Plant Controller

GENERAL PURPOSE Oversee all financial aspects for assigned location including analysis, forecasts, budgeting, and reporting. Coordinate local compliance with DFA policies and procedures and ensure cooperation with enterprise-wide functional departments.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintain adequate accounting system records, ensure timely completion of standard procedures (i.e., period end closing, financial statement analysis, and daily accounting transactions), and consistently enhance controls and business solutions designed to mitigate financial risk.
• Prepare annual budget, financial reports, cost reports, financial forecasts, regulatory reports, and monthly milk reporting. Analyze variances and determine reasons and explanations. Interface with leadership, regulators, and government agencies as necessary.
• Direct monthly general ledger closing process, ensure completion of journal entries, and manage report completion including purchase price variance analysis, production variance analysis, cost savings, balance sheet reconciliations, and spending analysis.
• Prepare and distribute periodic plant, area, group financial analysis or business summaries including insightful commentaries detailing issues, opportunities, and action plans.
• Provide routine or ad hoc analysis and communicate with leadership regarding significant financial performance variances.
• Work closely with leadership to identify opportunities and develop strategies, understand internal business operations, and make decisions on process development and implementation to increase efficiencies and create cost savings.
• Ensure positive cash position, protect assets, identify profit improvement opportunities, and comply with all regulatory requirements.
• Ensure accuracy and timeliness of inventory transactions, accounts receivable, accounts payable, fixed assets, and internal controls.
• Lead personnel in monitoring and maintaining Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and serve as member of process improvement team and assist in cost savings initiatives.
• Manage employees including recruitment, supervision, scheduling, development, evaluation, and performance management if have direct reports. Maintain and promote positive employee relations in work environment.

The requirements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employee but is not a complete list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required. Other duties may be assigned as required.