Bakery Controller

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Perform and complete Month-end reporting requirements.
• Prepare journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Prepare weekly scorecard detailing line efficiencies, material overuse and spending variances.
• Prepare monthly forecast and review with plant manager.
• Prepare and/or coordinate all weekly/monthly cost savings financial reports.
• Prepare cost savings tracking.
• Verify savings estimates.
• Develop annual operating plan and coordinate with department heads.
• Prepare required supporting worksheets and analysis.
• Meet AOP commitments.
• Maintain manufacturing data systems integrity.
• Analyze AOP volumes (compare year to year) cases and pounds.
• Explode case volume to extrapolate pounds.
• Gather and validate ingredient and packaging costs by SKU.
• Gather/calculate all direct labor and benefits cots and assign to SKUs.
• Gather/calculate all overhead costs and assign to SKUs.
• Ensure the Balance Sheet is current, accurate, and reconciled always.
• Validate weekly payroll.
• Review and account for obsolete materials.
• Review and account for finished goods reserves.
• Record any plant tests.
• Analyze overhead costs and record accruals for annual unrecorded monthly expenses.
• Calculate and record overhead volume variance.
• Analyze manufacturing variances in product costs against AOP.
• Identify and report deviations from standard.
• Perform and complete all the following activities: Weekly and monthly reporting of manufacturing variances (ingredients and packaging)
• Daily, weekly, and monthly direct labor reporting and analysis.
• Weekly and monthly review of indirect spend with department managers.
• Daily backflushing of Bill of Material (BOM) requirements.
• Daily validation of finished goods production.
• Provide accurate and detailed cost estimates as required.
• Review of monthly P&L with leadership team
• Annual inventory reconciliation of all raw materials, packaging, WIP items and finished goods

Knowledge and Skill Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required - Accounting.
• Master’s degree in accounting or Finance preferred but not required.
• Professional certification preferred but not required.
• Minimum 5-10 years of professional experience required in manufacturing environment, food and or bakery preferred.
• Cost accounting experience in a manufacturing environment preferred.
• NetSuite experience a plus.
• Experience with reporting weekly/monthly actuals, month-end closing, forecasting and budgeting.
• Experience in shop floor reporting systems a plus.
• Strong background in MS Office products (Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint).
• Be able to think analytically and problem solve using LEAN tools.
• Be a quick learner, ability to work in a fast-paced environment and work flexible hours and overtime when needed.
• Be a team player, detail oriented with good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Be a results-oriented leader, demonstrate record of accomplishments, and have high ethical standards.