Business Controller

About the role

As a Business Controller, you will serve as a key member of the management team, partnering closely with Sales, Operations, and Plant Managers to provide financial insight, identify opportunities, and help drive business results and savings.

Responsibilities

• Partner closely with the VPs of Sales and Operations and Plant Managers as a key member of the management team.
• Identify opportunities to improve results and generate savings through financial analysis and business initiatives.
• Participate in the hiring and recruiting of location Office Managers.
• Provide financial statement analysis training and support to Plant Managers.
• Listen to Operations feedback and identify opportunities for improvement that can be quantified.
• Monitor month-end closing activities, including billing/invoicing, physical inventory, A/P accruals, intercompany transactions, cut-offs, and month-end checklists.
• Review monthly P&Ls with Regional Operations VPs and Plant Managers and investigate irregularities and trends related to sales mix, materials, labor, transportation costs, and margins.
• Visit plants as needed to conduct mini-audits focused on inventory, sales, and purchasing transactions while serving as a financial resource to plant management.
• Monitor accounts receivable collections and ensure past-due accounts are appropriately managed.
• Partner with Sales and Operations leadership to establish annual plant sales budgets by major channel and month.
• Assist with the annual P&L budgeting process and provide guidance for budget uploads to JDE.
• Complete quarterly sales analysis with Regional Sales Management.
• Assist with regional financial presentations and information for the annual key managers meeting.
• Review and approve semi-annual cost updates prepared by plant personnel.
• Provide guidance and oversight for year-end physical inventory and conduct internal inventory audits at plants.
• Complete special projects and ad-hoc financial analyses to identify trends, opportunities, and areas for improvement.
• Provide financial support for capital projects.
• Review customer and product delivered margins and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Evaluate proposed changes to service plants and customer ship-to locations to ensure they are supported by legitimate business reasons and are financially justified.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance required.
• Manufacturing, homebuilding, or construction experience preferred, but not required.
• Proven experience as an Accounting Manager, Accounting Supervisor, or Finance Manager.
• Strong knowledge of accounting principles, practices, and standards.
• CPA preferred, but not required.
• Advanced computer skills, including Microsoft Excel and Word.
• Experience with accounting software and databases.
• JD Edwards experience preferred, but not required.
• Ability to manipulate and analyze large amounts of data.