Plant Controller

About the role

The Financial Analyst oversees financial operations, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting, compliance with regulatory requirements, and overall integrity of the company’s financial data. They provide strategic data-informed insights and recommendations, manage accounting activities, optimize policies and practices, and contribute to the organization’s finances.

Responsibilities

• Enforces and contributes to the development of systems, policies, and procedures.
• Participates in strategic planning for the function.
• Implements and maintains internal controls, policies, and procedures.
• Ensures compliance with all relevant laws and regulations.
• Responsible for location or function accounting activities, such as cost analysis, expense/budget management, billing, trend reporting, third-party management and contract updates, variance reporting, and reconciliation.
• Ensures all tasks are accurate, timely, and comply with all relevant laws, regulations, internal policies, and contractual obligations.
• Responsible for accumulation, evaluation, and reporting of data and key metrics to identify opportunities to improve profitability, performance relative to budget, and other factors influencing the financial health and operational efficiency of the organization.
• Makes insights and recommendations to upper management regarding budgets, forecasts, and financial plans.
• Maintains performance, identifies variances, and recommends corrective action to ensure achievement of the company’s financial goals.
• Guides the preparation of relevant financial statements and/or reports in accordance with accounting standards.
• Reviews and oversees the resolution of any discrepancies or potential issues.
• Guides the preparation for audits, including providing any tax reporting requirements or documentation needed for regulatory filings.
• Ensures the accuracy of financial data including the general ledger, reporting, and/or internal or external documentation (i.e., financial or KPI reports, balance sheets, income statements, cash flow statements, etc.). Reviews and approves all entries, reconciliations, or adjustments ensuring resolution within a timely manner.
• Guides large cross-functional projects.
• Collaborates cross-functionally to automate accounting processes and improve financial systems.
• Provides data and documentation necessary for internal and external audits, financial statements, and internal controls.

Qualifications

• High school diploma, GED, or equivalent
• 5+ years of relevant experience or the knowledge, skills, and abilities to succeed in the role
• 2+ years of project, program, or people leadership experience or the knowledge, skills, and abilities to succeed in the role
• Knowledge, skills, and abilities to succeed in the role

Skills

• Strong understanding of accounting principles, financial concepts, and relevant laws and regulations governing financial processes
• Advanced knowledge of accounting processes and best practices
• Effective leadership skills with the ability to develop, mentor, coach, support, and motivate a team
• Effective communication and presentation skills with the ability to interact at all levels internally and externally
• Highly skilled at data review, identifying trends, and providing strategic insights and recommendations
• Sound project management skills with the ability to impact results
• Highly skilled at resource management, delegation, and prioritizing deliverables
• Proficient with Microsoft Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Outlook, etc.) and firm knowledge of payroll software (i.e., ADP, Paychex, Workday, SAP, Kronos, etc.) and enterprise resource planning systems (i.e. SAP, S4/HANA, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications

• Associate’s or bachelor’s degree in relevant field
• Accounting experience in the manufacturing industry
• Adequate experience in cost accounting and product costing
• Certified Public Accountant designation or other relevant certifications

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be regularly required to stand, sit, talk, hear, reach, stoop, kneel, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer, telephone, keyboard, and occasionally lift up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, color vision and the ability to adjust focus. Work is performed in a climate-controlled office environment. The noise level of the environment is usually moderate. Minimal travel may be required.

Working Conditions

Work is performed in a climate-controlled office environment. The noise level of the environment is usually moderate. Minimal travel may be required.

Disclaimer

We embrace equal opportunity employment. Butterball is committed to the fair and impartial treatment of all employees and applicants for employment without regard to gender, age, race, religion, color, national origin, physical or mental disability, military/veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, genetic information, marital status, parental status, pregnancy, or any other status protected by law. This position is deemed Safety Sensitive for purposes of Butterball’s Drug/Alcohol Screening & Testing Policy. Details will be provided to individuals who receive a conditional job offer, or upon request.