Divisional Plant Controller (New Plant Build)

About the role

A PE-backed manufacturer is building a brand-new flagship plant and distribution hub in the Atlanta metro, and hiring the first finance leader it has ever embedded inside one of its plants. This is a build-out. If you have personally stood up the finance function for a new plant (a build-out, start-up, relocation, or consolidation), or stepped into one that wasn't already running, or running smoothly, keep reading.

Responsibilities

• Stand up and own the plant finance function end to end (controls, processes, reporting, month-end close)
• Own the plant P&L drivers: efficiency/OEE, bill of materials accuracy, scrap and waste, absorption, plant spend, and variance analysis, and translate them for operations
• Serve as the finance right hand to the plant director, in the details daily, not a month-end readout
• Create, document, and train the processes, controls, and reporting cadence that do not exist yet
• Be hands-on and strategic: both a doer (journal entries, close) and a partner who sets direction

Requirements

• Plant / manufacturing controller experience that includes a build-out, start-up, plant relocation, consolidation, or turnaround of a plant that wasn't running smoothly
• Fluency in plant/cost finance: OEE, BOM, absorption, scrap/waste, plant spend, forecasting, AOP, budgets, capital
• A self-directed operator who has built and documented process without oversight
• Willing to be onsite in McDonough (Atlanta metro) through the build with potential hybrid after
• An ideal mix of large-company and small-company / lean-team experience
• Plastics / blow molding, fluids / chemical, or high-volume filling background

Qualifications

• Must-haves: Plant / manufacturing controller experience that includes a build-out, start-up, plant relocation, consolidation, or turnaround of a plant that wasn't running smoothly
• Fluency in plant/cost finance: OEE, BOM, absorption, scrap/waste, plant spend, forecasting, AOP, budgets, capital
• A self-directed operator who has built and documented process without oversight
• Willing to be onsite in McDonough (Atlanta metro) through the build with potential hybrid after
• An ideal mix of large-company and small-company / lean-team experience
• Plastics / blow molding, fluids / chemical, or high-volume filling background