
Controller
- Buffalo, NY
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Coordinate and manage all internal/external audits.
- Lead corporate initiatives and lead process improvements.
- Provide oversight, guidance, and control over projects.
- Support corporate finance as required with respect to projects including capital appropriations and plant utilization/capacity/asset management opportunities.
- Manage and develop direct reports within the finance department, directing day-to-day duties and holding departmental meetings to communicate plant happenings.
- Develop strong plant knowledge of the operation, the various components, raw materials, processing, and warehousing.
- Set up and monitor various reports and systems that measure the performance of the plant, flagging deviations from established targets and performing gap analysis.
- Work on monthly closing activities and reports as required.
- Analyze variances in actual versus budget expenses.
- Responsibility for maintenance parts valuation on a weekly, monthly, and yearly basis.
- Build and maintain financial standards.
- Report and present the manufacturing operation’s weekly/monthly financial results, risks, and opportunities in a timely and accurate manner.
- Oversee the month-end close process, including variance analysis to both budget and prior year.
- Oversee and provide cost forecasting & analysis, and productivity pipeline accuracy and analysis.
- Bachelor's degree is required with a major in Finance, Business, or Accounting are preferred.
- Finance or Accounting Management experience is required.
- CPA preferred but not required.
- Strong working knowledge of manufacturing operations, product costing and systems