Plant Controller
Jobot · Jacksonville, FL · 1 mo ago
On-siteAccounting$100k–$130k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: h3 for headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. Must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Must remove boilerplate, navigation, EEO, etc. Must preserve all substantive info.
We need to parse the posting.
Key info:
- Salary: $100,000 - $130,000 per year (Pay section)
- Relocation Assistance Provided (maybe Benefits? It's a benefit)
- Competitive Base Salary! (already covered)
- Annual Bonus Incentives (mentioned multiple times)
- Excellent Benefits Package! (Benefits)
- Accelerated Career Growth! (maybe Benefits? but it's vague; we should only include if specific. "Accelerated Career Growth!" is vague; maybe not include as it's not specific. But we can include under Benefits if we think it's a benefit? The rule: never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text like "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD". "Accelerated Career Growth!" is vague but still a statement. Might be considered filler? Probably better to omit if not specific. We'll include only concrete benefits: Relocation Assistance Provided, Annual Bonus Incentives, Excellent Benefits Package (though that's generic). Could still include Benefits section with bullet points: Relocation Assistance Provided, Annual Bonus Incentives, Excellent Benefits Package (maybe we keep). The phrase "Excellent Benefits Package!" is generic but still a benefit mention. We'll include.
- About the role: The description: "A growing industrial manufacturer is seeking a Plant Controller to serve as the senior finance leader for a large production facility. This highly visible role reports directly to executive leadership and partners closely with operations, project management, and corporate finance to drive financial performance and support continued growth. This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on finance professional who enjoys working directly with business leaders, influencing operational decisions, and helping improve overall plant profitability."
- Responsibilities: list bullet points under "Key Responsibilities". We'll extract each bullet.
- Requirements/Qualifications: "What We're Looking For" list. Also "Preferred Qualifications". Could combine into Requirements and Qualifications sections. The rule: use h3 for section headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to decide which sections to include.
We have content for About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements (maybe combine experience, skills), Qualifications (education, certifications), Skills (maybe separate), Benefits, Pay.
We should not create Schedule section because no schedule info.
We must not repeat job title as heading.
We must not include Job ID etc.
We must remove duplicated lines, navigation, EEO, etc.
We need to output only HTML fragment.
Let's extract content.
About the role paragraph: combine the sentences.
Responsibilities bullet list:
- Serve as the primary financial business partner to the Plant Manager and leadership team, providing strategic insight and operational support.
- Lead all accounting and financial reporting activities for a $100 million + fabrication facility.
- Manage the monthly, quarterly, and annual close process, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with company policies.
- Oversee percentage-of-completion (POC) and project accounting activities for large fabrication projects.
- Analyze plant and project profitability, identify performance trends, and provide actionable recommendations to improve results.
- Develop and maintain financial forecasts, annual budgets, and monthly rolling forecasts.
- Create and deliver KPI dashboards that support decision-making across sales, operations, project management, and executive leadership.
- Evaluate capital expenditure opportunities, including ROI analysis and business case development.
- Drive process improvements that strengthen internal controls, increase reporting efficiency, and enhance financial visibility.
- Support the CFO and COO on strategic initiatives, growth projects, and special analyses.
Requirements (maybe "What We're Looking For"):
- 10+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience within manufacturing, construction, fabrication, or project-based environments.
- Strong understanding of cost accounting, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and financial reporting.
- Experience with percentage-of-completion accounting and project-based financial analysis strongly preferred.
- Proven ability to partner with operations leaders and translate financial data into business decisions.
- Knowledge of internal controls, financial processes, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Advanced Excel skills and experience with ERP systems and financial reporting tools.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and business partnering abilities.
- Self-starter with a hands-on, collaborative approach and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
- CPA and/or MBA preferred.
- Experience supporting large-scale manufacturing, steel fabrication, construction, or industrial project environments is highly desirable.
Skills: Could be extracted from requirements: Advanced Excel, ERP systems, etc. But we already have skills in requirements. Could create a Skills section listing: Advanced Excel, ERP systems, financial reporting tools, analytical, problem-solving, communication, business partnering. However we might combine into Requirements and Qualifications. The instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So maybe we combine Requirements and Qualifications into one section? But they have separate headings allowed. We could have Requirements (experience) and Qualifications (education/certs). That's two sections.
Skills: Could be part of Requirements. Might be redundant. Let's decide to have: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Benefits, Pay.
We'll not include Skills separately.
Now Benefits: Relocation Assistance Provided, Annual Bonus Incentives, Excellent Benefits Package! (maybe also "Competitive Base Salary!" but that's Pay). We'll list bullet points.
Pay: Salary range $100,000 - $130,000 per year.
Now ensure we don't include filler like "Competitive Base Salary!" as separate benefit; it's covered in Pay.
Now produce HTML:
About the role
...
Responsibilities
- ... ...
Requirements
- ... ...
Qualifications
- ... ...
Benefits
- Relocation Assistance Provided
- Annual Bonus Incentives
- Excellent Benefits Package
Pay
Salary: $100,000 - $130,000 per year
We must not include Schedule section. Check for any duplicated lines: we have removed. Check for any boilerplate: removed EEO, navigation, etc. Now ensure we preserve all substantive info: Did we miss any? Let's review original. - "A bit about us: **Relocation Assistance Provided*** A growing industrial manufacturer is seeking a Plant Controller..." We captured relocation assistance in benefits and about role. - "Why join us? Competitive Base Salary! Collaborative Culture Annual Bonus Incentives Excellent Benefits Package! Annual Bonus Incentives Accelerated Career Growth!" We captured base salary in pay, annual bonus incentives in benefits, excellent benefits package in benefits. Collaborative culture and accelerated career growth are vague; we omitted. - "Job Details This is an ideal opportunity for a hands-on manufacturing finance professional who enjoys being on the plant floor, influencing business decisions, and serving as a trusted advisor to operational leadership." This is similar to about role; we could incorporate but it's somewhat redundant. Might add to about role? The about role already covers similar. Could add a sentence: "This is an ideal opportunity for a hands-on manufacturing finance professional who enjoys being on the plant floor, influencing business decisions, and serving as a trusted advisor to operational leadership." Let's add to about role paragraph. - The responsibilities list we captured. - "What We're Looking For" we captured. - "Preferred Qualifications" we captured. - "Why This Opportunity?" includes bullet points: Direct exposure to executive leadership, reporting to the CFO. Key leadership role supporting a growing $100M+ operation. Opportunity to influence plant performance, strategic initiatives, and capital investments. Join a financially strong, industry-leading organization experiencing continued growth across the United States. Competitive compensation package including base salary, bonus opportunity, and comprehensive benefits. Some of these are substantive and could be added to About the role or Benefits? They are more about opportunity. Could add to About the role as additional sentences. But we must not invent or summarize away detail; we need to preserve all substantive information. So we should incorporate these points somewhere. We could add a section "Why This Opportunity?" but not a standard heading; we could incorporate into About the role or maybe a separate section like "Why join us?" but the instruction says use headings from list: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we should fit the content into those headings. "Direct exposure to executive leadership, reporting to the CFO." could be part of About the role. "Key leadership role supporting a growing $100M+ operation." also About the role. "Opportunity to influence plant performance, strategic initiatives, and capital investments." About the role. "Join a financially strong, industry-leading organization experiencing continued growth across the United States." About the role. "Competitive compensation package including base salary, bonus opportunity, and comprehensive benefits." This is covered by Pay and Benefits. Thus we can enrich About the role paragraph with these points. Now ensure we didn't miss any other substantive info: "Accelerated Career Growth!" we omitted as vague; but it's a statement. Could be considered benefit but vague. The rule says never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text like "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD". "Accelerated Career Growth!" is not exactly filler but still vague. Safer to omit. "Collaborative Culture" also vague; we could include as a benefit? It's a cultural aspect. Might be considered substantive? It's a bit vague but still a statement about culture. The instruction says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. Could include under Benefits as "Collaborative culture". But we already have Benefits with three items; adding more is okay. However we need to avoid filler. I'd say it's okay to include as a benefit bullet: "Collaborative culture". It's not placeholder. Let's include. Thus Benefits bullets: Relocation Assistance Provided, Annual Bonus Incentives, Excellent Benefits Package, Collaborative Culture. Now check for duplicate "Annual Bonus Incentives" appears twice in original; we list once. Now ensure we didn't include any navigation or boilerplate: removed lines like "Want to learn more about this role and Jobot? Click our Jobot logo and follow our LinkedIn page!" etc. Now produce final HTML. Make sure to not include any extra text outside HTML. Let's craft. About the role paragraph: combine: "A growing industrial manufacturer is seeking a Plant Controller to serve as the senior finance leader for a large production facility. This highly visible role reports directly to executive leadership and partners closely with operations, project management, and corporate finance to drive financial performance and support continued growth. This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on finance professional who enjoys working directly with business leaders, influencing operational decisions, and helping improve overall plant profitability. This is also an ideal opportunity for a hands-on manufacturing finance professional who enjoys being on the plant floor, influencing business decisions, and serving as a trusted advisor to operational leadership. The role offers direct exposure to executive leadership, reporting to the CFO, and is a key leadership role supporting a growing $100M+ operation, providing opportunity to influence plant performance, strategic initiatives, and capital investments, within a financially strong, industry-leading organization experiencing continued growth across the United States." That seems comprehensive. Now Responsibilities list as above. Requirements list as above. Qualifications list as above. Benefits list: Relocation Assistance Provided, Annual Bonus In