Plant Controller
- Manchester, TN
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Support accounting policies for the company and prepares reports that outline the company's financial position in the areas of income, expenses and earnings based on past, present and future obligations
- Serve as a key business partner with various site managers with a focus on driving growth and improving margins
- Prepare 3mth rolling forecasts and revised annual forecast for all assigned sites.
- Oversee preparation of plant and customer level profit and loss reporting.
- Prepare and explain variances between actual performance and forecast in a written narrative for management, assure that variances are analyzed and that appropriate the response is taken.
- Lead efforts to track project and program costs, including R&D, engineering labor, material, and any expense items charged to the project or program. This includes analysis of variances of other anomalies which may rise.
- Recommend revisions to budgets and business plans on interim basis in response to changing business conditions.
- Provide financial information and partner with local plant management to attain financial and operational objectives.
- Oversee execution of weekly, monthly, and quarterly financial and operating reports for the plants (capacity, cost savings, weekly ops metrics, plant and customer KPI reviews).
- Facilitate and strengthen communications and business relationship between finance and the other functional areas of the business.
- Lead efforts to create and promote a cost-conscious culture centered around lean manufacturing principles.
- Coordinate and liaise with HQ corporate accounting team regarding period end close (JE and account reconciliations) and ongoing finance operations (Accounts Payable, Billing, Collections).
- Direct preparation and analysis of monthly financial statements and reports for the plants and ensure timely submission to corporate finance.
- Oversee execution of periodic reporting and analysis of plant prepared financial records (Inventory Valuation, Revenue Recognition [cut-off] Analysis, Pre-paid Expenses, Accrued Liabilities, among others.
- Oversee administrative, financial and operational systems and procedures for the sites under supervision.
- Partner with production control teams to provide finance support for quarterly physical inventory counts
- Assure that accounting and financial control procedures meet company standards
- Direct financial analysis to support business decisions in areas of capital investment, staffing levels, review of cost-drivers, process improvements, product costing and pricing.
- Review and approve all operating supply and MRO purchase requisitions for the assigned sites.
- Support audit of financial records by external and internal auditors
- Present plant and customer performance information in monthly meetings
- Supervise and provide mentorship to support staff analysts
- BS-BA degree in Finance or Accounting
- CPA, CMA or MBA preferred
- Three to five years' experience in accounting in private industry, desirable automotive-manufacturing environment.
- Minimum 2 years of supervisory or managerial experience
- Knowledge of computer-based operations and associated programs
- Thorough knowledge on accounting principles and accounting systems
- Must possess above average math skills.
- Home base plant will be Manchester, TN
- Remote work option available: Hybrid
- Must be able to travel to all plant sites periodically
- Strong interpersonal and analytical skills
- Must be able to work independently in the absence of supervision.
- Must be able to work overtime as required, including Saturdays for inventory purposes