Plant Controller

About the role

This role oversees plant accounting, financial performance, and internal controls, supporting manufacturing and operational objectives.

Responsibilities

• Lead monthly and quarterly financial close, reporting, and analysis for the manufacturing plant, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP, company accounting policies, and SOX requirements through effective internal controls and timely remediation of audit findings.
• Support production cost reporting, standard cost setting, inventory valuation, and material cost analysis.
• Oversee the annual physical inventory process and ensure proper controls and documentation.
• Provide financial analysis and support for plant investments, restructuring initiatives, budgets, and capital expenditure justifications.
• Clearly communicate financial and operational results to plant leadership, assessing progress against objectives and the effectiveness of business decisions.
• Develop finance talent through coaching, performance management, and succession planning, managing local finance personnel as applicable.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related business field.
• Five or more years of experience in accounting and/or financial analysis, preferably within a manufacturing or large corporate environment.
• Strong understanding of U.S. GAAP, internal controls, and SOX compliance.
• Experience partnering with operations and leadership teams to drive financial performance.
• People leadership experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• Not specified.

Skills

• U.S. GAAP knowledge.
• Internal controls expertise.
• SOX compliance understanding.
• Financial analysis skills.
• Operational partnership abilities.
• People leadership experience.

Benefits

• Not specified.

Pay

• Not specified.

Schedule

• Not specified.

Goodyear

Goodyear is one of the world's largest tire companies. It employs about 63,000 people and manufactures its products in 49 facilities in 19 countries around the world. Its two Innovation Centers in Akron, Ohio, and Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg, strive to develop state-of-the-art products and services that set the technology and performance standard for the industry. For more information about Goodyear and its products, go to www.goodyear.com/corporate.