Plant Controller

About the role

Responsible for directing accounting operations, fiscal plans, and policies, maintaining fiscal records, and preparing financial reports for the business units with oversight. Lead and manage the Accounting Department staff.

Responsibilities

• Meet corporate reporting and federally mandated reporting requirements of the business units for operation.
• Manage, train, and evaluate accounting staff.
• Act as Business Partner to Senior Management to enhance understanding of business unit trends and further develop reporting and analytics capability across the business unit.
• Lead the Financial Planning process (annual budget and monthly/quarterly forecasts).
• Lead the Financial Closing process with responsibility for accuracy and timeliness.
• Analyze costs and collaborate with Operations/Engineering to determine root causes and corrective actions relative to costs vs. actual variances (PPV, labor productivity, and manufacturing variances).
• Develop and update standard costs for material and labor/overhead.
• Ensure accurate and timely process of product cost roll-up and annual standard cost roll.
• Analyze inventory valuation and inventory reserve calculations and recommend necessary adjustments.
• Lead the performance variance analysis in manufacturing against weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual forecasts.
• Prepare reports that provide explanations about past performance, insights about expected future performance, and recommendations regarding optimization actions.
• Lead capital spending plans and manage the capital appropriation request process (CAR).
• Actively manage Net Working Capital and inventory optimization.
• Lead the preparation of a rolling cash forecast and manage company’s cash flow.
• Conduct cost modeling and scenario analyses for strategic initiatives, cost improvement projects, and other business improvement ideas.
• Perform special projects and ad hoc analyses to further support process excellence and profitable growth.
• Review accounting standards, internal policies, and procedures to ensure compliance with GAAP.
• Establish and maintain files and records necessary to the orderly operation of the accounting function.
• Review the job performance of department staff and make recommendations regarding retention, promotions, transfers, reclassifications, and salary increases.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required.
• 15+ years of accounting/finance experience and 2+ years of cost accounting experience required.
• Manufacturing experience required; Defense industry strongly preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in a supervisory capacity required.
• Strong leadership skills.
• Infor LN highly preferred; proficiency with ERP systems and Microsoft Office.

To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, the applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S. (e.g., Green Card holder), or a protected individual as defined by the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).