count and physical inventory oversight

• Understanding of production reporting and plant performance metrics

Food & Beverage Preferred

• Food manufacturing experience

• Understanding of:

• Raw material costing

• Shelf-life considerations

• Inventory obsolescence

• Co-packing/co-manufacturing

• Warehouse operations

• FDA-regulated environments

• Experience in high-volume production facilities

ERP Systems

Preferred systems include:

• SAP
• Oracle
• Microsoft Dynamics
• JD Edwards
• NetSuite
• Infor
• SYSPRO
• Plex

Leadership

• Supervise plant accounting staff, AP staff, or cost accountants
• Serve as finance business partner to Plant Manager
• Present financial results to Operations and Corporate Leadership
• Lead process improvement initiatives
• Drive inventory accuracy and cost savings initiatives

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