Factory Controller

About the role

Graco manufactures and markets premium equipment to move, measure, control, dispense and spray a wide variety of fluid and powder materials. The Factory Controller provides plant-level financial support focused on cost accuracy, inventory integrity, and operational performance.

Responsibilities

• Deliver clear financial reports to plant and divisional leadership
• Explain cost drivers and operational impacts in a clear, actionable way
• Analyze manufacturing variances including PPV, usage, labor efficiency, overhead absorption and scrap
• Prepare concise variance explanations for monthly performance reviews
• Provide financial insight that supports productivity, cost, and margin improvement
• Partner with HR to ensure labor reporting, staffing changes, and workforce planning data are accurate and aligned with financial expectations
• Connect operational activity to financial outcomes through clear, data-driven analysis
• Validate BOMs, routings, labor standards, overhead drivers and production reporting
• Maintain disciplined change control for cost-impacting updates
• Identify and resolve data issues affecting product cost accuracy
• Provide operational input supporting product costing
• Maintain inventory accuracy across raw materials, WIP, and finished goods
• Oversee cycle counts, including root-cause analysis and corrective actions with Operations teams
• Lead physical inventory activities to ensure compliance, documentation, and audit readiness
• Validate inventory adjustments and ensure proper financial treatment
• Strengthen internal controls across plant financial processes and material movement
• Analyze throughput, labor efficiency, scrap, yield, and bottleneck performance
• Provide financial insight for make/buy decisions, capital requests, and margin improvement initiatives
• Partner with Operations to improve productivity and reduce waste
• Support operational leaders with clear, actionable financial analysis
• Review standards, BOM/routing updates, and overhead assumptions prepared by centralized Accounting
• Identify required updates driven by operational or process changes
• Coverage of ERP upgrades or transitions

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
• 3+ years of experience in plant finance and/or cost accounting
• Strong understanding of manufacturing operations, cost drivers and inventory processes
• Ability to translate operational activity into clear financial insights
• Demonstrated discipline in enforcing controls and maintaining data accuracy
• Prioritization of effective partnering with Operations, HR, and Finance to improve productivity and cost outcomes
• High accountability and attention to detail
• Advanced Excel and ERP proficiency (Oracle preferred)
• Excellent communication skills with ability to influence non-financial stakeholders

Qualifications

• Familiarity with Lean manufacturing concepts
• Experience with multi-site standard costing environments
• Exposure to global industrial manufacturing operations

Skills

• Financial analysis
• Cost accounting
• Operational management
• ERP systems

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Stock purchase plan
• 401(k)
• Tuition reimbursement

Pay

$87,000.00 - $152,200.00