Controller (Manufacturing)

About the role

This role will report to the Finance Director based in Atlanta. This is a key role of a fast-growing organic and acquisitive business.

The position is located out of the Atlanta, GA office.

Oldcastle, a CRH company, is reinventing what's possible in building solutions. We are the leading provider of innovative outdoor living products and utility infrastructure solutions for the water, energy, and communications markets throughout North America. We're a trusted and strategic partner to engineers, contractors, distributors, specifiers, retailers, and homeowners alike as the manufacturer of precast concrete, polymer concrete, and plastic infrastructure products. Our portfolio of brands includes Oldcastle APG, Oldcastle Infrastructure, Belgard® hardscape, Echelon® Masonry, RDI® railing, Catalyst™ Fence Solutions, Sakrete® packaged concrete, Amerimix® mortar, Pebble Technology International® pool finishes, and Techniseal® sands and sealant technologies.

Responsibilities

• Proactively identify and evaluate emerging areas of operational and organizational risk and weaknesses.
• Make recommendations to management to increase the effectiveness and/or efficiency of the control systems reviewed.
• Drive standardization across plants, identifying best practices to create SOPs and make our accounting processes more efficient and scalable.
• Create and use financial reports, production data, and other information to influence decisions and implement controls in our plants.
• Review policy, procedures, controls, and associated test plans for adequacy of design, ensuring that the personnel, frequency, and system are appropriate to mitigate identified risks within the process.
• Oversee and monitor all interactions with Internal and External audit. Track audit findings, drive development of action plans, and follow up on remediation actions and issue closure.
• Ownership of the month end close process; review results and provide variance explanations.
• Ownership of the balance sheet, responsible for ensuring that reserves are aligned with applicable policies/GAAP and supported with adequate documentation.