Plant Controller

GENERAL FUNCTION

The Plant Controller is responsible for overseeing accounting, financial reporting, forecasting, budgeting, and other required reporting. The Controller will develop internal control policies, guidelines and procedures for activities such as budget administration and accounting as well as help determine short and long-term financial objectives, policies and actions.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Establish and maintain internal controls to support the financial infrastructure.
• Present financial reporting and potential risk areas to senior management.
• Oversee accounting, financial reporting, analysis and preparation of the consolidated financial statements, including schedules for tax compliance.
• Evaluate all reports and maintain financial accuracy for all plant processes and analyze all business trends and provide required explanations.
• Provide support to all ad hoc projects and analyze all financial presentations efficiently to provide support to all activities and recommend improvement to all business practices and processes.
• Monitor all activities and ensure compliance with all corporate standards.
• Develop profit and loss metrics to facilitate key performance indicators.
• Keep monitoring the balance sheets account in coordination with the corporate
• Evaluate all plant transactions according to accounting procedures.
• Perform all financial forecasts, prepare all reports and provide an efficient interface with all customers to resolve all payment issues and develop and achieve all objectives.
• Manage and obtain approval for requests on capital expenditures and maintain controls on plant processes within required budget and prepare reports to summarize all business activities.
• Custodian of the assets of the company, ensuring proper fixed assets control
• To follow up and control inventories for the different items at the plant
• Evaluate all performance of various plant activities and ensure achievement of all goals and prepare and analyze all financial statements.

PROBLEM-SOLVING

• Critical thinking and good judgment
• Time management
• Must be able to effectively diagnose and solve problems
• Data Analytical Skills

KNOWLEDGE

• Bachelor's degree in financing, accounting, economics or business administration
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in accounting or similar function in manufacturing industry
• Knowledge of business principles
• Must be highly computer literate
• Experience on SAP system

COMMENTS

• Must have excellent written/verbal skills as well as analytical and problem-solving skills
• Must work safely wearing all required PPE
• Possible occasional travel in the field
• Bilingual in English and Spanish would be a plus